What is your Biggest Pet Peeve

Originally Posted by tostado22

The guy who will spend $430 on a matched billet upper/lower, then buy a no name "quad rail" and a barrel off of EBAY with a really strange and vague description for $100 because they don't want to "put too much money in the rifle". After all of that they wonder why, no shit, the feed ramps don't line up with the ramps cut in the receiver.

Yes this is a true story that I just went through the other day with a friend of mine who wouldn't take my advice. I gave up

I am still learning when to give up. There is an art to it.

Just thought of another thing that annoys me, and while I am pretty damn sure it has been mentioned, people who can't or won't pronounce a manufacturer's or item or part's name correctly. I swear, if I hear one more mother****er call a Kimber a Kimberly I was going to punch someone in the mouth. And I don't even care about the damn company. What gets me, at least with the most recent dumbass I ran into at a LGS this past weekend(almost but not quite dumbest things overheard in a gunshop material) was that when I corrected them, even pointing to Kimber's billboard on the side of the slides the moron argued with me about it how they were pronouncing correctly. Moron was also pronouncing Trijicon as Tri-i-con, and .45acp as .45 APP. So I just figure he never made it past the 3rd grade that or is in dire need of a set of reading glasses.

Originally Posted by Firefly

In all fairness, Colt is the benchmark.
That said, there are companies who do meet or exceed it.
LMT, KAC, HK (if you're in to pistons), and so on.

But you're on crack if you think your DPMS is amongst that company.

That said, people who are vehemently pro AND anti piston.

A well made piston AR is excellent. Not that you actually need one.
But people lose their minds thinking they are either the pinnacle of the AR design evolution or the herald of a new dark age in backwards technology.

To me it's just another option. I'd like an HK 762 despite having a KAC.

I have a buddy with a DPMS .308 and that thing is a freakin tack driver. I'm not sure how many rounds he has through it (probably less than 2K) but it seems pretty solid to me.

I bought a DPMS barrel for my 20" varmint build and although I'm only into it by about 200 - 250 rounds so far, I haven't had any issues and it's very accurate.

I know many consider DPMS to be shit but in my limited experience, that has not been the case. I wonder how many haters have actual experience with one....

I don't own one and have no desire to, but it seems like they're not quite as bad as some people say.

People who post videos on youtube of themselves supposedly showing about firearms or how to draw from a holster or whatever and then they muzzle sweep someone else in the video, themselves, the camera man. Learn some damn muzzle discipline before trying to show others about firearms, idiot!

People who post videos on youtube of an obviously inexperienced woman shooting an overly powerful handgun just to get a laugh when she fails. Yeah, way to get her into guns buddy, she'll likely never want to touch one again after that, why not try training her the right way?

People who post shooting videos on youtube and spend the first 5-10 minutes talking. GET TO THE SHOOTING ALREADY!!!!

Originally Posted by 556BlackRifle

I know many consider DPMS to be shit but in my limited experience, that has not been the case. I wonder how many haters have actual experience with one....

I get where you're coming from there. My go-to pistol for years has been a Springfield XD, which many on here probably find distasteful. However, note that while my experience has been good, I understand why people prefer other firearms. Mine was the very first gun I owned, and it's served me well, so it has it's place in my collection even though I have other, higher quality (and more expensive) firearms now.

I think where people get ridiculed on here is acting as if all DPMS/XD/whatever must be "just as good as" because their copy is good enough for their intended purpose. It's a fallacy generated by the assumption that everyone has the same intended purpose and standard of precision/durability/whatver as they do. That misconception, and the personal aspect of firearm preference are where the hate and discontent get generated.

Originally Posted by sevenhelmet

I get where you're coming from there. My go-to pistol for years has been a Springfield XD, which many on here probably find distasteful. However, note that while my experience has been good, I understand why people prefer other firearms. Mine was the very first gun I owned, and it's served me well, so it has it's place in my collection even though I have other, higher quality (and more expensive) firearms now.

I think where people get ridiculed on here is acting as if all DPMS/XD/whatever must be "just as good as" because their copy is good enough for their intended purpose. It's a fallacy generated by the assumption that everyone has the same intended purpose and standard of precision/durability/whatver as they do. That misconception, and the personal aspect of firearm preference are where the hate and discontent get generated.

Agreed on all points. The bold has me wondering what the average forumer uses their ARs for. Mine are for HD / SHTF and fun. About the closest I'll come to seeing any action with mine will be my bi-monthly trip to the range or the occasional class. Like most people I want the best I can afford and luckily, I can afford what I want, but I won't insult the poor guy who can't afford a Colt and picks up a lesser rifle because that's all he can afford.

Totally agree.....the "My AR is holier than thou" crowd, particularly the "If it ain't Colt, it's crap" crowd are particularly irritating.

No. Actually I say emphatically and with authority that DPMS is shite.

I used one of their LPKs. Trigger would activate on safe. Everything was assembled correctly. DPMS notified. 4 weeks later, dude from tech support called. Said "Yeah...it looks like it does activate in safe. Are you SURE you bought from us?". I say "yes sir. From your package". He uhs and ums and says "We'll call you back." I tried calling back twice. Nobody claimed to know anything about it. No more call back. I just let it go. F 'em. Dude didn't seem knowledgeable and I told him either disconnector or hammer is not to spec. Just uhs and ums.

Again. F 'em. If your DPMS whatever works. I'm happy for you.

But Colt, LMT, KAC, and HK have all done me right at minimal or no expense. Same with Steyr Arms despite this being AR centric.

Any time I've seen a bolt release die or a gun go full auto; it has been DPMS. Same with broken triggers.

Your money. But, seriously, they aren't in the same league.

There are a lot of people who have a lot of pet peeves. That's what this thread proves.

Nutnfancy I can't stand this dude, or the fact the so many people actually take advice from this dude because they know no better.