r/PalmettoStateArms

I’m fairly newish to firearms, wanted to actually get into the hobby a bit. My only experiences are slapping uppers and lowers together, some range time, call of duty, YouTube, and chat gpt. I wanted to create an assortment (not a huge collection, but almost like a “one for every situation” type of deal) but sadly can only really do a budget set.

I have a sw3 dagger, a 5.56 PSA “16 upper on a PSA AR lower (with a Ocl polonium k can otw), and an AR-12. I also have a pistol brace lower.

Where I’m stuck at is whether I should get an 11.5 5.56 upper, or a “(tba) 300blk upper. Ik that .300 builds are a lil more finicky than 5.56 due to subs and supers(or at least that’s what I’ve gathered).

My third option is to just buy a complete PSA pistol.

Basically my question is, what would yall do? Build a PSA 5.56 arp? Or throw together a .300 blk arp? Buy a complete budget PSA arp?

I know some people would suggest just spending more money but sadly this is what I have to work with.

That being said, I do want a mixtape, so that also plays into the reason why I haven’t just gone and purchased a .300 upper.

Thanks for any advice 🙏

Per title - anyone else had shipping protection snuck in during checkout? I placed an order on PSA’s site and specifically unchecked “shipping protection” in my cart. When I went to check out the total looked correct but after the item shipped I checked my receipt and a ~$10 charge for “shipping protection” was added. Pretty scummy since you’d have to expand the cart to see this charge added. The gun is at my FFL now and will cost me $50 to return ship it from them, so kinda SOL here. PSA said they can’t alter orders unless they’re cancelled or RMA’d, which is obviously untrue since they can do blem credits and other sale adjustments.

PSA - why do you even offer this scam? It’s your responsibility to deliver merchandise to the consumer in the correct condition - full stop. Especially serialized items which have criminal charges involved for theft. I can understand the use case for porch pirate prone areas where PSA would NOT be responsible for theft - but why is it the default and why is it available for serialized items?

PSA is a great company with a great mission and it sucks that such a minute detail makes you look like money grubbing scammers.

I have a PSA rifle, which at the time of ordering I was unaware of this, comes with a sabre lock up rail.

Does anyone know how to remove the rail? I found a proprietary tool on their website, but not sure if it is the correct one. Link attached.

Any info/videos/input would be super helpful!

Are micro Dagger slides ever coming back??

Does anyone know when PSA is going to have the micro dagger slides back in stock ? They've been sold out for months . Starting to wonder if they stop making them .

Has anyone had issues when chambering their JAKL? I have a 300BO and i notice I have to slingshot the charging handle forward to get the bolt into battery. Anyone else have this issue, if so how did you fix it?