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I just loved the part in the vid where the guy couldn't keep a mag in his gun!! I was rolling!![]()
I have seen better reviews done by Girl Scouts trying to sell me Samoas at my local Albertson's. If you are trying to review to sell a product and have video...editing the amateur BS out should be a priority.
Last edited by jklaughrey; 03-22-11 at 04:05.
Never judge a man by his success, judge by how he deals with his failures!- L.E.C.
Some People suck at being Human!- Me
"To keep you is no gain, to destroy you is no loss."- Khmer Rouge
I'll jump in add add my post form that buffer thread as weel, as it seems that this thread is getting more interest.
And Spikes don't? And not to be confrontational, but show me the proof that BCM's specs check out, or that Spikes don't. I'm not here to start a philosophical war, I want to know facts and nothing else, I want to see charts and numbers, I don't want to see opinion or speculation. I'm a Noveske man myself, but I had actually looked at that exact Spikes upper when I was trying to put a solid budget build for my brother. I ended up going with a BCM for him, but Im afraid I did so purely based on speculation of it being better than the Spikes, rather than proven fact.
You're clearly lying! That can't be true! You must need another dose of the BCM/LMT/Colt coolaid! Drink up and you'll change your mind...
I think that most of the manufactures are going to be fine for 99% of AR shooters. I've got two M&P15TS rifles with a ton of rounds through each and never had a problem. They offered a lot for the money on the LE discount. I'm building a 6.5 Grendel now for Deer hunting and I choose to get a BCM bolt carrier because the price was right and I would trust them. If the Spikes was the same price I would have been fine with that as well, but the Spikes were more money. With all the changing prices you need to be very internet savvy to find the best deal. It took several hours of looking but I found a stripped upper for my build for $56 new and I paid $60 for the lower. The deals are out there, even in the big names if you know where to look.
BCM has some good prices and their shipping was quick. I think Spikes just does a little better marketing their stuff to the average Joe, so those looking for a deal that don't have much experience with ARs find it easy to go that direction. I find BCM's website painful to navigate and I bet it turns people away.
Never judge a man by his success, judge by how he deals with his failures!- L.E.C.
Some People suck at being Human!- Me
"To keep you is no gain, to destroy you is no loss."- Khmer Rouge
NOLATAC is a pretty squared away outfit from my understanding, so I'm not really sure why you are pouncing on them for doing a brief overview of their experience with a companies products that was sent to them for evaluation during a class.
Is this situation any different than what Paul does for EAG? Are you aware that some BCM's on the roster have experienced a failure or two...? Paul has openly thanked Pat for his feedback as it allows him to continually improve upon his products and the end user is the winner when manufactures do this. Do you factor in the shit ammo and hard use that they put the rifle through? Do you doubt the integrity of the person giving the overview?
Some Spikes criticism is warranted, but much is not (it also helps if you know the roots of what most of the criticism originated from which IMHO WAS warranted). I don't own a Spike, nor will I ever, but for those on a tight budget I believe there are far worse options in the market place. Not everyone has the luxury of spending whatever it cost to buy the best rifles on the market. A few hundred bucks to some is a lot of money and with the savings it allows them to buy ammo, get some proper training and then save and upgrade their rifle if needed.
You appear to enjoy piling on when given the chance... Oftentimes its harder to buck the popular, cool guy pile ons that happen from time to time, than it is to stand up against them opening yourself up to critique.
Why would you want to sanitize something that happened? People **** up in the course of training, thats called life and I would much rather see that, than some BS hack piece put together trying to make everything look perfect and staged.
For the record I don't give two ****s about Spike, but it does rub me the wrong way when guys jump in to criticize stupid shit for no reason.
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