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It's deeper than that, I think...
This forum, as I understand, has been around a while. As have most others. The "Black Rifle" became and continues to become more and more popular. However, there was a "dark age" on the civilian side. Just ask Pat Rogers. He will tell you how many times he had to stop a class to fix all the loose gas keys, etc. "back in the day".
So we got things like "The Chart" as a way of trying to "vette" a rifle. To make sure it wasn't a POS, if you will.
The Chart and other guides like it were a great starting place. They kept the DPMS and Olympic Arms owners on notice and they staked the gas-keys themselves, or bought other rifles.
It was basically the "civilian mil-spec", if you will. People came to trust that if a rifle had certain things, it was g2g, based on a "standard".
Well...
...times have changed. New products are coming out and improvements are being made in materials and implementation at breakneck pace. QA/QC has taken a GIANT leap forward as many industry professionals are ALSO shooters, or are now at least willing to consult shooters. Top tier companies are producing "new stuff" that isn't junk...because they consult or are shooters who will thrash the gear before releasing it. The platform is matured GREATLY in the last decade. Advancements are really getting under way.
However...some people are still stuck in "the Chart Era". Think of it...and I am not at ALL trying to get religious (so lets just view this within the framework of the written article itself and not theologically!), it's just the best way I can make the allegory, as the OT vs. the NT Jews. Back in the OT, there were a TON of laws, etc. to keep everything on the straight and narrow. In the NT, a lot of those laws were done away with via fulfillment as superflous ("X number of steps allowed on the Holy Day, etc.")
Well...the AR world is somewhat at the same point...many rules that kept things straight are now hampering or superfluous, if doggedly stuck to.
If people will pay 4k for a Costa larue you'd be crazy to think people wouldnt pay 2k for this.I think if this comes out around 1650-1700$ street price it'll be a winner once some reviews gets posted.
I think at 2k it's got too much competition with the sr15.
An AR with receivers forged from a lighter stronger alloy, manufactured under the aegis of a man like Jim Hodge? Yes, please
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- ROAD-RUNNER LIFTS GLASS OF WATER- PULLING UP MATCH
- MATCH SCRATCHES ON MATCH-BOX
- MATCH LIGHTS FUSE TO TNT
- BOOM!
- HA-HA!!
-WILE E. COYOTE, AUTHOR OF "EVERYTHING I NEEDED TO KNOW IN LIFE, I LEARNED FROM GOLDBERG & MURPHY"
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The only competition to the AU Mod 2 is Knight's SR15, IMO.
This will not be an inexpensive rifle though. A complete Noveske Gen 3 rifle is running close to $2500, you can bet the Mod 2 will be every bit of that.
I would love to see the Mod 2 with the AXTS Adac pin, THAT, would be supremely awesome.
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