I was fortunate to notice the posting that oldmann 1967 made, in the "found a deal ' forum, back in Jan. of this year,
The posting was for a sale on Combat Armory's 16" AR-15upper..that included a BCG & Charging handle.
Nice too to learn that CA is a local company, in Commerce, Mi.
It was only $179.00 with their online coupon...a great price..but of what quality ?
Placed my order & waited..for what has to be the fastest order processing I've ever experienced.
here's my post I made after getting my order..
I was amazed @ the speed & processing of this order :
1) I ordered the item Fri. @ 9:22 am, got a "transaction receipt" email from Combat Armory.
2) Received a "order update" email from them @ 10:03am , saying the order status had been changed to "shipped"
Really ?, only 41 minutes elapsed, between when the order was placed, until it was shipped ? ..
Then, I get another email ,this time it's from UPS..
3) UPS sent a message Fri. @ 10:17 am ( 14 min. after being notified pkg. had been shipped), saying my order will arrive tomorrow.
4) Package was delivered to my door just before noon, today, ( on Sat., as promised)
How many places process & ship orders that fast ? None I've ever ordered from.
Have to wait 'till it warms up to see how this upper shoots... too cold for me, now.
So, it has warmed up, I took one of my lowers from an AR-15 that had a fairly decent trigger & attached it to my new upper, headed to the range.
(this was after obtaining an inexpensive 1 piece scope mount, & a brass catcher mount, & a Redfield scope I had sitting around a box , was installed)
Sighted in @ 25 yds..in just a few shots & moved out to 50 yds.. shot a few rds & was impressed, they grouped nice & tight, with my hand loads.
Have put about 300 rds. thru this upper & it has had NO FTF,or FTE incidents.. & has fired every time the trigger is pulled on a chambered round.
Accuracy , I would describe as (at least as good as) my PSA, Bushmaster, or Adams Arms Ar's has been.
Pretty impressive, IMO, for a bargain upper.
Decided this upper would be used to experiment with using inexpensive, steel cased ammo..something I've avoided using for many years.
Using a mix of Factory(Frontier ) brass cased ammo, & my hand loads for about the first 500 rds..then I'll start shooting the cheap steel cased ammo
I bought back when it was inexpensive & plentiful. some good timing on that purchase.
I'll add that I never bothered to check if my gas block was straight or canted.. read about it in the earlier thread,
but decided my upper has functioned perfectly, so why bother ?
My conclusion on this CA upper is that is was well worth the price, actually a real bargain, IMO.
Look forward to trying to wear it out..