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Thread: Fired my AR yesterday for the first time!

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    Fired my AR yesterday for the first time!

    I ran 120 rounds through my first AR-15/M4 yesterday. It is a Spike's tactical lower, with a JT Distributing upper, magpul 30rd mags. Anyway, it ran completely flawless! I was excited, I was really expecting some sort of minor issue, like needing to use the forward assist...but no problems materialized. Brass ejected five or six feet to the right between 2:30 and 3:30. I'd just gotten a MBUS installed that I'd been waiting for before I took it out and zeroed both it and my optic. Right away the elevation was fine, not that I could have adjusted it anyway, being as I have an A2 style front sight, and the MBUS has no elevation adjustments. The windage needed slight adjustment to the left, and that was all, it was dead on. So I just sighted my red dot by adjusting it till it sat on top of the front post as I looked through the rear sight, I guess this is called co-witness? Forgive me, Im new to the black rifle world.
    Right now Im just using a cheap UTG red/green dot scope. I just wanted the cheapest thing possible to learn on while I save up for a decent optic like an Aimpoint PRO, or maybe something from Vortex. Still no decision there yet, it will depend on all of your recommendations, and what I learn between now and then...
    I just had to share my good experience, and as I get farther into this, and learn a little more, I have intentions to replace my upper, probably with a BCM M4 mid-length upper. And, when Im rich, Ill spend three or four grand on a LaRue OBR!!! Haha

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    Quote Originally Posted by markm View Post
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    Thank you for your unique and invaluable input...

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    Mark is correct. Your post is...well ****ing useless. This is a forum dedicated to those who don't tweet or put a status update because they "flawlessly " ran 4 mags in an AR. Go 12k then post something of this caliber. Read more, post less. Or just go to arfcom they welcome this drivel.
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    Quote Originally Posted by markm View Post
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    Quote Originally Posted by arushus View Post
    Thank you for your unique and invaluable input...
    Yes, indeed, most of markm's contributions are "unique and invaluable" but sometimes are a tad sarcastic.
    Anyway, do some reading up on the "Stickies" on this site and things will get better along with your posts.

    You might start with: Knowledge Based Threads

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    I usually don't get to chime in on these before they're locked. Early morning must be slow for the moderation nation.
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    I'm just glad you didn't call it an m4rgery. Damn I hate that word/phrase/colloquialism.
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    You guys take this forum WAY too seriously. I was just remarking on how much fun I had shooting my M4, and looking for a little advice.
    According to some here, there would NEVER be a new thread started, because somebody three years ago already asked that question.
    Im not interested in posting on facebook how many guns and what types I have, since facebook is anything but anonymous...
    And I read through every sticky, and the rules before posting, and if there were any rules against posting about a good time you had shooting, I must have missed them, and I apologize. Ive learned a TON here about black rifles, and a big THANK YOU goes out to everyone for that! In the future I will be sure to limit any new threads to something that hasnt ever been covered here before. Perhaps if I start looking through all the threads and archives today for every possible subject, Ill be done by the end of the year, so that from now on I dont hurt anyone's feelings by starting another useless thread.
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    Right away the elevation was fine, not that I could have adjusted it anyway, being as I have an A2 style front sight, and the MBUS has no elevation adjustments.
    Huh?.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jklaughrey View Post
    Mark is correct. Your post is...well ****ing useless. This is a forum dedicated to those who don't tweet or put a status update because they "flawlessly " ran 4 mags in an AR. Go 12k then post something of this caliber. Read more, post less. Or just go to arfcom they welcome this drivel.
    Thanks for your opinion, but I cant help but notice it would have been a lot easier, and not nearly as much of a drain on you if you had simply ignored my thread.

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