
Originally Posted by
jp0319
... the Middy aspect is more appealing to me than the Colt name especially when quality of both is virtually identical.
This is, to my mind, the core argument -- and it is certainly not a bad one. There are so many configuration possibilities these days from reputable vendors that it is easy to get overwhelmed. If a shooter knows for a fact that he is ready to invest in a mid-gas carbine, then there are several stellar vendors from which to choose, and BCM would certainly be at the top of my list. We're in agreement there, and I suspect, in most other aspects as well.
Now, if that same shooter is not quite sure what he's looking for, then I think the 6920 provides about as competent a starting point as one is likely to find. I'm not suggesting they are the end-all, be-all of carbines right now, but owning a Colt is desirable for any number of reasons, and they are readily available at the moment, which isn't always the case.
It is all-too-easy for shades of agreement to come across as discord, when in fact, that isn't the case at all. I was probably in error to carry a TOS-like inference from the Kool-Aid remark, and I'm fairly certain that you carried something out of my reply that wasn't intended. The fact is that we are actually of very much the same mindset (which is also the only reason I mentioned my All American background, since you feel enough of a connection to the Division to use it for an avatar). In a face-to-face, we would surely have both been nodding north-south; on the internet, it feels like a contentious debate. It isn't -- not at all.
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