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    Quote Originally Posted by 3ACR_Scout View Post
    Some of the low end AR manufacturers definitely have a great ad campaign going, even if it's often just word-of-mouth. I've run into a number of people in the military who bought a Bushmaster or Rock River and never even heard of BCM, LMT, DD, etc. I was talking with my brother-in-law a couple months ago - he bought an M&P with Magpul furniture a few years back, and he told me "but what I really want is a Bushmaster." I spent a few minutes trying to fill him in on better brands, but I'm not sure it sunk in. I'm not sure where people learn about these brands, but I think part of the name recognition unfortunately comes from news stories about incidents like Sandy Hook.

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    I've always secretly believed that our government sent a bunch of Bushmasters to the former Soviet Republic of Georgia as a "false flag" to make the Russians think all our small arms are crappy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by steyrman13 View Post
    Didn't even need to send one round down range to find out! .
    One downside to the plastic rifles:you can break them fairly easy,Armalite made that AR-180B and the lower was plastic,heard they can crack the front pin hole if you let the upper flop down when you take it apart.

    Wonder why plastic handguns are teh hotness but plastic rifles suck ze dokey nads?............

    I could see a "shoot little,carry a lot" all plastic AR being cool if you realize the limits.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Doc Glockster View Post
    I've always secretly believed that our government sent a bunch of Bushmasters to the former Soviet Republic of Georgia as a "false flag" to make the Russians think all our small arms are crappy.
    Didn't we give an arse load of Sigmas to the Afghanis? I guess giving the least to the worst just makes sure if they shoot them at us we can know when they'll crap out.

    Or the quality of arms we give you shows how much we trust you......

    Have we given anyone HiPoints yet?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Krull View Post
    Wonder why plastic handguns are teh hotness but plastic rifles suck ze dokey nads?............
    Possibly because one was designed from the start to be made from polymer, maximizing its benefits while reducing or eliminating its drawbacks during the testing phases.
    The other was designed to be made from 7075-T6 aluminum, with ~50 years of proven success using that material. Then some companies made the questionable decision to shoehorn this functional design into a material it was never intended to support.

    That would be where the donkey testicles enter the equation.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CrazyFingers View Post
    Possibly because one was designed from the start to be made from polymer, maximizing its benefits while reducing or eliminating its drawbacks during the testing phases.
    The other was designed to be made from 7075-T6 aluminum, with ~50 years of proven success using that material. Then some companies made the questionable decision to shoehorn this functional design into a material it was never intended to support.

    That would be where the donkey testicles enter the equation.
    Yea but that new HK...forget what it's called,THAT thing was made from the start of plastic....and I've heard tell it softens up in the sun...

    So far the only plastic rifle that works is the AUG.
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    Dont forget the plastic lower on the SCAR.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Krull View Post
    Yea but that new HK...forget what it's called,THAT thing was made from the start of plastic....and I've heard tell it softens up in the sun...

    So far the only plastic rifle that works is the AUG.
    The AUG is not made of plastic on the receiver, nor is the rods that guide the BCG.
    Again. Designed from the start is different than retrofitting a metal design into plastic. Also not all plastics/polymers are the same quality or material.
    Last edited by steyrman13; 10-01-13 at 15:40.

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    So, from what I've read here, is BM the worst of the worst?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Abraham View Post
    So, from what I've read here, is BM the worst of the worst?
    Nope.
    Now, think about what that means for the companies below it.

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