Second upper or not?

[ParanoidCivilian]

I was looking to buy a second AR upper as a spare. I will only shoot under a 1000 rounds a year. Is it worth buying a second???

[BANG BANG]

Depends, is just for a spare? In my opinion no. Not for your expected round count in a year

[ParanoidCivilian]

What is an expected life span of a PSA upper with a hammer forged barrel? (current upper)

[troysland]

Man, you're talking thousands and thousands of rounds. Just keep your rifling clean and watch for keyhole impacts on your target. If after you shoot with a clean bore, you see keyhole imprints on your paper targets, It means your rounds are tumbling and not on its proper trajectory. A thousand rounds a year can make your barrel last 10-15 years or more.

[Squidward]

I've been thinking the same thing; sort of. My thought is one upper with iron sights for HD/training and adding another upper scoped, probably a 3-9x, for plinking at the range.

[HK Dave]

The answer is no.

[techshot]

One for CQB and one for longer distance with some nice glass. There more tools the better

[Yugo]

buy as many guns/gun parts as you can WHILE you still can!!!

[icenix]

I was telling my brother how I wanted to start my second build and he brought up a good point.

Yes, I could just build a second gun. However, why not just put some money from the second lower into making the lower I already have a top notch lower and just buy a second upper with a different look to it since the upper and lower go together so easily.

I thought.....good point. Drawbacks, both uppers can't be shot at the same time by two people, in a zombie attack I would only have one AR to grab, the extra 5 seconds it takes to switch out the uppers.

All in all, I really don't need a complete second gun, but then again, whats the point of just changing the upper for looks. However, I currently have a 16" upper, so I may consider just making my lower the best it can be and then just buying a really nice 20" upper or something like that, so that when I change it, there is a point to it other than looks.

[FourLoko]

same caliber? makes no sense, buy more ammo instead

[norcal240]

I bought a spare upper, it lead me to build a new lower for it though...

[shooperman]

Just get another lower to go along with it. That should solve all your problems. But if you intend to just have a "spare", then no. Just buy more ammo.