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Thread: "Oh No! I bought a BM/RRA/Stag before I knew better!"

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    Quote Originally Posted by white spainard View Post
    Basically what your saying is to keep current rifle and doing upgrades to it? I have a Stag and thinking of selling it to buy a friends LMT.

    My personal opinion is that you cannot and should not put lipstick on a pig. I would make sure everything is staked properly and call it a day. If the weapon breaks or your have the chance to sell it then I would get rid of it and get something else.

    The problem with upgrading components and or adding items to make the weapon better will not be appreciated by the next buyer as they most likely won't know anything about the purpsose of the upgrades (and most likely doesn't want to pay for them).


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    I think perusing this forum should be required reading before making any AR purchase.

    As one of the folks who made two "under informed" purchases of RRA rifles, I have performed many of the "fixes" mentioned above. It's not hard or expensive. I'm not done yet, but am working towards getting them where I want them to be.

    I am also not panicking about it either, nor am I having horrible nightmares about by non-MP tested RRA bolt failing at the very instant the Zombie Horde crests the hill. But I am aware of what I do and do not have, and where I'd like to be ultimately. In time, everything will be as close to how it should be as I can get it.

    But with the money spent on "fixes" and "upgrades" I easily could have purchased a Colt or LMT rifle.

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    Quote Originally Posted by C4IGrant View Post
    My personal opinion is that you cannot and should not put lipstick on a pig. I
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    Grant you must of met my exwife.

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    I think a few stages of buyers remorse hit the new people who start reading on this forum. This can be seen by their posts.

    1. They are WRONG! my rifle is as good!
    2. Tell me about staking?
    3. Mine isnt staked right!
    4. How do I stake it right?
    5. I love you guys!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shihan View Post
    Grant you must of met my exwife.

    Shit! Beat me to it!!!

    Tack

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shihan View Post
    Grant you must of met my exwife.
    Wow, that's HARSH!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shihan View Post
    I think a few stages of buyers remorse hit the new people who start reading on this forum. This can be seen by their posts.

    1. They are WRONG! my rifle is as good!
    2. Tell me about staking?
    3. Mine isnt staked right!
    4. How do I stake it right?
    5. I love you guys!

    6. Does Mil-Spec matter?
    7. My DPMS follows a higher spec than the TDP (what is the TDP again)?


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    Quote Originally Posted by C4IGrant View Post
    6. Does Mil-Spec matter?
    7. My DPMS follows a higher spec than the TDP (what is the TDP again)?


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    1. They are WRONG! my rifle is as good!
    2. Tell me about staking?
    3. Does Mil-Spec matter?
    4. My DPMS follows a higher spec than the TDP (what is the TDP again)?
    5. Mine isnt staked right!
    6. How do I stake it right?
    7. I love you guys!

    I changed the numbering and added Grants additions as the I love you guys part comes if the newbie sticks around long enough to actually listen and learn and at the end is a happy camper he was educated.

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    Rob and I might not see eye-to-eye if the human race depended on it, but this is a good thread. Possibly the wrong venue (preaching to the choir), but good thread.

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    I figured a thread like this was coming, as there has been a need for something like this. Well done, Rob.

    Quote Originally Posted by dubb-1 View Post
    ...this is a good thread. Possibly the wrong venue (preaching to the choir), but good thread.
    Yes, much on here may be preaching to the choir, but thanks to referrals and ads in SWAT and Shotgun News, new people are visiting the church every day. Discussions like the one in this thread will convince some to join the choir and that is a good thing. Can I get an Amen?

    (5 yard penalty for overuse of an analogy?)

    Also, presenting this info in the venues that most need it tends to go over like a fart in church.

    (sorry, the analogy again)

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