
This means you don’t want to be messing around with detents, or Torx screws, or gas systems to make sure everything is good to go before you take it to the range.Īs soon as the upper arrived I gave it a good once over to check for any obvious defects – there were none. If you’re like me, you expect to order the upper, open up the box, maybe put a little bit of gun oil on it and then slap that thing right on the nearest available lower receiver. Most of you who are looking for a completed upper aren’t looking to fiddle with the product much.

The price online for this specific upper is $369.99 as configured below: Specifications: There are no weird features or proprietary technologies that are going to drive up the price of this upper. For all intents and purposes, the upper I was sent is as close to a “standard” 16″ upper as you can find. TFB Review: Bear Creek Arsenal 16-inch Complete Upper Receiverįirst, let’s get the specifications out of the way.

Bear Creek sent me out one of their 16-inch 5.56 upper receivers to put it through some testing and evaluation so today we’ll look into how well this upper receiver did in a few “average joe” tests. Bear Creek makes everything from stripped firearms components all the way up to completed rifles for almost every AR caliber imaginable. One company that I have noticed that has kept up with the high demand is Bear Creek Arsenal. It’s become quite difficult in the last couple of months to find in-stock firearms parts and sometimes even accessories.
