Cheapest BCG?

[DeadeyeChrista'sdad]

Who gotsa?

 

[LPMan59]

AIM and primary arms had some for $80. Psa normally has some for $80-100.

 

[2in1evtime]

Check joe bobs and primary arms too.

 

[Vigilant]

Why?

 

[Hop]

Why indeed? Read the best bcg thread then don't buy any of those.

 

[M67]

Why?

​Cause parts is parts

 

[grunt soldier]

blackwood arms has a pretty decent bcg. they make a lot of milspec stuff for some big companies. They are pretty slick. you can buy 2 of them for 160 or 85 for a single. Me personally I run mostly BCM bcg's and consider them to be among the best but I have a blackwood and it's quality

 

[churchmouse]

Midway has DPMS for $70 and AR Stoner for about $90
I have 3 of the AR Stoner BCG's and they run just fine.

 

[seedubs1]

Cheapest I'd consider is a PSA premium, Aim, or Toolcraft.....with emphasis on the Toolcraft.

But honestly, I'd save up and extra $30-50 for a BCM/DD/LMT/Noveske/Sionics/Colt.

 

[sgreen3]

I have a few of the AIM nitride BCGs and they have all been 100% one of which resides in my primary Run-N-Gun carbine that's pushing 6k rds of flawless service. Wouldn't be afraid at all at getting another one.

 

[worddoer]

I do not know much about these. I just saw it on the Slick Guns website.

But this seems like a great price for a Nitride BCG. And I have found other Brownells products to be of a very good quality.

M16 B-TAC BOLT CARRIER GROUP MPI/HPT 9310 NITRIDE | Brownells

 

[jonny4523]

If you go with the absolute cheapest carrier, make sure you retorque and re-stake the gas key. I've seen several where you could loosen by hand and there were little to no staking marks. I'd also keep another bolt on hand for if / when the extractor snaps. (I've seen that happen several times too).

 

[churchmouse]

If you go with the absolute cheapest carrier, make sure you retorque and re-stake the gas key. I've seen several where you could loosen by hand and there were little to no staking marks. I'd also keep another bolt on hand for if / when the extractor snaps. (I've seen that happen several times too).

"Cheap" is not always the best way to go.

 

[jonny4523]

"Cheap" is not always the best way to go.

I couldn't agree more.

 

[rhino]

If you go with the absolute cheapest carrier, make sure you retorque and re-stake the gas key. I've seen several where you could loosen by hand and there were little to no staking marks. I'd also keep another bolt on hand for if / when the extractor snaps. (I've seen that happen several times too).

"Cheap" is not always the best way to go.

I couldn't agree more.

Last week (the night before a 2-gun match) I pulled the bolt carrier assembly from my rifle to lube it. I was shocked to find the gas key was all wiggly! ARGH!

It looked like it was staked properly and it has fired unknown thousands of rounds in two different uppers since 1999. I will retorque and restake when I have the opportunity.

In the meantime, I realized I didn't have a spare, which everyone should have. Pulling one from another rifle should be a last-ditch measure. So I looked at prices online and considered some that were cheap, some that were mid-priced, and some that were kinda spendy.

After I considered trying to save a few dollars, I snapped out of it and ordered a BCM. Over the years of service it will provide, I won't miss the extra $50-70 over a cheaper unit, and I know what I'm getting.

 

[thomasred5]

+1 for AIM. I've tried their melonite/nitride treated, nickel boron and standard phosphate, all good quality, never an issue with headspace. WMD puts a cerakote topcoat over the top of exo coated BCG's, those are fine bolts, spendy, but nice.

 

[TKDMaster10]

PSA has some pretty awesome deals. Especially around holidays.

 

[Vigilant]

PSA has some pretty awesome deals. Especially around holidays.

As long as you're willing to roll the dice on whether their BCG actually works?

 

[calcot7]

As long as you're willing to roll the dice on whether their BCG actually works?

I have a PSA nickel-boron on the way and hope it's one of the ones that works. It's the first PSA, BCG that I have purchased and I thought they were supposed to be one of the better ones for the price. We will see I guess.

 

[Farm1]

delta team tactical has good deals from time to time..