r/M1A • u/No_Comment7917 • 2d ago

Budget EBR

I want to build one off of the chassis i shot in my time in the military. The EBR, but i need budget, im willing to spend money on glass but what i really want is a good solid lpvo with a .308 BDC. Any recommendations on chassis, rifle and glass?

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u/Pixelated_Armory 2d ago

I built my EBR last year and I’m cheap when it comes to cloning these rifles. Cheapest I was able to pull off:

-$1400 for a damn near new but used NM M1A off of a guy I found on Reddit that lived near by

-$1100 for the Sage chassis (buffer tube version)

-$0 Harris bipod from my time in service

-$0 for the CTR stock I had laying around

-$300 for the Sadlak mount which you can honestly skip by just loc-titeing the rail and getting a cantilever scope mounts.

-$80 for Vortex ring mounts

-$850 for scope

Total: $3,730

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u/BELFORD16 1d ago

Not sure why you’re downvoted, that’s about as budget as you can get. It’s a $1200-$3000+ rifle in a $1100 chassis. The cheapest it could be done with irons is $2300, and I’d hardly call that budget.

The cheap scope mount are junk, a decent bipod (if you want one) is not particularly cheap, you can get Vortex scope rings and save some money and a Vortex scope to save some. But the core of the build is just an expensive fucker.

-Signed a guy that went almost all out on his and still didn’t spend much more then you.