Another shoutout to STAG Arms for helping us make this series happen. Funny how their rifle got the least camera time in this segment. Oh yea... because it worked out of the box!

Alex desperately grasping onto his flashlight while mag dumping: "See, my flashlight stayed on the whole time." 🤣🤣🤣

- Y'all have two left-handed shooters available. Can we get a 'tips, tricks, and gear' series for us southpaws?

Clint… you mentioned towards the end about charging handles. Please do a video about cheap to high end charging handles! Im on my 3rd build and really can’t decide on a specific charging handle. Video should be about what the difference is between the charging handles, weapon size application, speed, feel, and reliability. There are so many out there and a lot of us on the budget build spectrum are always looking for that one sweet spot of an item. A smooth less gassy charging handle speaks volumes when shooting. Thanks again for another awesome and fun video!! Looking forward to the next one

It's nice to see that even with unlimited budgets, and guys that really seem to know what they're doing, they don't always functioned perfectly the first time. I recently finished an AR took it out and had some issues, the parts were good it was assembled fine except for a couple minor errors on the builders part, but I fixed those and it ran great.

Some of my favorite shooting rifles were the cheapest ones At $500 total. Put maybe 7000 through it. Beat it and it just keeps going. Nothing wrong with a cheapo. The more pricy ones don’t get abused so it’s hard to know how it takes a beating.

You three are entertaining to watch. Great job giving us daily content.

Loving this series fellas! And BTW, I think you should have 2 winners after this series, 1 winner for Gotti's AR, and the other winner gets both, the budget build and the Stag Arms 👍🏽

Love to see the performance difference between the 3 builds/options.

Y’all really work well together. Like to watch your videos because they are informative but the interaction between the cast on the screen is great. Don’t change a thing.

I think the budget rifle will work in after a few more rounds. As a mechanical engineer, I am intrigued by the budget rifle. I think part of Stoner's genius is that the AR pattern rifles don't need to be hand fitted custom masterpieces to work well. There is sufficient tolerance in the whole design to accommodate an assortment of low bidder components assembled into a rifle that still functions.

Great series. I think it really pushes home the point that buying a fully assembled quality rifle is the best way to go for the first one you own. More reliable operation for the first time owner.

Love the WPS sling, put you qd mount on the other side of the stock Clint!

There should be more videos of you guys actually shooting guns together like this.

Funny enough, Alek’s gun has the best ejection pattern.

Hey Clint, since the flashlight fell off, get some JB Weld. Lol. Love the build. Awesome AR.

Always love and enjoy the content from all you guys!

My first at was a budget out of the box from American tactical imports. Had the same issues as the budget on here initially. My gun shop loved that I brought video and pictures of every issue it had. They sent it back to ATI who found it to be severely under gassed and fixed it at no cost

Very much looking forward to any/all of these ... especially the challenge of "fixing" (customizing) Alex's 😉

If you don't have a dimple jig put a little groove, and a do mean little, with a file right where the set screw seats. Just a little notch that your fingernail catches on is all you need. It's not a dimple but it really will help. Especially with a bit of rocksett.

Would have been funny to zoom in on Clint struggle with his sling, maybe add some meme sounds, spice it up. isn’t that “Jedi” thing suppose to make easy to reattach ir is only for quick detaches?

This is interesting and I like the way the information was presented with comparisons.

Learned some good info on Ar builds!!! Thanks for the video

You guys work well together. Enjoyed very much. Just fun

Clint was right about the flashlight mounting!

I WOULD HAVE THE TWO CHEAPER ARS AS A GIVE AWAY AND THE MORE EXPENCIVE RIFLE AS A NOTHER GIVE AWAY.

I really dig the Stag rifle. The others are badass in their own right, but my go-to is a Ruger with iron sights only. No accessories. Out of the box nail driver. I just realized I have to pick up the sling he's running on it too. Very cool!

I think ya need about 5 more ranger bands there Alex!! Nice builds guys. Love how you covered various budgets! Semper Fi!

I feel like what you guy's are doing is great and I learn something new with each video I watch.

I can see that the Marines need training on assembling AR,s from us Navy guys. But then again Ben did help me pick out my parts for my build. Of course that was like five years ago.

I keep comin back for the splash page pic of Clint & Matt like ready for exploding AR and Alec is all "whatever dude..." LOL

Great to see them work!

