I work on these all the time, watchtower is local. for $699 not a bad deal. Their hardware, like the actual components used are decent. the only complaint I have is the chinesium screws they use on the handguard. they literally strip so easily it's ridiculous. these are acceptably accurate, and relatively reliable. My only complaint is the assembly. Kind of like a radical, just DOUBLE check everything (Casle nut torque, barrel nut torque, gas block torque and allignment, muzzle device torque, and the handguard screws) then you should be good to go. the has ports on these seem to range in size as well. Ive seen them from sixty thousanths all the way to eighty five thousanths. No rhyme or reason. lmao
ALSO, forgot to add. If this is the one with the PVD coated bolt. Their PVD coating is literally the best I have ever seen. I don't understand how they manage to do the best PVD coating in house in the entire industry, but everything else they do is either mediocre or just acceptable.
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FeedMeMRE@reddit
Seems legit on paper for a pretty good price. 1:8 twist non-gib barrel, upgraded trigger, and a 13 degree grip angle.
Optic, sling, light and it would be good to go. Swap out the break for a A2 birdcage..
onionmorph@reddit
What does this have over the Andro Corp that gets posted pretty often for sub-$400?
SlideOnThaOpps@reddit
Jehovas Witness are making AR’s now?
LegendxWanderer@reddit
wdym?
chyron_blue@reddit
BCG blew up on me. Cant recommend. Narrowed it down to the BCG, not ammo or the barrel.
Exciting_World_7482@reddit (OP)
Was that in the type 15 or the more base model type 15m?
chyron_blue@reddit
Watchtower Firearms Type 15M .223 Wylde 30+1rd 16" Barrel FDE Rifle For $699- From Battlehawk
Exciting_World_7482@reddit (OP)
Does anyone have experience with this rifle? Is it worth a buy at this price point?
Evening-Name4622@reddit
I work on these all the time, watchtower is local. for $699 not a bad deal. Their hardware, like the actual components used are decent. the only complaint I have is the chinesium screws they use on the handguard. they literally strip so easily it's ridiculous. these are acceptably accurate, and relatively reliable. My only complaint is the assembly. Kind of like a radical, just DOUBLE check everything (Casle nut torque, barrel nut torque, gas block torque and allignment, muzzle device torque, and the handguard screws) then you should be good to go. the has ports on these seem to range in size as well. Ive seen them from sixty thousanths all the way to eighty five thousanths. No rhyme or reason. lmao
Evening-Name4622@reddit
ALSO, forgot to add. If this is the one with the PVD coated bolt. Their PVD coating is literally the best I have ever seen. I don't understand how they manage to do the best PVD coating in house in the entire industry, but everything else they do is either mediocre or just acceptable.
Exciting_World_7482@reddit (OP)
From your experience is this a better quality rifle than the Springfield saint
Evening-Name4622@reddit
The base type 15, that comes with an a2 Flashhider, milspec trigger, and milspec bcg no. the one with a PVD BCG, and the hyperfire trigger yes.
Exciting_World_7482@reddit (OP)
I ordered the non base 15 for 699 to upgrade from my original saint. Hopefully it works out. Thanks for the info
joeben81@reddit
That’s two complaints.
Evening-Name4622@reddit
The gas port sizing isn't much of a complaint, especially with these being midlength, more of an observation.
RuinedGrave@reddit
Wasn’t Watchtower one of the most overhyped things of 2024 before they went bankrupt?
Bearloom@reddit
Their 2011s were. Their ARs are/were just a continuation of the defunct F-1 Firearms brand.
It's entirely possible this is actually decent, but there is way too much stink of failure around this for me to trust it.
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