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To be honest, I've heard nothing but good from people who have YHM components. I've heard their customer service is pretty good too.

I was actually thinking about going the Yankee Hill route when I finally put something together.

Yea this has been my finds on it. Although i don't see anything about it being used as a fighting rifle. I'm going to be putting thousands of rounds through this and pushing it pretty hard. The one bad thing I did hear was that their buis are crap. But that's easy enough to fix with some troys.

Ive got a pair of yhm buis, havent had any issues with um. Like that they spring up unlike some other buis. But i cant say that ive abused um either. The forearm is deff a solid unit though, like it alot.

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They are similar to anything else in that price range.  Same specs you will find from any of the hobby gun makers.  I hate their rails and don't really care for there sights either.  But they allow people to get into sights or rails for cheap.  Not everyone has $300+ to dump into a Daniel Defense rail or KAC micro Buis.  That said, if a YHM rail and a Daniel Defense rail cost the same money, YHM would be out of business in short order.  In short, YHM products are just another rung on the ladder.  Not on the top and not on the bottom.

Put short: Don't use as a battle rifle?

Not too concerned about the price.

Quote from: CTbuilder1 on February 20, 2012, 04:11:37 PM

They are similar to anything else in that price range.  Same specs you will find from any of the hobby gun makers.  I hate their rails and don't really care for there sights either.  But they allow people to get into sights or rails for cheap.  Not everyone has $300+ to dump into a Daniel Defense rail or KAC micro Buis.  That said, if a YHM rail and a Daniel Defense rail cost the same money, YHM would be out of business in short order.  In short, YHM products are just another rung on the ladder.  Not on the top and not on the bottom.

Put short: Don't use as a battle rifle?

Not too concerned about the price.

I guess one would need to define "battle" first. 

But IMO, I wouldn't want one as a hard use rifle when there are a handful of brands out there that are of known quality standards and have track records as hard use rifles.  Colt, BCM, Daniel Defense, LMT and a few others.

I don't know if your working with a preban lower or if you need to be ban complaint, but either way, those brands will have a solution for you.  It may cost a little more up front, but that up front cost will be long forgetten after subjecting it to hard use conditions. 

I have a friend who got his first AR last week.  He just wanted a factory gun, CT compliant for starters.  The advice he got was for Stag or Bushmaster.  I told him to buy a Colt MT6400.  He bought the Colt.  Price difference of maybe $2-300 over the others, to get a known quality hard use rifle.  I doubt he will ever suffer buyers remorse from that purchase. 

The YHM may run fine, it may not.  Couldn't tell you.  Based on pure specs, the BCM is much better.  Based on reputation for being subjected to hard use - YHM is an unknown, BCM is a known.  Based on available configurations, BCM wins hands down.  You can pretty much get one with any barrel length and profile paired with numerous railed forearm options.

On the barrel side, the bcm is better then yhm, thats just reading the specs.

Id like to see comparisons with the sights tho. I paid almost 200 for my yhm buis. Thats no drop in the bucket. Just curious how diff buis stand up

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