stubbicatt
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Today I marvel at how much less stressful it is to purchase and install optics and accessories for my G3 clone than it was for a SIG556 Classic, which I have since sold off.
Aside from the diminutive cartridge of the 223/556, which I don't like as much as the 308, I have come to see the myriad of accessories and optics for the AR type platform as an aggravating puzzlement, as it was these types of accessories that would supposedly fit on the SIG.
By this I mean, on the G3 clone, the claw type scope mount works. Perfectly. It was designed for the rifle, just snaps in place, no mess, no fuss. The night vision works. Perfectly. It was designed for the rifle. The 22 caliber kit works. Perfectly. Again, it was designed for the rifle. These accessories are of high quality, and easy to use.
On the SIG and my buddy's AR, there seems to be so much twiddling and futzing about to get things to work perfectly. He has installed a railed fore end, a Eotech, and some sort of flashlight on his rifle. Lately it is some sort of magnifier which is in effect a scope without a reticle. He tried to install it behind the Eotech, which he then had to move a bit so that the magnifier would clear his pop up rear sight. It isn't working right, and it is making me crazy watching it make him crazy.
It seems to take an inordinate amount of effort to coordinate all these things to work together properly.
I realize my "use by" date is nearing expiration, and I like things simple. Just that there seems to be an inordinate amount of little shims and spacers and knobs and quick release levers from countless manufacturers, etc., for the little AR. Perhaps my memory is simply full, and can accept no more new data. I just can't watch him struggle with that thing anymore, nor could I bring myself to really enjoy that SIG due to a sort of dearth of high quality, known quantity, easy to install, accessories for the rifle.
I must say I really, truly, respect you younger guys who are willing to suffer through all that aggravation to arrive at your dream model of AR15. I must also say how much I appreciate all the engineering that went into these essentially military scopes, mounts, subcaliber adapters, etc., for the G3. It takes true genius to engineer simplicity and ease of use into a design.
Aside from the diminutive cartridge of the 223/556, which I don't like as much as the 308, I have come to see the myriad of accessories and optics for the AR type platform as an aggravating puzzlement, as it was these types of accessories that would supposedly fit on the SIG.
By this I mean, on the G3 clone, the claw type scope mount works. Perfectly. It was designed for the rifle, just snaps in place, no mess, no fuss. The night vision works. Perfectly. It was designed for the rifle. The 22 caliber kit works. Perfectly. Again, it was designed for the rifle. These accessories are of high quality, and easy to use.
On the SIG and my buddy's AR, there seems to be so much twiddling and futzing about to get things to work perfectly. He has installed a railed fore end, a Eotech, and some sort of flashlight on his rifle. Lately it is some sort of magnifier which is in effect a scope without a reticle. He tried to install it behind the Eotech, which he then had to move a bit so that the magnifier would clear his pop up rear sight. It isn't working right, and it is making me crazy watching it make him crazy.
It seems to take an inordinate amount of effort to coordinate all these things to work together properly.
I realize my "use by" date is nearing expiration, and I like things simple. Just that there seems to be an inordinate amount of little shims and spacers and knobs and quick release levers from countless manufacturers, etc., for the little AR. Perhaps my memory is simply full, and can accept no more new data. I just can't watch him struggle with that thing anymore, nor could I bring myself to really enjoy that SIG due to a sort of dearth of high quality, known quantity, easy to install, accessories for the rifle.
I must say I really, truly, respect you younger guys who are willing to suffer through all that aggravation to arrive at your dream model of AR15. I must also say how much I appreciate all the engineering that went into these essentially military scopes, mounts, subcaliber adapters, etc., for the G3. It takes true genius to engineer simplicity and ease of use into a design.
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