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¡Cuba Libre!
¡Patria o Muerte!
"Socialist ideology, like so many others, has two main dangers. One stems from confused and incomplete readings of foreign texts, and the other from the arrogance and hidden rage of those who, in order to climb up in the world, pretend to be frantic defenders of the helpless so as to have shoulders on which to stand." - José Martí - Cuban Statesman & Patriot
I'm an American Patriot and a Cuban Refugee - Miami JBT
Interesting discussion...
IMHO there has to be a fairly significant investment made in tools and knowledge before you start dismantling then rebuilding an AR. We're not talking thousands of dollars, but certainly hundreds, to baseline a tool set that minimizes your chances of bending, breaking, or bleeding. So you'd want to factor that cost into any equation for build vs buy (especially if you're plan is to have just one or two guns, vs a continuous stream of them).
And the knowledge ranges from simple stuff like disassembling your BCG for cleaning (all the way down to removing the extractor, etc) to more in-depth esoterica like gas port sizing vs gas system, buffer weights, torque values, spring specs, and on and on.
Without the tools and knowledge, you're basically building a rifle that may look OK, but has a higher chance of failing at the exact wrong time. And we won't even go into the troubleshooting cycle that may start and cost even more $$, with little manufacturer support on which to lean.
Surely preaching to the choir here, but it all goes to the point of this thread.
ARs are the easiest rifles to build and maintain on the market, I don't see how anyone could mess it up. Then again I spent a decade as a helicopter mechanic so my abilities and understanding might be a little higher than someone who flipped burgers or went to college.
I slap a moe+ grip on to any AR I own. On my latest (dd m4v5) it's only getting the moe + and an Aimpoint h-1 micro. Maybe magpul sights or something better. I don't put lasers or zombie chainsaws on my rifles.
I changed the trigger guard on mine. The only other change I will do is add an aimpoint pro in the future and that will be it. (i think)
The evolving cost for my rifles is normally just magazines and good ammo.
For my recent Colt6920 I've only bought 3 Pmag40's, a Magpul sling, and ammo. A red dot is probably the only other thing I'll add.
I don't see how anyone would want to keep the stock pistol grip. That pointy hump is annoying, at least to me. Can you learn to live with it? Sure. I'm just glad I don't have to.
I also find I have more confidence/speed in my cheek weld with a STR stock vs. OEM. Again, could I train around it? Sure, in time. It is really nice to have a solution you are comfortable with from the get go though.
"People have always been stupid. The Internet just makes it easier for us to know about them." - donlapalma
¡Cuba Libre!
¡Patria o Muerte!
"Socialist ideology, like so many others, has two main dangers. One stems from confused and incomplete readings of foreign texts, and the other from the arrogance and hidden rage of those who, in order to climb up in the world, pretend to be frantic defenders of the helpless so as to have shoulders on which to stand." - José Martí - Cuban Statesman & Patriot
I'm an American Patriot and a Cuban Refugee - Miami JBT
- Either you're part of the problem or you're part of the solution or you're just part of the landscape - Sam (Robert DeNiro) in, "Ronin" -
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