For the 6k build switch the sling swivel to the opposite side of the stock, makes transitioning much easier

Its really nice to see all 3 of u at the range.... 👍👍👍

I personally own one of each of the spectrum. Now the firearms I own are are on the low side of this testing. My budget being $550 build, the out of the box, is a S&W M&P 15 with cosmetic changes and a polished trigger group, and my upper end build is about $3,400 (although I bought all of the parts over a period of time, buying when deals were available so I got it quite a bit cheaper than I would have). The "higher end" rifle was built with the internals aspect mainly in mind as far as trigger, BCG, Gas system, buffer system and barrel. Although I didn't cheap out on the externals. I tend to like each one of them equally, with a few thousand rounds through each of them, I have not had an issues following the break in period and they seem to all have their individual benefits. Now I will say that my $3,400 rifle was more finicky when it came to break in and I believe you run into that when you match tighter tolerance, different coating materials and more performance oriented internals. All I did was ran it a little "over oiled" during break in period and never had more than a handful of malfunctions. Now it is everything I wanted as far as performance. As far as function vs all out performance... "you get what you pay for" but my $550 rifle gets the job done smoothly as well as my M&P. Either way they're all AR 15's and do what AR 15's do. I enjoyed the video and have had a similar experience myself as far as opinion. I figured I would share.

Entertaing video you guys are having fun. Good to see Matt and Alek finally at the range. Also enjoyed Alek's cordless technology which appears to be quite proven and reliable. Have a safe weekend.

Love the series. As always. Good to know my little brother isn't the only one with gassing issues.

Lol did exactly as expected!! Nowadays things seem to work 9 out of 10 times out of the box 👍🏼

Awesome builds even the out of the box setup.

LOL, I have that same Geissele trigger as Clint and my buddy says it is almost too light. I love it! Smooth as butter and breaks like glass.

have loved watching this series... I am new to the AR platform, and my first/only is a combo Anderson Arms lower/upper, with an added red-dot and changed foregrip. I want to build a little 'nicer' unit, but don't really have the cash for now

Clint I wish you could show how you tuned your AR ie: gas block and muzzle device? I think this series is Awesome! Getting each other's feedback is actually helping me learn a little more of what to look for with my AR-15.. So Thanks for that..

The stag looking good out the 2 the most reliable, and the most expensive one is well the most expensive one lol

Had a ruger for a while and then grabbed a stag ar15, love the quality such an upgrade from something like ruger. Very happy with it

You guys are making me smile 👍👍👍keep the videos coming😊😊😊

Just found this page y’all are truly genuine.

The cheap build is either under gassed (gas block walking off the gas port or the gas tube may be inappropriately indexed) or you may have used a rifle length buffer spring... measure the length of the spring, if it's closer to 12in, it's a rifle spring... (yes it is longer than a carbine spring).

That are all great builds they do what they were intended to do, Great job guys.

My stag build is ultra honestly can't wait to finish and the way the stag arm brand came back with top quality and control seems to be a good company making its way back to the industry im excited for sure about there heavy return to market

Really enjoying this series

I actually had a knife to misfire once & blew the sights off. It was a fresh build, Schrade Deerslayer.

Keep up the great content guys

Love it guys keep up the good work

Clint you guys should try a Frankenstein gun see who can use parts from the most different companies and cheapest parts include alibaba to make an AR that works...

To me this is like watching James May, Richard Hammond and Jeremy Clarkson but with guns. Love it.

enjoy what you guys are doing a lot!

Thanks for the video!

I love the Savy Sniper slings, great product

Great vid. Loved the feel of a group of buddies at the range hanging out. Having fun. And just talking. Nice work.

Awesome video "the flashlight had me rolling..

Informative, humorous video. Thank you. 👍😊🇺🇸✝️

Good series as always have fun with the blamblams..

The budget is still undergassed, but a lot. The brass is ejecting at 5-530 PM, when you really want it at 3:45-4. Fix the under gas issue and it’ll be fine.

5:30 "The Light stays on" 🤣😂 Shots fired

Awesome to see two lefty’s. Being a lefty myself

So far.... stag all the way.

Enjoying the banter between all three of you! I do believe that before you give away the guns, each of you should sign the stock or brace of your individual builds. Or in Matt's case his customized STAG Arms!

Semper Fi - Dont forget our Birthday in 5 say! Great vids- Cheers from the Wood of Maine ! keep on keeping on ! show more of that humbleness ! to be honest, 500 rnds should be min limit for a successful break in .. after the 500..muscle memory has usually been set for that firearm.. been my experience..

