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Thread: Another AR-15 torture test

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    Quote Originally Posted by NCHornet View Post


    Everytime the word Spikes is mentioned on this forum it always ends the same. If you don't like the logo, or the name, or the type of aftershave the CEO uses, don't buy their products. But they must be doing something right to have a 16 week back log. Good or Bad they are selling a ton of rifles. I have Colt's, BCM, Larue and Spikes. I consider all four to be quality rifles and after thousands of rounds out of each of them, none of them have let me down. OH, and the Spikes was the most affordable. Now I will wait for the PM that says I am banned.
    Sales =\= quality, if it did mcdonalds would be the best food on the planet.
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    Colt builds War Horses, not show ponies.
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    This is 2012. The world is going to end this December and people are still trying to debate the merits of piece of shit, cost cutting crap AR's. Really?

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    Quote Originally Posted by sinlessorrow View Post
    Sales =\= quality, if it did mcdonalds would be the best food on the planet.
    No but McDonalds is going to reliably be there when you need it....lol..
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    McDonalds is extremely reliable and consistent.

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    Apples to oranges, err burgers to rifles..

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    And like Mcdonalds, Spike won't be receiving any business from me. In both cases, it makes no difference to me whether they have enough business as is to make my money irrelevant to their bottom line. I simply choose not to support them, when there are alternatives that suit my requirements and standards far better. That doesn't mean that others aren't free to do so, but I have yet to see anything concrete to prove that Spikes products are really competitive in the areas important to me. The argument that "mine has never failed in thousands of rounds" just doesn't cut it, when others like BCM provide such detailed information showing why I should believe in the quality of their products.

    The way that I see the "image" stuff, like fake suppressors and comic book rollmarks, is that they seem to be targeting a juvenile market segment. Add to this the shady practices demonstrated with their "real" suppressor, and I have a hard time understanding why anyone in this group takes them seriously (I'm honestly not surprised that they're so popular on TOS). It seems like the only people typically defending them are those with a vested interest, i.e. owners of their products.

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    When I first posted this thread, I did not know much about Spikes. I just knew they sold ARs and that was that. I didn't know that they sold fake grenade launchers and fake cans and shit like that (pretty gay if you ask me).

    I probably would not buy from them either, but at least their rifle seems to work with crap ammo. If anything, the video in my OP is an argument against the AR reliability myth.

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    I have to say, I find it ironic that on the one hand I see a lot of posts from people who "couldn't care less if it was rollmarked Daffy Duck, as long as it does what it's supposed to", yet everybody rails Spikes and says they would not buy a rifle from them because of their offering fake launchers/cans...all the while dismissing the real world evidence that the rifles do what they are supposed to.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Warp View Post
    I have to say, I find it ironic that on the one hand I see a lot of posts from people who "couldn't care less if it was rollmarked Daffy Duck, as long as it does what it's supposed to", yet everybody rails Spikes and says they would not buy a rifle from them because of their offering fake launchers/cans...all the while dismissing the real world evidence that the rifles do what they are supposed to.
    I can't say that I really want to go out and buy a fake can or launcher. It just isn't my thing. However if someone else wants to spend their money on it than that is their choice. I also probably wouldn't buy a Spikes when there are other options that are in my mind reasonably priced. With that being said the video was impressive.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Warp View Post
    I have to say, I find it ironic that on the one hand I see a lot of posts from people who "couldn't care less if it was rollmarked Daffy Duck, as long as it does what it's supposed to", yet everybody rails Spikes and says they would not buy a rifle from them because of their offering fake launchers/cans...all the while dismissing the real world evidence that the rifles do what they are supposed to.
    If you're referring to my post above, I already have designs on a Bravo upper (which I need to pay off).

    I wouldn't bash someone for using Spikes, but I still think that fake launchers are gay. But like I said earlier in this thread, it's cool if they sell them because obviously someone is buying them.

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    I doubt the folks with the fake cans and such actually shoot their rifles very often.

    I'll never understand buying something like that but some people would rather look at their rifles and pretend than get out and shoot.

    I'd rather have a 20 round box of pmc than a fake anything.

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