Certaindeaf
You got it figured out yet Berg?
People say that the reasons AR's are so expensive is because they are hand made,
it means its better to spend more money(cry once at the price) and buy something of quality that will function well and not break or jam.
rather than to buy something cheap (and not cry at the price...), but only to have it break and jam all the time (....but to cry at all the times it doesnt work)
It probably means...you haven't done it yetFirst question on Otis Quick-Scoring I.Q. test: "What does 'buy once, cry once' mean?"
IMHO, its better to buy what suits your needs.
One may need to take into consideration ones age, and financial situation along with others factors. Price alone is not the only deciding factor as to what one needs or its quality.
John Ruskin said:It's unwise to pay too much . . . but it's worse to pay too little. When you pay too much, you lose a little money . . . that is all. When you pay too little, you sometimes lose everything, because the thing you bought was incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do.
The common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot. It can't be done. If you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well to add something for the risk you run. And if you do that, you will have enough to pay for something better.