Originally Posted by
DasBulk
Spend thousands of dollars on things you don't need. Look at it for months telling yourself, "Damn... thats a fine looking 12lb some bitch right there."
Shit looks cool, until you have to carry it around when you take a summer time class in Texas. Its all good, till you start to sweat and forgot a shemagh or a collared shirt. Suddenly that sling starts to rub your neck in that special way. The way that starts to feel really good when you get sweat on that spot and it start stinging. Now all you can think about is, "Damn, that sucks..."
So to ease the sting, you ditch the laser designator that you thought was super cool and never put it back on. Then you get home that night and think... Wow... I can switch out this CompM4 for a T1 and save a ton of weight on my neck. So you do. Then you think to yourself, Those rails on the side of my gun aren't doing anything but add weight... So you switch out the KAC for a TRX. "WOW, feels so much more nimble and my neck feels better too and I can still mount my light at 12 oclock and have no shadow from my barrel!" So you do. Badda bing! You now have a modern, lightweight and generally inexpensive poodle popper that weighs in around 7.7Lbs. Alot of people go though the "that is badass" phase and buy laser, bi pods, huge vertical grips, and all that when they first start out. They generally look down on the simple guns. Until they pick it up and realize their gun is a brick and thats why the guy at class with an MOE handguard doesn't have a sweat eagle on his chest and you do.