While these Hodge Defense rifles clearly don't appeal to everyone there is an appeal to some of us. I for one enjoy reading up on and hearing about assembly techniques that enhance the rifle,
even if only on a minute level. Jim Hodge/Hodge Defense is a self-proclaimed OCD freak and agonizes over the minutiae of a rifle build (so it seems). Let’s look at an example of a “minute” detail involved in a rifle build:
Grant and others have stated that when building a rifle it is wise to avoid torqueing to the higher value of the acceptable torque range on the barrel nut and muzzle device. Does it really make a difference if you end up at 70 or 80 foot pounds on your barrel nut instead of 40 or 50? Should you even worry about how hard your torqueing the muzzle device? Is that really going to affect accuracy? Yes, it likely will on a small, nearly unperceivable level.
Now imagine a rifle builder that worries at this level about EVERY aspect of a gun. When you combine all the untold number of minute details that make rifles function easier, better, smoother, which by themselves you may never notice, you should be rewarded with a rifle that simply
IS better, is more “correct” or ideal in reference to the weapons design and function. To me it is very easy to see how the attention to all those details can give a rifle a feel that……well you just can't really put in words or causes you to use analogies to convey its unnamable awesomeness.
SMGLee, thanks for bringing these rifles to our attention. I’ve seen Hodge Defense around the past year or so but honestly haven’t given them much thought. Not anymore.
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