The Cheapest AR-15 Complete Upper | Bear Creek Arsenal 

Awesome review i just got my upper looking forward to getting it out this weekend and filming. If it turns out to be good i think it's time to build my 6 Arc

I felt that this was a surprisingly very honest review. You did describe the relationship you have with BCA. Yet, you didn't try to sell us on the perfect gun. You pointed out some flaws. We appreciate that!

When someone says "they have quality control issues" they basically just told me "I have a vagina and I never work with tools" 😂

I have the 20inch uppper in 223wylde. First time out it the rifle shot horribly and was over gassed. I put an adjustable gas block on it, which by the way that gas block was smaller than BCA gas block, which meant handguard didn't toutch gas block when it flexed,. Dang thing loves the Fedeeral 53gr varmint rountds and the 69gr bullets, which I did a 4 shot grouping for each one into a dime. Wow, what a surprise after that gas block upgrade. I mentioned the gas block again so if anyone else has those long handguards with BCA gas block then just check the spacing gas block has between the handguard, could be throwing you off.

Put about 100 rounds through a BCA side charging upper. It ran fine with no malfunctions. For the price it’s hard to beat. One thing I learned regardless of the brand is to go over the screws before you shoot. The handgaurd screws on my upper were looser than I’d want them but had no issues after I tightened them.

I have two rifles both barrels 223 Wylde. I was able harvest my first deer at 95 yards with it and the deer only went 20 yards and dropped. The 20 inch one i have ringed steel at 300+ yards with a primary arms scope 4-14x never had a malfunction or hiccup and I'm 450+ rounds in. The barrels are heavy, and the handguard was a little loose but i QCed them and tightened them and that was the only issue I had.

I bought the same one 2 years ago for $140. Only complaints i have is that the upper came with ALOT of metal shavings around the bcg & like in the vid the hand guard came loose. Blue locktight for that & i just simply cleaned the upper of the shavings. Upper is still going strong.

It's good that the handguards come loose. That way it'll be easier to swap it out for a lighter one. I swear that handguard weighs a ton.

Got the same one for $210 total. Mounted it on a PSA lower and it's been awesome! Just waiting for the handguard to come loose! lol

Even on more expensive things, do your own qc. If a budget gun works for you, use it. No shame in budget

Good stuff, ive had really good luck with the bear creek uppers i run alot of their side chargers. Think ive only had 1 handguard ever get loose out of about 5 uppers, but i normally do atleast tighten them down really good right from the box. Other then that, they just work man, ive had a few for hunting rifles and turned one into a dedicated truck gun. People can say whst they want but it just performs and honestly for the price kind of a no brainer for keepin shit on a budget that lives in a vehicle in my opinion. Itll never be my hard use rig but for something thats gonna keep a relatively low round count and be used for just incase or recreationally its awesome. Ive had two or three of them in 5.56, a couple in 450 bushmaster and a 50 Beowulf. All have been really accurate and reliable except the 50 when i first got it, it was a gen one side charger when they first came out.

Got my first BCA upper in 2018. Put a PSA BCG in it. 223 Wylde, shoots great. Just got a BCA upper in 300BO with a nice spiral fluted barrel for 210.

I have 2 BCA uppers and had the hand guard come loose on one. Approaching ~750 rounds and zero issues. Keep up the great work brother.

Thank you for the honest review. I hope your channel blows up big. We need more honest guntubers.

I've ordered a few uppers from BCA, their customer service isn't the greatest. The second upper I bought from them never came with the BCG & it took about a month to get it. That being said, I have no complaints on how every one of them ran. I've put well over 1k rounds through each one & haven't had any issues with them yet.

I have 2 BCA barrels and BCG's..... so far I like them.... no issues yet..

A few years ago I bought a 7.62x39 side charge upper. Handguard came loose. Same attachment. I would not recommend the side charging. I put thread locker on the handguard, It stayed tight, The side charging lever kept falling off. I red thread locked the piss out of it and it is fine now. Get the normal charging style. It is accurate. Tula trash 123 grain groups well.

I never owned or shot BCA but they seem to work well. 2.5 MOA is fine for these rifles. Unless they've labeled it as a sub MOA rifle, there isn't much to complain about. Also, you weren't using match ammo.

I have two BCA 350 legend 16 inch uppers(one I bought for my dad). I got them for pig hunting,out of the box sometimes it didn’t cycle well,sent them both back to BCA. They came back in about 2 weeks maybe a little less,work great now. That’s my only experience with the company but I knew I wasn’t buying a $800-1200 upper so expected to have to check screws and such,but anyway BCA stood behind the product and fixed the issue. I’d buy another(I’m looking at a .22mag upper)

I don't feel so bad about forgetting to loc-tite my first build after seeing this review.

I bought a bca 308 upper. It did have some issues. Customer service took care of the issue. It needed some polishing of the bcg and other parts. It now runs great! I would consider buying another. Remember couch comandos...you do get what you pay for in most cases. But so far mine has proven to br a good value.

my guess is this rifle will shoot 1.5 inch groups with reloads or better my PSA rifle shoots sub moa at a 100 yards with my reloads. The upper im using is a psa 18 inch CHF barrel that is chrome lined.

I like BCA uppers . I recently bought a 224 Valkyrie complete upper. I mated it with an Anderson lower receiver. The fit is nice . I need to go to the range and sight it in. I think I will be applying blue loctite to the barrel nut screws as a precaution. I wonder what sales will be offered for the 4th of July ?

