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Thread: Trust a USMC Armorer with your rifle???

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    Quote Originally Posted by Failure2Stop View Post
    Highly depends on what "work" he is authorized to do. There are different echelons of maintenance, and different firearms have different authorizations.



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    Highly agree with this... generally people on the other side of the cage in the arms room are just filling a slot and went to a basic course that taught them how to swap out basic parts and do rudimentary maintenance on issued weapons types only. From personal experience I have seen the majority of these people know very little as far are firearms knowledge outside of what they have taught. For more advanced weapons repairs and work it is usually sent off to the next higher level of maintenance to be handled by individuals that were specifically MOS trained. But the important thing to remember here is they were only trained for issued weapons platforms and probably wouldn't know how to do work on aftermarket parts. Unless they are "gun guys" with personal knowledge and experience in the platform I would consider learning yourself and doing your own work.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Iraqgunz View Post
    I am curious why you would say this? I don't know his guy from Adam, but I know plenty of civilian "gunsmiths" who I wouldn't let touch an airsoft weapon, let alone a real one.

    I met some Small Arms guys who knew their shit and others who were dangerous with a monkey wrench.

    This.

    I would trust a Marine armorer I didn't know over the joke that is my local 'gunsmith'.

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    My experience is a bit skewed as the most incompentent Marine I ever served with was a small arms repairman. You think THEY would know better than anyone that the feed tray on an M-60E3 should be down and locked before firing. How do you get behind a belt fed MG and not notice that before pulling the trigger? I guess if he is a NCO or motivated Lance Corporal why not.

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