GR8 conversation!!! Thanks

I like the honesty. In one aspect if we go Alec’s route we can arm 5-6 friends or have 1 well armed Clint.

I found this video very interesting. I am doing my first AR build and anything to help me with it is a huge help. 👍👍

Said like a true engineer p always equal plenty

Would love to get out to the range!! Very nice video!!

U folks figure out if it’ll be one winner for each gun, or one for all? My vote is for 3 separate winners - That’s the obvious choice to get more people on board with you guys. More opportunity for more people to win. Simple. Thanks for sharing this one, I loved the series so far. Aloha

Awesome episode guys

Dude the light mount had me dying! 😂😂😂

Out of the box guns, in general, are underrated.

Rocktight will work but you have to bake it after putting it in or if you put a ton in it leave it for like weeks to set but really just bake it at like 250-300f for 15-20 minutes.

"It's just as gooooood." Um.... well, it will go bang but you get what you pay for. One idea would be for a how to tweak your AR to modify recoil impulse, mitigating muzzle rise and what not to make it "a more comfortable shooter".

P= Plenty. Combat Engineer's answer to all higher math problems. 1361’s Up!!

Like the format and collaboration of hosts. Wish Geissele had more available lengths for their rails.

If you have a pressure pad, the Cloud Defense mount is pretty darn nice.

You can tell the stag still has gas issues by the way the shell is being ejected! All nice builds guys

“She works good cuh” 😂😂😂🤣

as some one who (use) to have a DPMS Oracle 5.56 it was out of box and there wasn't much to it but it did shoot well. When I see you guys shooting your various rifles from high end to price friendly I have to say that it all comes down to how much you want to put in from the start of a rifle to the end game of when your satisfied with the rifle and there is no more need for change to said rifle. For instance, take me. I use to have a rifle spent a little more than $500 on it out of box couldn't really spend a lot more it did not have a free float rail so I could not mount any attachments to it but it did shoot well enough for what I wanted. I made the mistake of selling it to a friend of a friend in hopes of saving enough to buy a more expensive rifle but that ending not happening and I hemorrhaged the money I saved up over the past year and now I am back down to looking at a more money saver rifle again or win your give away wink wink. so I will just say this if we all had the money to put in to a high-end rifle we would but if not and have to find cheaper means of owning a rifle that is why parts and attachments are enter changeable and more diverse, so we can up grade them to better performance when money is able to be spend on such things. thanks E. E. P. aka Hanibleking23

Nice episode i woukd love to see a bolt build episode too !

Favorite line in the episode was “yea, she works good Cuhh” 😂😂😂

Cool video. Makes me wish I could train

Very nice AR’s guys

Nice comparison

When I built my AR in 9mm, I had put the upper in the vice block and tightened it a bit too hard during assembly. I had to cycle it several times before it let the BCG slide freely. I was so mad at first, I thought I had ruined the upper. 100 round break-ins does a lot for a gun.

nice! next one is ak build

It's fine, Clint, if it won't go into battery just use the built-in bullet button!

I was think about trying my hand at a build this was helpful in deciding

Looks you guys are having fun looks like you'd got the best job in the world.

I would genuinely love to see how my EDC rifle (actually it's a pistol/"firearm") would stack up against Clint's Gucci arf. Mine won't get quite the same terminal ballistics as it's an 8.26" Bren 2Ms in 5.56. It was also purposefully made as a CQB tool that can fold up nice and tidy to be carried around all day in a discreet backpack. I think it would be an interesting comparison just due to the build tier and the amount of mods my gun has (the 2s conversion rails, Dan Haga lower, Ambi 3 position binary trigger, etc) that makes it more versatile. It's just a bit heavier and is a short stroke piston so the gun is unbelievably flat shooting even at 600-700 rpm with some practice. But in all fairness, I don't actually give a damn about what rig you have so long as you ensure it runs well, practice with it, know it's limitations/purpose, and you are supportive of everyone else who appreciates firearms of any make/model/style. I worked my ass off to get my Bren and to set it up exactly how I wanted for the purpose I intended. I've got several other ARs and have seldom found any guns I don't like to play around with. But when it comes to ensuring that your rifle will perform at "Rittenhouse" standards (be able to hit targets under extreme stress every time) then you have to decide how much that reliability/accessibility is worth to you.

3000 rounds plus and still golden with all its components is what I need to see in a build.

I built my last two ARs for under $500 and they work perfect. A better trigger isn't that much more.

I don't use a cable or pressure pad! Love it!

I love my stag 15 tac.