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Thread: Evolving Cost Of Owning An AR

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    You can buy a basic AR and then add stuff as needed or desired. This can add up quickly and result in a box of stuff you had to have but later found out it's not needed. If you're smart about it you'll think long and hard about what you want your rifle to do. For plinking only you can keep it really stock. For classes and HD/SD I think it should have a light, sling and a good optic. You don't *need*, IMO, a quad rail to do this or the most whizbang stock, super trigger group, pistol grip etc. If you look thought the AR Picture Thread you're going to find a lot of ARs with a lot of open rail space, an optic, sling and a light on working rifles. There is a reason for it.

    I tell all of my buddies who are buying ARs to start stock and shoot it before buying extras for it. I was lucky and had the experience of shooting my Dad's AR and a bunch of his friends' rifles before buying mine so I don't have the box o'AR parts. You can go nuts with an AR and blow a lot of money or be thoughtful and save some cash.
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    a serious use rifle needs fixed sights, a sling, and a light. and some people (ok, a lot of them) shoot better with an optic of some kind.

    but unless you are in a war zone, anything more than above is gilding the lily. nothing particularly wrong with that, however...
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    Quote Originally Posted by ra2bach View Post
    a serious use rifle needs fixed sights
    A lot of hard/serious use rifles don't have fixed sights and are perfectly reliable.
    "I never learned from a man who agreed with me." Robert A. Heinlein

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    Quote Originally Posted by ra2bach View Post
    a serious use rifle needs fixed sights, a sling, and a light. and some people (ok, a lot of them) shoot better with an optic of some kind.
    Not so much fixed sights but a set of good back ups that could be brought into action incase the optic goes down. If you choose fixed, so be it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dead Man View Post
    You don't think the equipment should follow the development of the shooter?
    Left to themselves, things go from bad to worst. The equipment should follow the development of the shooter but people who don't train and develop critical skills through dedicated training will never realize what they don't know or need. Like I said, if a base gun fits the description of fitting one's needs for a defensive weapon, good on you, but most here would not agree. You stated your beliefs given your estimates about the membership, etc, I disagreed. The membership base and mind set here is not like something you might be used to dealing with, in any other hobby gun forum.

    The board Mission Statement:

    The OP asked what percentage of AR buyers leave the gun stock, indicated that it seems like ARs might require a significant expenditure in money to "customize," and expressed his worry of the cost of this new "hobby." My response addressed the OP directly, and pulled it into the context of these group tenets you seem to think you're defending from me.
    I disagreed with your general assertion of the members of this board, which is not geared towards hobbyist gun collectors or the general public as far as adding cheap chinese parts or having a bare stock weapon for defensive purposes. You're entitled to your opinion but your assertion that most of us are in the mindset of the general public is off base.

    Rational debate is going to work a lot better than applying your belief that a given sentiment "is not what this board is about."
    Right back at ya. It works even better when you don't paint us all in the same broad stroke with just narrowed unsubstantiated generalizations & opinion. Excuse me for not following your debate protocols. What are you a debate coach? Don't care for my response, get over it or disengage.
    For God and the soldier we adore, In time of danger, not before! The danger passed, and all things righted, God is forgotten and the soldier slighted." - Rudyard Kipling

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    Mod EDIT: The next time you want to move on, just be an adult and DO so.

    All you have to do is navigate away, not hit the Submit button.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Koshinn View Post
    A lot of hard/serious use rifles don't have fixed sights and are perfectly reliable.
    if you mean adjustable sights like LMT or carry handle, I agree. but a gun without an optic does not need folding sights...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Vandal View Post
    Not so much fixed sights but a set of good back ups that could be brought into action incase the optic goes down. If you choose fixed, so be it.
    I was speaking about primary sights. if you have an optic then any iron sights are BUIS. if you don't have an optic, I would prefer a fixed sight to a folding...
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    Lol ya I guess it does all start to add up


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    Quote Originally Posted by jastone7373 View Post
    Lol ya I guess it does all start to add up

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