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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