You Have $1,200....Which AR Would You GET and WHY?
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No not really.
Start reading around page 43. Bolts are wear items. And of course easy run civilian guns are a little different story.
http://www.dtic.mil/ndia/2006smallarms/taylor.pdf#search=%22sopmod%22
FYI: We aren't talking about machine guns subjected to harsh firing schedules for the purposes of this thread.
But, to somewhat keep this on topic...what does the report say using a mid length gas system does to those numbers vs a carbine length gas system?
OilyPablo
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Mid lengths carbon up the bolt and carrier, carbines carbon up the bolt and carrier quicker. Not a big deal, just my personal observation. I agree both will work just fine for 99% of us plinkers.
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Color me silly, or simply ignorant or maybe even biased. But I don't really like the appearance of may of the styles of AR-15 out there.
But I understand that this is also the beauty of the AR-15 as well...no other rifle platform out there offers the ability to customize it's appearance so much. And I think that's a good thing.
If I were to get one, I'd like to have one that looks very much like the M16A2. THAT one is a platform I can visually appreciate!
Something like the Colt Match Target HBR. Or maybe the older AR-10A2.
Keep your fancy folding stocks, the high end optics, and all the other endless doodads, gizmos, and widgets. I like the sleek, plain-Jane look the M16 elicits.
But I understand that this is also the beauty of the AR-15 as well...no other rifle platform out there offers the ability to customize it's appearance so much. And I think that's a good thing.
If I were to get one, I'd like to have one that looks very much like the M16A2. THAT one is a platform I can visually appreciate!
Something like the Colt Match Target HBR. Or maybe the older AR-10A2.
Keep your fancy folding stocks, the high end optics, and all the other endless doodads, gizmos, and widgets. I like the sleek, plain-Jane look the M16 elicits.
Eldraque
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I am extremely satisfied with the rifle i built by my inexperienced self for $950
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LOL.
Eldraque said:
No offense, but how many rifles have you built?
Colt has built hundreds of thousands of them, many of which went the military and were trustworthy to be used by troops in combat.
For the $147 or so difference between your build and the stock Colt 6920's I see at Walmart, I'd buy the Colt.
Again, I don't mean any offense to you. You may very well be a skilled gunsmith who could open his or her own business and successfully build AR based rifles. But it would take some time and a lot of very good rifles before you could build up the kind of reputation that Colt or BCM has.
FYI: The PSA stock kits use a carbine weight buffer and 6061 receiver extension, whereas a rifle such as a Colt 6920 uses a heavy weight buffer and 7075 receiver extension. That is one (likely) difference in parts quality and price between what you built, and a 6920.
So I highly doubt it is the "same thing". I might be similar, you might even consider it substantially similar...but not the same.
What LPK/FCG did you use?
I don't mean any offense to anybody, but I've always assumed that I could build a better AR than some assembly-line union goon @ Colt.
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I don't mean any offense to anybody, but I've always assumed that I could build a better AR than some assembly-line union goon @ Colt.
It certainly doesn't take a gun smith...
If you run into problems then it might take more knowledge than the average joe, but if you go by the specs on torque and your parts are all in spec....it doesn't take a highly trained craftsman to put together a decent AR.
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Maybe you can, and maybe you can't.
But the fact is that .gov is buying rifles from Colt, not from guys who are assembling rifles in their garages.
And Mil-Spec has become accepted as sort of a de facto standard for AR's. The closer you get to it, the better the rifle gets. If you surpass it (like some companies do) all the better.
Noveske... knows their rifles.
Daniel Defense, Colt, BCM... yep.
Some dude on the internet who built his in his garage... maybe but maybe not.
It's kind of like handloading your own ammunition.
I know I can crank out quality ammo that can outshoot factory stuff, but I'd never expect you to shoot my handloads.
And if some new shooter asked me about what to buy, I wouldn't tell him to start cranking out handloads right away. Anyone can do it, but it does take a little know-how to do it safely and your first tries may not be so great.
Sometimes you're better off to just buy something good to start with, then get into the experimentation later.
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Wait what was the original question again?
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