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

[Shihan]

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!

[C4IGrant]

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)?


C4

[Shihan]

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


C4

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.

[dubb-1]

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.

[DrMark]

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

...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)

Mark

[5spdfrk]

Very informative post for an EBR noob such as myself.

[furyfighter20]

thanks rob this info you (and posibly friends) have collected and posted helped me out. now i have lots to check when i get home from IQ. and a way better understanding of the AR all together.

[Ryo]

Thanks for sharing.. Definitely good info for a beginner. There's a lot I didn't know when I bought my first AR.

[Selftest]

Can I vote for this to be stickied on the top of every sub-forum?

I just wanted to tell you all, that this site has probably saved me a lot of heartache, and I haven't even purchased my AR yet. Just knowing that there is a forum dedicated to education warms my cold, dead heart.

Thanks for a smashing job, fellas. (and ladies!)

[Whootsinator]

I would say this NEEDS a sticky.