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    I don't care what you buy or what the logo is as it's your money to waste. Just as in stereo/video equipment or computers, giving advice on what lowers, etc to buy has been (in my experience) a waste of time. I can keep busy dealing with my own failings. I don't have time for yours.
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    When I do a build my role mark ends up being whatever was at the gun store. Often it is a crap company, sometimes with a lame role mark.

    Lowers at you LGS are there and are 80-100$, if it is black and it in spec I'll buy it.

    I would love to have a number of different cool lowers, like a Noveske for my Noveske barreled VIS, or a Daniel Defense lower for my mostly DD upper. But given the hassle of having to order it, get the two FFL to communicate and then pay a transfer fee, I just couldn't be bothered.


    That said, I will not buy a Spikes lower, ever, no matter what. They are very common, but most LGS have a second option too. If its all they have, I'll look else where.

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    I cant say that I judge too much, especially not on a lower. Sometimes you find a great deal on a lower and can then put a nice upper on it and nice LPK in it and it is a good gun. But I will admit I judge people on plenty of things and know that people do the same to me

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    Quote Originally Posted by C4IGrant View Post
    The roll marks on their lower or the parts on their gun??? I occasionally stick my head into the custom build forum, AR pic thread, etc and when I see a pirate, a zombie, bio hazard symbol or two male organs trying to crush a bug I immediately think the following things about the owner:

    1. Owns an AR because "it is cool!"
    2. Has never attended professional taught training class.
    3. Probably has no idea what they are talking about.
    4. Thinks that Wolf and Tula makes "good" ammo.
    5. Thinks that it is possible that there will actually be a zombie apocalypse.


    These are just some of the thoughts that run through my head. I know that stereo types are wrong and have friends that own one of these lowers and they DO attend training and are intelligent people that do not fantasize about shooting the undead.

    Am I alone on this??? Just curious if anyone else judges people by their lower choice.

    *Please don't send me hate mail because I insulted your lower of choice.



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    What about people who own lowers with an atom symbol?
    Last edited by Swstock; 10-16-12 at 16:20.

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    Quote Originally Posted by C4IGrant View Post
    Speaking of people that don't shoot, but are thought to shoot a lot is LE! The majority of the LE around me shoot 62rds a year (because they have too). Most Civy's think that Cops are Ninja's with a firearm. If they only knew!


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    Ain't that the truth! There should be a better focus on training, but there isn't. I was in San Diego for the IACP show with one of my resellers who had a booth. I went down to the firearms section (holy shit, HK 416s for $1399 agency price - they had a "Warehouse Sale" flyer - Yes, H&K has a warehouse sale - but I digress). In a span of 5 minutes talking to the guys at H&K I got muzzle swept at least 10 times. A few of those where the guy's finger was on the trigger. One guy pointed an MP7 towards my head and it went click when his finger depressed the trigger. I noticed and told him that I didn't have a turban, so he shouldn't aim at my head (I was there as a vendor supporting my customer, so my only weapon available against such foolishness is stupid jokes). This is an LE only show and the guys were all LEOs in leadership positions, so you would expect better safety protocols, even with a known "safe" weapon. Training in safety and muzzle awareness should be automatic and unconscious if one has had any training at all.

    I have to disclaim myself as I am by no means a ninja with a firearm, and haven't had the level or quantity of training as many members here ( nor would I ever claim to be or see myself in that way, etc.), but at least I understand how to be at a minimum - safe - with one, whether "known" to be loaded or not.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Doc Glockster View Post
    I'm usually pretty forgiving of the mall ninja set, as long as the person doesn't stay mall ninja forever.

    I think there is a learning curve. A lot of gun buyers start out young and inexperienced and buy an assault rifle for the "cool" factor. If they didn't buy that first AR, maybe it would have been a dirt bike. I bought my first assault rifle partly because it looked like a machine gun (in my mind) and because I thought I'd be the only person at the range with one.

    I think most people, if they stick with it and develop, will go from owning expensive toys to being handlers of quality HD equipment. You buy a Luger with a mile-deep blue finish and fancy wood grips for how it looks and because it's the coolest of the cool. You buy a Glock because it shoots.

    Same with AR's. As a young buyer you get talked into the cheapest one you can afford or the one with the Punisher skull logo, then you spend another thou' bolting shit to it. One day you wake up and realize that KISS really works, and that it doesn't matter so much what your weapon looks like or how much you can attach to it as what you can do with it.

