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I'm violating a very basic rule, I know, but I got to this point and couldn't read any more.
I'm not suggesting you ditch your friend entirely, but listening to him talk about weapon components, their capabilities, and what they may or may not do for a shooter is probably as pointless as a discussion about what male masturbation FEELS like....with one's mother.
If he's pressing bad gouge like that, he's a believer, which is another way of saying that he represents all the good intention that roads to hell are paved with.
The day-to-day Marine's quals are made at the 200 & 300yd line, not at the 500. A good shooter that mind-****s himself at either may save his ass at the 500, but the constant assertions of 7 of 10 hits at the 5 are not the trend.
Contractor scum, AAV
I will continue to freefloat my ARs. The probability of me actually shooting the guns and is far greater than the probability that I'll find myself pressing down on the handguard with one knee and pulling up on the barrel to test how much the bbl nut can handle.
I shot 5 of my ARs this weekend. Confirmed zeros on 4 and the 5th I ran hard in drills (NGA X7) got it so hot that the FF tube burned my left hand right through my Oakley FR gloves.
Chief Armorer for Elite Shooting Sports in Manassas VA
Chief Armorer for Corp Arms (FFL 07-08/SOT 02)
Last edited by Eurodriver; 08-15-11 at 08:10.
Why do the loudest do the least?
Kinda moot, innit?
Taking that sentence as it reads, "should be" makes it open-ended; there was room for doubt, hence the need to question. We can stick to technical merit as a stand-alone without getting into the fuzzy-headed thinking and gun-rag article absorptions rates of another party.
The last time I broke a barrel nut that didn't include overcranking on it, it was while jumping up to the moon to punch holes in it. With my weapon in hand; I banged it across my knee when I landed.
Using only one leg.
Uphill, both ways.
Ergo, all those craters you see. Sorry....
This is how tall tales get started.
Contractor scum, AAV
Wow, JS! Was this during the Blizzard of '49?
INSIDE PLAN OF BOX
- ROAD-RUNNER LIFTS GLASS OF WATER- PULLING UP MATCH
- MATCH SCRATCHES ON MATCH-BOX
- MATCH LIGHTS FUSE TO TNT
- BOOM!
- HA-HA!!
-WILE E. COYOTE, AUTHOR OF "EVERYTHING I NEEDED TO KNOW IN LIFE, I LEARNED FROM GOLDBERG & MURPHY"
I am American
..and with his bum knee.
Where ya barefoot too?
OP,
The ONLY case I can and do make against using a quality free floating rails system is the cost.
I have two Colt 6920's that I use (one I use, and one is a spare) as a LE Patrol Rifle, get to and from work w/o issues, home defense, and because I enjoy shooting the things.
My guns are used well inside of 100 yds. I only needed to mount a light. My optic (Aimpoint an T-1) is mounted on the receiver (where else) so the type of rail does not matter to the optic.
I went with the Magpul fore end and a mount-n-slot light mount w/Surefire G2x. For me, it works.
I have used other shooters guns equipped with quad rails and tube rail systems from DD and Troy. The last thing I would be concerned about with the guns I used and/or examined would be the durability of the rail. Short of beating the things with a hammer, and even then I don't see durability to be an issue.
The free floating rail systems bring a lot to the table. I feel the only real negative issue to them is the cost. For me, the cost did not justify the needs I had for these particular guns.
While I don't intentionally abuse my guns, they don't get babied either.
The durability of the rail systems I've handled never even crossed my mind when I was checking them out.
Your friend has an over inflated opinion of self worth. Don't listen to his advice.
Last edited by Beat Trash; 08-15-11 at 13:25.
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