I had the same quality issue lol, I just ended replacing the handguard as it would not stay in place no matter what I tried

I have at this point ordered a 416ss 18" 223 wyld, also a ss 16" 300 blackout. I have just at 300 rnds through the 223 and 60 rnds through the 300. I know it isnt 1000snd rounds but not a single malfunction.

I got a full length 20 inch a3 upper and I love!!! Need to go zero it

🐻 bearcreek. No problems.nice uppers. Many calibers. Love my 762x39mm. Runs like a dream 😊

Mine has been great. Got one for a cheap lower i had for a truck gun and its been great

I may look into getting one of these myself. Great review man, hit all the good points!

The exact video I was looking for. Was about to order one for my first AR and wanted to make sure I wasn’t going to cheap

I love Bear Creek uppers. I prefer the side charging systems.

My handgaurd is getting lose but I've had mine for 4 years. But yeah thats an easy fix and this one looks nice so seems to be a good deal.

Cant beat that price bro!!! 😅

Whats the name of that block /shooting rest deal ? Looks like a great item

I don't believe BCA are as good as Daniel Defense rifles, but I hate how everyone on the internet acts like BCA rifles are trash without even shooting one. It's a real shame. I have like 8 uppers and no problems with any of them. I'll probably replace the bolt with a BCM bolt soon though just for more durability. Also, you should check the barrel nut for looseness with any new gun. 2 MOA doesn't seem too bad for cheap ammo.

Teething pains, but I believe they are getting back on track. (the coolest-a$$ name too!) 🇺🇸 👍💯

Have a 300 blkout and a 7.62x39 upper haven't none of these issue yet had 7.62x39 a year and just had to replace bolt which is normal with this caliber

Me patiently waiting for the 8000-10000 round update.

I want to pick one up, what discount code did you use?

Good review. I just got in one of their side charging uppers to tryout.

Good video! Thanks for putting them to the test

AND NOT TO MENTION YOU BEST CHECK And put loctiight , have purchased 2 from them and both had no loctite on anything gas block screws backed out handgurd, the same , also low grade bcg ;s

Can’t beat that price! Great video!

BCA 223/556 uppers work... That said, stay away from their 7.62x39 uppers and check ALL gas blocks, these uppers are not passing quality checks before they leave the factory. Also, they have 30-day return policy, after 30 days your refund will be -15% restocking fee and available only as store credit. Their customer service is very good nevertheless. I have a 16" 5.56 and a 10.5" 223 Wilde, which after trips back for repairs are now functioning OK. Sent my 7.5" 7.62 upper back... Keeps busting pins after 20-30 rounds.

Bearcreek upper handgaurd aftermarket support?

I would respond by saying I hope the hell it’s not a bear Creek arsenal, especially after I watch a few videos on their 762X 39 uppers failing after like 50 rounds

I wanted to believe, but BCA has failed me big time, sent me a reciever without proper packaging, item was destroyed and now im put on the back burner by them to get a replacement, yet they have my money. Simply put, not worth it.

It doesn't have a side charging handle. Interesting.

Mine has destroyed 2 buffer weights so far. It sucks cause the side charger in .223W is fun to shoot but I never wanna throw it on my lower anymore compared to my BCM

Great video!

I have ordered more than two or three items from BCA, in the past, and have defended their products online. Just called to check on the status of an order for a single barrel due to the delay in shipping. The sales rep said up to 14 days to even ship a single barrel FedEx. When I asked if it would be cheaper to just cancel my order and go to a store and get a barrel, he agreed. $78.00 barrel, $25.00 shipping. and up to 14 days to even ship. I have defended BCA more than once, but now??? I complained, and they now have canceled the order, The barres is no longer in stock amazing. BCA responded that the barrel had gone out of stock after my order,. Imagine that, Isn't it amazing how it went out of stock immediately after i complained, yet not 30 minutes before complained and not an hour after it was still showing available. Imagine that. Oh, and they have refunded my payment, might receive it within the next week. Now that is great customer service if I ever saw it.

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I always have heard. Either they are great or they are total trash !! Never tryed one

I don’t know why people buy these. Before you waste $200 on this just throw an extra $500 with it and pick up a bcm upper. It’s a common occurrence for people who buy these to have numerous of them so they can “aRm ThE nEiGhBoRs” for the money it takes to do that you could buy one quality rifle that you can depend on. You hear all the time that good optics, good rifles, night vision, etc is to expensive but yet they have spent plenty enough to buy all that on 10 shitty guns

YOU MIGHT GET A UPPER FOR 200 BUT NOT A COMPLETE AR15

Ive purchased 2 556 16 inch 1 556 pistol and a 458 socom and regreted every purchase from bear creek they're trash

I would say don't buy that piece of shit upper. I bought an upper from Bear Creek fuck holes first 6 shot's failure gas block was not tight....Bad QC I will never shot this upper ever again. Waste of money.

BCA for me was hot garbage 2 uppers and A spare bcg. Both uppers had same issues. 1.hand guards bolts where loose. 2. Gas blocks both loose no picture on on GB bolts and not even handtight. All 3 bcg's had loose gas keys with no sealer or loctite on gas key. Fixed the issues on them sold one and still have one I use for learned how to do pinning gas block and p&w muzzle device, chamber polishing. If anything they are great training aids on how to fix poorly put together uppers. After all BCA employs illegal immigrants what do you expect when you have 3rd world labor Assembling your products.