the guy is factually wrong on several point in the first paragraph.
He sounds like the "green beret/seal/recon/boogyman" that sits on a straining barstool all day at the gunshops.
I'll just say that if someone thinks the AR is more mechanically complex than most other SLR's, they're confused, because its just the opposite. The AR allows user lever detail stripping of nearly every part. If an AKM did that, or a FAL, or anything else, it would be seen as "complex". But when you clean an AKM, you don't take the gas port off, or the extractor out of the bolt. This is just silly.
Whats that joke about buffer/spring weight? Thats just made up. Not misunderstood, just made up.
Non-Ergonomic stock? An odd statement about what is undisputed (by 99% of shooters) the most ergonomic rifle ever mass produced. A stock setup thats so popular nearly every common firearm, including pistol adapters, and shotguns have an adapter to use that stock.
Also, in 2019, I had zero difficulty finding a front sight equipped AR. Rear carry handles are the hard part.
This guy doesn't understand the mechanical factors that contribute to accuracy. Comparing a 2 lug bolt action to a 7 lug auto loader shows this guy doesn't understand the concept of repeatability. Somehow I be he's just fine with the many European multilug bolt setups.
Are we really going to pretend that military comparison tests are fair? 3 hand fitted factory rifles vs the literal worst old stock of worn training rifles?
Does anyone think its odd that this guy writes a paragraph about how much he hates the bolt design, then goes on to compare it to three other rifles that use the same bolt design.... Maybe its just me.
He sounds like the "green beret/seal/recon/boogyman" that sits on a straining barstool all day at the gunshops.
I'll just say that if someone thinks the AR is more mechanically complex than most other SLR's, they're confused, because its just the opposite. The AR allows user lever detail stripping of nearly every part. If an AKM did that, or a FAL, or anything else, it would be seen as "complex". But when you clean an AKM, you don't take the gas port off, or the extractor out of the bolt. This is just silly.
Whats that joke about buffer/spring weight? Thats just made up. Not misunderstood, just made up.
Non-Ergonomic stock? An odd statement about what is undisputed (by 99% of shooters) the most ergonomic rifle ever mass produced. A stock setup thats so popular nearly every common firearm, including pistol adapters, and shotguns have an adapter to use that stock.
Also, in 2019, I had zero difficulty finding a front sight equipped AR. Rear carry handles are the hard part.
This guy doesn't understand the mechanical factors that contribute to accuracy. Comparing a 2 lug bolt action to a 7 lug auto loader shows this guy doesn't understand the concept of repeatability. Somehow I be he's just fine with the many European multilug bolt setups.
Are we really going to pretend that military comparison tests are fair? 3 hand fitted factory rifles vs the literal worst old stock of worn training rifles?
Does anyone think its odd that this guy writes a paragraph about how much he hates the bolt design, then goes on to compare it to three other rifles that use the same bolt design.... Maybe its just me.
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