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    Quote Originally Posted by Army Chief View Post
    By nature, I'm one of those guys that wants to "save everybody," but I've gradually come around to the idea that, for your friend's purposes, perhaps a Rock River AR is indeed more than enough gun.
    Yup took a long time for me to come around too. I get a lot of people looking for an AR15 to "blast away at coyotes with". OK, go order a DPMS and I'll do the transfer on it. Much easier than trying to lecture someone about quality.

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    Quote Originally Posted by akgunnut View Post
    I have been through three AR15s already and the first two were S&W M&P15s and 3rd time was the charm with my Colt 6920.

    I am on my 4th AR. The first two were essentially "Frankenguns" that I bought and/or traded for that were nominally OK as plinkers, but not up to the standards of the "better" ARs. I chalk those experiences up to inexperience and life lessons. I have long since sold or traded those and got a S&W MP15 Sport. A fine AR for what it is, we all know what it isn't. I sold that upper, kept the lower, and now have a BCM upper on the S&W lower. It took me a while to get here, but because of this site, some reading, and talking with those in the know, I have the rifle I will have (hopefully) forever. Education is a process, sometimes painful.

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    The World is full of shit-heads..

    My favorite threads are the "my rifle is mil-spec plus" threads. The poster will claim that a mil-spec rifle is made by the "lowest bidder" only using the "cheapest parts".

    My reply is simple: Prove it

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    Quote Originally Posted by xwarp View Post


    Last edited by JSantoro; Yesterday at 08:52 Reason: Trying to get The Last Word never works

    I just spit coffee all over my keyboard. Thanks!

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    I posted this is another thread but it seem appropriate in this thread as well.

    The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten
    I paint spaceship parts.

    Quote Originally Posted by Failure2Stop View Post
    Stippled Glocks are like used underwear; previous owner makes all the difference in value.

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    Quote Originally Posted by VIP3R 237 View Post
    The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten
    I have learned this the hard way on a few things.





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    "Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it on to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free." President Ronald Regan

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    Quote Originally Posted by C4IGrant View Post
    ...whole bunch of true stuff......


    In the end, buy what you like, but please don't tell us that all brands are equal.


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    When I become Supreme Galactic Overlord, this is the consumer product safety warning I'll order to be engraved on barrels. Not stuff they do now, like "Guns may tend to make loud noises" or "Do not point directly at eye while pulling trigger".

    If Jethro wants to buy an Oly AR or some Hesse abomination, rock on. But it makes me mad enough to kick a Black Lab puppy when they INSIST it's as good as a BCM/Colt/KAC/Noveske firearm.

    And people wonder why we drink.......

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    Quote Originally Posted by SeriousStudent View Post
    If Jethro wants to buy an Oly AR or some Hesse abomination, rock on. But it makes me mad enough to kick a Black Lab puppy when they INSIST it's as good as a BCM/Colt/KAC/Noveske firearm.
    That's the key difference. Good enough vs. good as.

    The reality is that for most folks the lower end commercial AR's are in fact good enough. It's a testament to the design that most of them work relatively well. It's the "good as" talk that lights me on fire. Or value...because at the end of the day a BCM/DD/Colt/KAC/LMT really isn't that much more expensive than the guns usually being looked at.

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    I have saved myself a wheelbarrow full of grief in life, by just going ahead and buying whatever people said their thing was as good as.

    Thirty years ago I was told "This camera is just as good as a Nikon" - I bought a Nikon F3.

    Eight years ago I was told "This AR is just as good as a Colt" - I bought a 6920.

    Sweet baby Jebus, it ain't rocket surgery, people.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SeriousStudent View Post
    Thirty years ago I was told "This camera is just as good as a Nikon" - I bought a Nikon F3.
    I also bought a Nikon F3 HP back then...
    ...wish I could now get 1/2 of what I paid back then.

    Should have sold it 8 yrs. ago when I sold my 400mm EDIF for about what I gave for it 30 yrs ago, oh well.

    I guess I should have invested in several 70 series Gold Cups instead.

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