marine 97-03
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Cromolly or crome lined????? 659$ at buds.... any thoughts?
Actually as FlyinBryan said you can hear all kinds of stuff
I have had my doublestar ar for almost a year now and have ran roughly a 1000 rounds through it. It has worked perfectly. My only complaint so for is that the upper and lower are very tight and its difficult to remove the rear pin.
This is the sort of stuff that you can expect with budget brands. As the quote states, this poster is happy with what he has, since he is a conservative shooter. 1000 rounds in about a year isn't much shooting and he doesn't view the fit as a problem and says that the rifle runs perfectly. For this poster the rifle is fine and meets his needs.
On the other hand, if I take a rifle that has a really tight fit between the receivers, this might give me a problem. When I take my AR out shooting, I play a bit, run some drills and often set up some stages to shoot. When I'm in the mood to really shoot, I can do 2000 rounds in a weekend and during this time, the rifle will get stressed. Things get really hot, metal expands and with a super tight receiver fit this may mean a shift in the point of impact to some degree or undue wear because things aren't lining up quite right. The tight fit could also mean nothing and affect nothing. The fact still remains that the upper to lower fit isn't supposed to be that tight. ARs are designed so that the user can do just about all the maintenance he may need to in the field with nothing more than the tip of a bullet. If you need tools, other than a bullet, for anything involving regular maintenance, the rifle is out of spec.