Originally Posted by
xwarp
I'd agree with this.
Colt, BCM, DPMS, and every other brand, are all man made and are prone to failure. Simple as that.
One point that is always brought up, for example, Windham Weaponry doesn't stake the castle nut. Good, it made it easier for me to replace the stock and tube for a stock that I wanted to use. "Oh, but Colt does." Yeah.......and I see A LOT of Colt stock takeoffs for sale also.
Windham "batch" tests their bolts and barrels. Colt does each. So what. Me and every other average consumer isn't going to battle with them either. Every firearm I've ever bought for market value at the time of purchase has seen less than 1000 rounds. The government requires a paper trail on every thing they buy, (which makes me wonder why each component of a Colt rifle isn't marked with a s/n or lot number. (that makes me wonder why).
Would I hesitate to grab my Windham if shtf? No. Has it met the same standards as Colt for the government to buy one? I don't know and don't care considering the government buys from the lowest bidder and that the lowest bidder subcontracts out to the lowest bidder for components. Not to mention, I've yet to see a civilian sold Colt come with papers showing that the government approved that particular carbine.
On a side note, Colt needs to move and dump the UAW. Cant tell me that the same union that supports this potus and his efforts to dis-arm American citizens actually give more of a shit about building rifles than automobiles.