    So, staying with the learning curve you turn to competition and eventually training, and your journey to the dark side is complete.

    You look back with either disgust or humor on your mall ninja days, but you've improved , and that is the point. Maybe it took you longer because you weren't part of a sanctioned training program from day one, but you got there nonetheless.

    The ones I have disdain for are the ones who have owned guns for twenty years and still buy a gun because of its looks rather than its performance.
    I was going to write something very similar. most the guys learn the hard way. hell i had a UTG front and rear sight on my first AR, things are junk, after a few hundred rounds i got a magpul rear sight and a YHM folding front sight. i couldnt be happier. I also put a CMMG lower parts kit in one of my rifles, left my shotgun in my trunk in a wet case when done hunting, ect ect never make those mistakes again as well. my little brother is going through his mall ninja phase right now, i told him to start out simple, but he didnt. he will learn on his own too. as long as people are safe at the range they will live long enough to learn and follow in the same foot steps as more experienced shooters. my wife has pink furniture on her ar, along with pink safety glasses and pink ear muffs and i am sure guys snicker and laugh at the range until we check targets and she shoots way better groups than most the guys there.

    i guess my point is i have done stupid things with my guns and that is the best way to learn, the only thing you are out is money, and they print more of that all the time.
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    Can you believe people actually list thier guns as a signature?

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    Quote Originally Posted by C4IGrant View Post
    You assume they shoot. I do not make this assumption. I think the rifle tends to be a "show piece" for their COD friends.



    C4
    I still can't wrap my mind around the fact that some people do this.




    Also, there is some general truth to stereotypes.


    I always thought that the skulls and such were super lame. Now, the only guys who I won't judge for using the Punisher skull are Chris Kyle and his fellow SEALs. I mean, those guys walked the walk.






    I have a low opinion of range commandos, and it's even worse when the RSOs are like that. I mean, why the hell wear plate carriers and the outfit when everyone is there shooting deer rifles and ARs off the bech at 50-100yds. smh.

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    I'm attending my first civilian carbine class later this month. I'll probably be wearing multicam pants, hat, combat shirt, and belt.

    I'm not an 11b or 03, but I did deploy and was issued most of my stuff. I'm going to wear it because I can't wear it stateside for duty and I don't want to mess up any clothes that I had to pay for out of my own pocket.

    But I'll be honest, I kind of fear everyone thinking I'm a mall ninja. As a non combat arms person, I'll probably have the skill of a mall ninja too.
    Last edited by Koshinn; 10-16-12 at 17:11.
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    No, I don't think because your gun says BCM on the upper and lower that you are a skilled marksman or someone who has ran their gun into the dirt. You bought a good gun, though.

    If you have a zombie on your lower, I don't care, just like I don't care if guys in WWII painted voluptuous women on their fighter planes. It's okay to have moral.

    However, if someone has, say, a China Doll on their lower, I think something of it. . . just sayin'
    Muzzle punch optional.

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    Especially with firearms, I assume everyone I meet is an incompetent idiot until proven otherwise. I do however treat people with respect weather they are in fact an idiot or not.

    Having a novelty lower, very low end firearm, fake can, no case, ammo in plastic bags, etc does not help your case.

    These are stereotypes but most stereotypes exist for a reason and when that reason can involve firearms safety I'm not taking any chances.

    However my final determination comes down to someone's attitude and actions.

    Quote Originally Posted by C4IGrant View Post
    The roll marks on their lower or the parts on their gun??? I occasionally stick my head into the custom build forum, AR pic thread, etc and when I see a pirate, a zombie, bio hazard symbol or two male organs trying to crush a bug I immediately think the following things about the owner:

    1. Owns an AR because "it is cool!"
    2. Has never attended professional taught training class.
    3. Probably has no idea what they are talking about.
    4. Thinks that Wolf and Tula makes "good" ammo.
    5. Thinks that it is possible that there will actually be a zombie apocalypse.


    These are just some of the thoughts that run through my head. I know that stereo types are wrong and have friends that own one of these lowers and they DO attend training and are intelligent people that do not fantasize about shooting the undead.

    Am I alone on this??? Just curious if anyone else judges people by their lower choice.

    *Please don't send me hate mail because I insulted your lower of choice.



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    Last edited by QuackXP; 10-16-12 at 18:40.

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