vanfunk
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Thank you, Pat, for your service and your clarity in this oft debated but poorly understood topic!
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cbsbyte said:Bushmaster did make M4s for the military.
Pat Rogers said:I see many guns in a year- in the thousands. As Jeff can tell you, i have a photo book of broken guns. As is no surprise, the only issues with M4/M4A1 guns is that the bolt lugs will show cracks after 10k rounds- normal wear..
vanfunk said:Colt makes a better carbine for innumerable reasons. You can choose to buy something else for political reasons as that is your prerogative, but you won't be getting a better AR. For a range weapon, it doesn't really matter what you get. For a hard use weapon, as has been stated already, get the Colt.
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Originally Posted by vanfunk
Colt makes a better carbine for innumerable reasons. You can choose to buy something else for political reasons as that is your prerogative, but you won't be getting a better AR. For a range weapon, it doesn't really matter what you get. For a hard use weapon, as has been stated already, get the Colt.
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and just what ARE these "innumerable" reasons?
vanfunk said:A comparison of a Colt 6920 and a Bushmaster "M4" would reveal the following:
Bushmaster marks their barrels "B MP" although not all of them are magnafluxed or proofed - only a small sample of each lot is sampled. Colt tests every barrel. The Bushmaster barrel will (likely) be a 1/9" twist barrel, not as versatile as the 1/7" twist on the Colt. Bushmaster has a habit (I've had 4 examples so afflicted) of over-indexing their barrels so that 20-25 clicks to the left are necessary to zero at 100 yards. The Bushmaster will not have the correct "F" height front sight base, ususally requiring that the front sight post be raised above the ears of the sight tower for a proper zero. Bushmaster does not Magnaflux and shot peen their bolts and carriers, or use the correct extractor insert. Bushmaster does not use the "H" buffer as Colt does, and the Bushmaster receiver extension is extruded and oversized compared to the Colt (which is forged and sized correctly). Bushmaster has a well-documented history of staking their gas keys poorly (again, I have had 4 that needed restaking out of the box). Bushmaster does not use double heat-shielded handguards as the Colt does. Colt has the TDP and assembles their product according to strict QC guidelines, Bushmaster seems to use their consumer base as a QA/QC testing bed. Again, for a range toy I really don't think it makes much of a difference, but I'd gladly pay more to get more when it comes to a defensive firearm. There's more to Colt than the little Horsie on the side, and no, they're not overpriced when you put the Colt up against the competition toe-to-toe, feature-to-feature.
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