Timber Creek vs Strike Industries: AR-15 brands compared
Strike Industries leads in 3 of 4 categories.
Timber Creek for the price. Strike Industries for buffer tubes, charging handles and handguards.
From tens of thousands of real builds and live prices at 30+ retailers.
Our take
Timber Creek makes machined aluminum AR-15 and AR-10 parts in a wide range of anodized colors, from handguards and charging handles to safety selectors.
Anodized colors · AR-15 and AR-10 · Machined aluminum
- Spending less: about 43% below average
Strike Industries makes affordable AR add-ons out of Las Vegas, like charging handles, stocks, handguards, muzzle devices and small controls.
Budget friendly · Mil-spec compatible · Wide AR catalog
- Paying more: about 26% above average
- The more popular pick: in 14% of builds
- Buffer tubes, picked 3x as often
- Charging handles, picked 2.8x as often
Many builders mix them: 26% of Timber Creek builds add Strike Industries, most often the pistol grip.
Biggest differences
"Picked" is the share of builds with that part that chose each brand.
| Timber Creek | Strike Industries | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price vs average | 43% cheaper | 26% pricier | Timber Creek cheaper |
| Share of builds | 3% | 14% | Strike Industries 5x |
| Buffer tubes picked | 5.6% | 18% | Strike Industries 3x |
| Charging handles picked | 2.0% | 5.7% | Strike Industries 2.9x |
| Parts listed | 418 | 835 | Strike Industries 2.0x |
| Retailers carrying | 10 | 15 | Strike Industries 1.5x |
Price: Timber Creek wins
For the same part, Timber Creek parts run 43% cheaper than average and Strike Industries parts run 26% pricier than average.
Builder favorite: Strike Industries wins
Timber Creek is in 3% of builds and Strike Industries is in 14% of builds.
Why Strike Industries: Strike also makes compensators, muzzle brakes, magazines and optic mounts for AR rifles, pistols and other guns.
Internals: Strike Industries wins
Builders pick Strike Industries charging handles (2.8x) and buffer tubes (3x) more often than Timber Creek. Strike Industries muzzle devices and gas blocks are picked often, Timber Creek's rarely.
Why Strike Industries: The extended latch charging handle is forged 7075-T6 aluminum, and the aluminum latch wears your receiver less than a steel one.
Furniture: Strike Industries wins
Builders pick Strike Industries handguards (3x) more often than Timber Creek. Strike Industries stocks and pistol grips are picked often, Timber Creek's rarely.
Why Strike Industries: The MOD1 stock slides onto a mil-spec buffer tube, weighs 6.6 oz and has QD sling points on both sides.
The full record
Everything we track for Timber Creek vs Strike Industries, from builds, store listings and daily prices.
| Timber Creek | Strike Industries | |
|---|---|---|
| Share of builds | 3% | 14% |
| Price tier | Budget friendly | Premium |
| Parts listed | 418 | 835 |
| Part types | 19 | 46 |
| Retailers carrying | 10 | 15 |
| In stock now | 70% | 74% |
| Price change, 90 dayson the most picked parts | 5% lower | Flat |
| On sale now | None | 2 parts |
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