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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.
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
"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
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.......
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.
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.
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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