I've been watching parts of that site slowly sink into the abyss for years. There are still reasons for me to go there - some of the other forum sections, the local stuff, and, of course, pictures of new stuff.
But generally speaking, while I am not and have never been a Colt fanboy, the anti-Colt ranting served as a warning, prompting me to spend most of my time elsewhere. One day I realized that I had not visited in a year or two, and went back to find stuff like this:
"Just what the hell makes a LaRue rail cost so much more than UTG anyways?"
"Where can I get a fake silencer?"
"Where can I find a good, durable red dot for under $50?"
"Aimpoints are overpriced crap, and all you guys who hate Leapers are just snobs"
.. and so on. That just confirmed my previous opinion. There is good info here and there, and a lot of moderators here and on other respected forums are mods there as well... but it is increasingly hard to separate out the junk. I suppose it serves a purpose, by giving them a place to congregate.
Indeed.And it all comes down to mindset. If you purchased an AR for punching paper or photo ops then I really have to wonder where your head is. Every weapon I have serves one purpose first- PUTTING ROUNDS DOWN RANGE on someone or thing. The only one that doesn't fit that role is the Ruger 10/22.
It's sort of funny; despite all the mall-ninjaesque fantasies and chest thumping flying around (come on, who doesn't want to cap some zombies!), many of those same people buy cheap junk and then start foaming at the mouth about "you'll never shoot anything but paper" when you point that out... They're fundamentally not serious about it, they have an AR with rails and doodads so they can show it off and try to look badass.



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