I’ve totally gone and angered my better half, but I just couldn’t help myself. $120 for a stripped Geissele lower. $200 for a stripped Geissele upper and lower set, both in black and in desert dirt. $140 for an SSE trigger. I spent way too much, but I added a few more lowers and some uppers to the rainy day collection. Geissele and Sons of Liberty Gun Works are my preferred lowers due to quality, finish, and their M16 cuts. I remember looking for some stuff (and buying it) this summer and this was a really good sale in comparison. Not really planning on building anything for a while, but now I’ll have some actual rainy day stuff to remain unbuilt as opposed to the rainy day stuff I bought this summer that I ended up building almost immediately.
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Posts: 5671 | Location: Upstate NY | Registered: February 28, 2002
Over 170 views and yet no body has has taken the time to reply here...They're all cruzin' the Primary Arms website, drooling over all the fantastic deals and attempting to summon all their strength to resist. The temptation is real!
Primary Arms has been the catalyst for many a financially ill-advised Firearms (and firearms related) acquisition, whoring themselves out to the weak minded amongst us in firearms community. They seem to prey upon us when we are most vulnerable, and I believe this is an affliction which is more prevalent when alcohol may be influencing your judgement, when need vs want become indistinguishable!
Full disclosure - I may, or may not have been previously taken advantage of by Primary Arms...Just Sayin'
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Originally posted by Dwill104: I spent waaaay too much at Primary Arms this weekend!
It was like every time I thought I had control of my faculties another deal popped up and I went to mush. I bought four Geissele charging handles for goodness sakes. It was like Crazy Eddie’s prices are insane! How can you afford NOT to buy lol.
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
Posts: 5671 | Location: Upstate NY | Registered: February 28, 2002
I was able to resist except for some MDT AICS mags and a some chassis accessories directly from MDT and in my defense, they only have a sale once a year.
Sportsman's warehouse had ssa-e for $123. Can't really contribute to your delinquency more than that. I didn't see much on sale I needed/wanted. * I believe shipping was free over $50, according to the link I saw. * I was looking for an SSA as a result of a thread of Para's where he thought the E variant was almost too light for defensive use. Why I didn't pay more attention to the email.This message has been edited. Last edited by: wolfe 21,
Originally posted by wolfe 21: Sportsman's warehouse had ssa-e for $123. Can't really contribute to your delinquency more than that. I didn't see much on sale I needed/wanted.
Wow! That’s a screaming good deal! I’m not disappointed in the $139 I paid, but wow I wouldn’t think you could get much cheaper so $123 really is something. I actually prefer the SSA-EX and got 2 of them as well and a LaRue MBT to try out too.
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
Posts: 5671 | Location: Upstate NY | Registered: February 28, 2002
Originally posted by Lt CHEG: I’ve totally gone and angered my better half, but I just couldn’t help myself. $120 for a stripped Geissele lower. $200 for a stripped Geissele upper and lower set, both in black and in desert dirt. $140 for an SSE trigger. I spent way too much......
Geissele's Black Friday Sale is one of the best times to buy stuff there. Last year they lured me into buying a Super Duty MOD1, 16", regular anodized black. Regular price $1,995 for $1,225.
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Originally posted by Lt CHEG: Wow! That’s a screaming good deal! I’m not disappointed in the $139 I paid, but wow I wouldn’t think you could get much cheaper so $123 really is something. I actually prefer the SSA-EX and got 2 of them as well and a LaRue MBT to try out too.
I can guarantee you without any doubt that Primary Arms' shipping cost is about a third of what Sportsman's Warehouse will charge you for a small item such as that trigger. You lost no money by buying from Primary Arms.
I can guarantee you without any doubt that Primary Arms' shipping cost is about a third of what Sportsman's Warehouse will charge you for a small item such as that trigger. You lost no money by buying from Primary Arms.
Good to know, thank you. I’ve been quite pleased with my purchases from Primary Arms, and the service they’ve provided. I’m happy to support them, and doubly so knowing that they aren’t one of the companies that makes up for low prices by charging a lot for shipping. For what it’s worth I’ve been tremendously happy with Rooftop Defense, and Brownells lately as well. As I’ve had some extra money lately I’ve been doing my best to heed your advice to essentially make hay when the sun shines. I’ve stocked up on a bunch of stuff related to firearms recently as pricing has been more and more favorable. Recent sales have been especially good!
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
Posts: 5671 | Location: Upstate NY | Registered: February 28, 2002
I agree, Primary Arms has done a very good job of late. I've bought several things from them in the last year. I'm currently waiting on this year's sale order. It was mostly slings and $6 ar mags, but I also picked up a Larue trigger for my parts stash. I almost bought another BCM upper this year, but I didn't want to deal with the hassle of a pin and weld.
Brownells currently has the standard SSA for $159 and there's usually a 10% coupon floating around this time of year for anybody that may be looking for one who missed out last week.This message has been edited. Last edited by: wolfe 21,
Palmetto State seems to have good pricing on Geissele triggers at the moment. The SSA I was looking for is $129. I didn't check on the rest, but they have several on sale. Shipping was $10 though. In case anyone is still looking...
My first dealing with Primary Arms was Black Friday 2023,I was home with the ‘vid and so I missed our Black Friday sale where I work. I scored a Timney Trigger for my Glock 44 at half price.
This year I had a little restraint as I bought a S&W .22 Kit Gun and a Colt 1911 Gold Cup National Match on hold at the store.
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Posts: 8498 | Location: Livingston County Michigan USA | Registered: August 11, 2002
If you like fixed AR sights, Primary Arms has DD sets for $110. I think these sights are nice. Maybe not as good of a deal as the Troy folding sets they had for Black Friday for $90.
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Originally posted by pbslinger: If you like fixed AR sights, Primary Arms has DD sets for $110. I think these sights are nice. Maybe not as good of a deal as the Troy folding sets they had for Black Friday for $90.
I actually got 3 sets of Troy folding sights on Black Friday too. They really had smoking deals this year.
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
Posts: 5671 | Location: Upstate NY | Registered: February 28, 2002
I picked up an 11.5” Daniel Defense complete upper (with BCG and CH) for $799 this year from PA on Black Friday. I was shocked, I’ve never seen DD near $1k much less below. Haven’t had a chance to shoot the upper yet, but I’m psyched.
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