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We're not trying to trash on paul24. It's in our best interest, collectively, to prevent another mistake from happening to all forum members. That is, to prevent members from spending money on something not worth while.Cant we all just get along.
It seems every time a new person comes along and wants to ask questions and become part of the family, it turns into a mine is better than yours and that rifle is crap and yada,yada,yada.We are all part of a group who want to use the Ar platform,it takes a real man behind a computer to talk trash about other peoples property!!
Granted, my first post in this thread didn't contribute shit.![]()
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That's funny. My UPS driver at work is ate up with DPMS. He told me he has a DPMS .223 and he's never had a problem. A year ago he told me he wanted a DPMS .308.
Nice and polite as I could be, I told him DPMS "wasn't very well thought of", sent him threads, etc. About 6-months ago, he bought one anyway but I'm starting to see why he is OK with DPMS. He has only shot his .308 one time for 30-rounds and he has not shot his .223 a single time in a year.
At that rate, his .308 should give him years and years of trouble-free service. And silly me, buying those top-tier guns...Oh well...
Guess UPS drivers see more DPMS's and Ruger's delivered, so they figure they must be better.
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Last edited by ucrt; 12-12-10 at 15:25. Reason: Clarity
Funny I have a DPMS AP4 Carbine that has over 3000 rounds through it and no problems I must have the only one that made it to that round count.
Jason
Last edited by DonJose; 12-12-10 at 15:33.
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That's because most people shop on price alone and as mentioned above, never shoot the guns enough to have issues.
My wife's father, brother and brother-in-law, think Ruger hung the moon. When I suggested a Glock instead of a Ruger pistol, my brother-in-law said "That's WAY more than I want to spend." That is the mindset of the average Ruger owner. And there are WAY more of them than there are of us.
My father-in-law actually bragged to me that his PRIMARY personal protection gun (a S&W Model Chief's Special, bought in 1950-something) had only had 4 rounds fired through it SINCE HE BOUGHT IT OVER 50 YEARS AGO. I told him he wasn't getting his money's worth out of it that way. Not to mention the fact that he only carries 4 rounds in it, so the chamber under the hammer is empty.![]()
Last edited by RAM Engineer; 12-12-10 at 16:38.
Nope, not a bit.
Clint, I find it hard to believe this is an isolated incident. My thought also was that with high recoil and this may excellerate the problem of Carrier tilt.
Personally I love the Ruger piston system. I have been firing AR's since I went into the Army in 1985. I'm still in and I firmly believe if the piston system can be worked out it will eventually take over the DI weapons in the services. Remember people that this system has been around since the 1960's. It has had plenty of time to "figure out the problems." For years the AR platform was condemmed as "crap" by almost everyone. It was still being called crap in the 80's when the M16A2 came out. It will get worked out.
As to Ruger getting bashed I'm surprised by the venom on this site. They have been around forever and I'll stick by them.
I will get a Buffer from FRS and "drive on" with my SR-556. It's a good platform and very accurate.
Last edited by Paul24; 12-12-10 at 16:49.
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They've made millions of well designed and reliable firearms, that were priced fairly, and met the needs of those who bought them.
Have they catered to the 2% of gun experts? No. Have they made some clunkers? Sure. Which major hasn't? Maybe they've even made more than their fair share. But saying that "90% of their designs are retarded" is a bit of a stretch.
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