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    Quote Originally Posted by Littlelebowski View Post
    You're being very optimistic considering how little data is available on this rifle. Do you not plan to run it hard or do you just have that much faith in Barrett's design?
    A combo of all of the above, I guess.

    The design seems very solid with a big beefy op rod, etc. I suppose it would be possible to crack the gas block with excessive heat or something. But, short of running the gun over with a tank, I wouldn't think there's anything inherently weak about the basic design.

    The extractor, firing pin, etc are standard M16 parts so replacements and spares there are no problem. I have emailed Kevi at Barrett and have asked her about purchasing extra gas parts and will let you know what I hear.

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    You're going off of looks instead of real world data.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Littlelebowski View Post
    You're going off of looks instead of real world data.
    As you point out earlier, there isn't any "real world" data on this rifle. Or very little anyway. Anything I could find, feedback-wise, has been in connection with the 6.8 bigger brother.

    I do freely admit to being optomistic about this rifle and have some faith that Barrett would test the design thoroughly before marketing. As with all new things, time will tell.

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    Where in nm are you located?
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    I can get all the spare parts for my LWRC that I need. Why can't barret to the same for barret system give out the spare parts?

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    Here's Kevi's reply:

    "We are in the process to compiling a spare parts list. It will be later on this fall before that list is public knowledge. We will also have spare parts kits for purchase."

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    Okay. Let's be fair here. I remember several years ago people bitching about having to ship their LWRCs off back to the manuf to get shit fixed. That's the one common problem with every one of these proprietary designs, whenever they first come out (LWRC, SCAR, SR15 E3, POF, etc...) it's practically impossible for most consumers to get any replacement parts when shit goes wrong (as it sometimes does with new designs, and just whenever Murphy's dumbass comes along to screw things up on even the best designed guns). Hell, even if it's something you could easily fix, you cannot simply log on to Bravo Company and buy an op rod or new bolt. Even amongst piston guns in general, there's still not one common design in use (to my limited knowledge anyways), everyone always has their own "way better and way more reliable" gas piston gun design.

    Everything will eventually be available and good to go in time, it just always seems to take forever to get there. And that's why it's important for guys like Tokarev to give lots of good feedback whenever they buy newly-released guns like this one from Barret, in order to speed this inevitable process along.

    I could really care less either way because I'm not a user of any piston guns (although I may be getting a SCAR soon). I'm just sayin'...

    Quote Originally Posted by ffhounddog View Post
    I can get all the spare parts for my LWRC that I need. Why can't barret to the same for barret system give out the spare parts?
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    100% agree with Paul's post above. I do not own any piston op AR's myself either, but if there is one company that I would feel confidant with investing in their piston design, it would be Barrett. They aint going anywhere anytime soon. I dont think their ownership is gonna change anytime soon either. Solid company with a solid track record for quality and service.

    There arent any other current piston AR manufacturers that can compare to Barrett's track record and stability.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tokarev View Post
    Here's Kevi's reply:

    "We are in the process to compiling a spare parts list. It will be later on this fall before that list is public knowledge. We will also have spare parts kits for purchase."
    Thats good news. I imagine they are trying to avoid having to go thru multiple different revisions to their op system over the next few years like what LWRC/LWRCi/LWRC? has gone thru in recent past.

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    Looks nice. What did it cost you?

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