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    Quote Originally Posted by bkb0000 View Post
    maybe this will help- Mega and Aeroprecision and Stag have known good finish machining. When I'm looking for a "fine" receiver, i buy a Mega or an Aero (i hate the stupid deer, but they are clean). I've bought several of both- mostly just to have. I don't really want to build on them because i know i'll use a gun i build, and i know i'll trash a gun i use. so they basically sit.

    my LMTs, however, get built on, and trashed. i buy them to abuse them. I buy them BECAUSE i want something that will take a beating and keep running. it's not about finish.

    DOES that help?

    I'm not sure WHAT it "helps", as I don't really think anyone needs help here.
    I think we all understand that many guys here don't care about the finish on their rifles, and that is totally fine, and nothing wrong with that at all.
    However, I don't think I've ever understood how some guys "trash" their guns, with the exception of guys in the Military. ???
    I mean, I've run AR's and handguns too, through some serious use, all day courses, etc, and I've rolled around in the dirt with them, etc. Not once have I ever come close to trashing a gun. Why? Well, it's simple. Because I chose not to beat my guns all up and trash them, and I still had just as fast performance times/scores/etc as the next guy.
    Nothing wrong with trashing your gun, but some guys need to realize it's not necessary at all, and can be EASILY prevented IF you choose to do so.
    In fact, from all my years experience, I have noticed one thing about guns that get "trashed". The vast majority of it comes NOT from shooting/use in the field. It comes from guys who slam their guns around in the back of their truck/etc.
    I recently sold a $2500 Noveske AR10 build that was BRAND new/unfired.
    The second I handed it to the buyer, he literally THREW it behind the seat in his single cab truck. It landed on top of a bottle jack, and a bunch of other tools. Keep in mind the gun was not in a case.
    I literally saw it get beat up and DENTED (not just scratched) right then and there.
    Nothing wrong with being rough with your weapon if that's your thing obviously.
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    its a machine made by men. nothing is perfect

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    Still waiting on a pic.

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    Quote Originally Posted by motoman View Post
    its a machine made by men. nothing is perfect
    Totally ridiculous ignorant statement here. I have plenty of firearms, and plenty of AR/M4 firearm receivers that are perfectly finished.
    Even if they are technically not microscopically "perfect", then we will define "perfect" as equalling NO VISIBLE SCRATCHES/DENTS/DINGS.
    Very simple really, and VERY EASY to manufacture a "perfect" receiver, or most any firearm part.
    It's not machining defects that cause 99% of these blems. It's the mis-handling of the receivers after the machining process.
    As was stated above, I assure you that most of you would not buy a new car with visible paint scratches or body dents/dings.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Paul Cataldo View Post
    Totally ridiculous ignorant statement here. I have plenty of firearms, and plenty of AR/M4 firearm receivers that are perfectly finished.
    Even if they are technically not microscopically "perfect", then we will define "perfect" as equalling NO VISIBLE SCRATCHES/DENTS/DINGS.
    Very simple really, and VERY EASY to manufacture a "perfect" receiver, or most any firearm part.
    It's not machining defects that cause 99% of these blems. It's the mis-handling of the receivers after the machining process.
    As was stated above, I assure you that most of you would not buy a new car with visible paint scratches or body dents/dings.
    i *might* have a problem if my brand new 6920 was missing anodize. we're not talking about dents, we're talking about forge flash. damaged paint on a car causes rust, forge flash causes nothing but stupid threads like this.

    is your gun a status symbol or a tool? mines a tool, and, as i said, you'd have to be a total fag to return a hammer because of forge flash.

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    At this point....Colt seems like a status symbol...for a $1400 rifle....my SA M1A does just fine thank you.Seriously...does owning a Colt automatically make you a marksman...or a god?

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    Quote Originally Posted by bigretic View Post
    At this point....Colt seems like a status symbol...for a $1400 rifle....my SA M1A does just fine thank you.Seriously...does owning a Colt automatically make you a marksman...or a god?
    to a guy who shoots at beer cans a couple times a year it probably seems that way.. to a higher caliber shooter, i.e. professionals, colt is just another quality rifle among others and doesn't attract any extra attention.

    you're making something out of nothing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bkb0000 View Post
    to a guy who shoots at beer cans a couple times a year it probably seems that way.. to a higher caliber shooter, i.e. professionals, colt is just another quality rifle among others and doesn't attract any extra attention.

    you're making something out of nothing.
    Trust me....it's not me. 9 out of 10 Colt owners look down on EVERY other brand.Just look at the threads.My point is just because you own a Colt doesn't make you a marksman...or a god.Like I said before,in my opinion,the same money(my money) was spent on a more accurate,harder hitting firearm.That's all.If that's something out of nothing...hey...I can live with it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bigretic View Post
    Trust me....it's not me. 9 out of 10 Colt owners look down on EVERY other brand.Just look at the threads.My point is just because you own a Colt doesn't make you a marksman...or a god.Like I said before,in my opinion,the same money(my money) was spent on a more accurate,harder hitting firearm.That's all.If that's something out of nothing...hey...I can live with it.
    trust you? i know plenty of colt owners- none of them look down on my non-colt custom guns. nobody on here looks down on LMT or Noveske or BCM. nobody looks down on a sweet custom gun.

    what am i supposed to trust you on? i dont know you or your experience. it's been my experience that people who have anything to say about colt just dont HAVE a lot of experience. dont even have enough experience to know what exactly IS so good about colt. who said a colt makes you a good shot? who said a colt makes you a "god?" you're saying it doesn't do these things as though people have said it does.

    nobody's claiming colt makes you anything- and nobody is talking about accuracy or how "hard" it "hits." we're talking about reliability- which is the single most important factor for a fightin gun. who cares if it's only good for 2 MOA? 2 MOA is .08 MOBG. besides, i've seen plenty of colts do 1 MOA anyway.

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    For a few hundred more for a Colt you should expect a properly and predictably manufactured and assembled gun. The end-user it's built for does not prioritize cosmetics.

    The end-user most others are building for typically do.

    They are what they are. Understand what you're buying. As always, caveat emptor.

    My EDC 6920 came with a bunch of scratches and would be rejected by other. It looked worse after a few hours out the first day. If I sold it today, someone would pay me a few hundred more than I paid for it. Heck, it looks like someone will pay $50-$100 for the box.

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