BLEM PSA 10.5" 5.56 NATO 1:7 Nitride Upper - without BCG or Charging Handle - $169.99 + Free Shipping

Let’s cut the balls off of everything…

I have plenty of friends with 10.5s and they like them.. There is some personal preference here and a large dollop of opinion. Here is mine. The benefits of a pin welded 14.5 to 16" or a 16" outweigh any benefits of a shorter barrel except for suppressor usage. The M4 picked 14.5 for a reason. Its a sweet spot for performance handling vs V. I own a 10. 5 and a 12.5 both with pin and welded suppressors and am more than fond of them. I shoot the 10.5 to 300 yards the 12.5 with 77s to 600 yards on steel. As much as i like suppressors they are not without their faults and those faults are not minuscule. They get hot. Even with a suppressor cover mirage starts distorting optics after thirty shots. For something with optics you just changed the gun into a thirty shot gun. Without a suppressor cover the heat rise will start to cause mirage in 5-10 shots. A 10.5 will give me a headache in a couple of minutes of shooting without suppressor on a indoor range- with muffs of course. I notice my old flinch comes back.. Just throw on a shrouded sound forwarder or linear comp on a 10.5? Fair enough but they have a huge fireball in low light the exception being the steel krinkov three piece types. The krink types are 8 oz of weight in the worst possible place however and who wants back pressure if you dont need it to run the gun? IMO For most purposes a 14.5"-18 " with a A2 or slightly extended flashider is the best choice for a gun that gets shot and used. A 18" with mid gas sure shoots smooth. 14.5 pin and weld to 16" if you want short. Put a good barrel on. W***** combat is good value- a little gassy-adjustable block. Better yet Centurion. Put a good BCG in. Assemble it yourself its not rocket science with a 15. Put your money in barrel,BCG, opticsand trigger and get to some matches. Not to mention like it or not braces are verboten now. Honestly IMO it was better before when everyone was terrified of having a 10.5 because of constructive intent. The rifles were more usable. You want shorter than 14.5 for a third gun a pistol (now sans brace) or NFA go .300 black 0r 9mm. Not until your hitting six matches a year. You earn those second or third guns or suppressed shorty's (NFA or pin and weld) by attending six matches a year. IMO a 14.5 pin and weld with a mid gas appropriate port size and extended A2 type muzzle device for 16" legality is the standard by which all others are judged with 77s. It pretty much does everything the platform can without turning it into a boat anchor. Ive gotten more fond of the 18" mid as time has passed. Old man ya know.. Do things grow where you live? Florida 14.5" Kansas 18" (not crazy heavy contour). . Beware of the man with one gun he might know how to use it. Good barrel and BCG they run- you dont need a spare rifle- until your hitting six matches a year.. Only reason people went to 10.5s was braces. Forbidden fruit. I dont know if the goose chase was intentional or not but a goose chase it was and is. Waste of energy when people could have been putting that into learning skills. As far as this product. Ive known a bunch of recreational shooters to buy these very affordable PSA 10.5 uppers for now illegalish braced pistols. All of them ran from the gitgo and continue to do so in the now and then manner they are used. IMO With the brace thing gone so is their appeal. IMO even with braces they were never all that. Ive never had a lick of a problem with PSA. Their Sabre product is interesting for those unwilling to learn how to assemble a AR.. PSA basically changed the landscape with their price points on 15s.. Anderson and Windham followed suite.

Worst customer service ever.. will not spend another cent with them

For what it’s worth, I love mine and have found it to be quite reliable with an H2 buffer. Built on a Poverty Pony lower of course.

11.5 inch barrels gets a huge gain in fps for the projectile. In my opinion, only get 10.5 inches or less if you have a can to put on it. PSA has this for cheap, because any shorter and you are missing out on a lot of energy of from the powder burn.