Thread: colt AR

As I said the wanky stuff appears OK, but the run of the mill gets laughed at - 6940 isnt run of the mill - quite wanky
Was actually reading ANOTHER article last night in Guns and Ammo in which they were taking the piss.
I'll grab a reference to it tonight if you're interested

Rob S's chart, if it makes you feel better buying from it then knock yourself out, but 3/4+ of the list can be ignored in the real world.
Not having parkerizing under the front sight, isnt going to cause a gun to malfunction and cost you your life in combat or civilian life, infact I'd prefer EVERY one of my barrels to NOT have park under it as a machined in the white surface is always going to seal better than a parked surface
MPI testing of barrels? come on!! If someone said they MP tested the grip screw and dust cover does it make it a better gun as it has more ticks in the boxes?
Would you buy a Norinco if those boxes were ticked? 10 mins in a test booth would tick the MP boxes - I sure as hell wouldnt

There is no mention in that list of machining quality, fitment, accuracy, function.. you know, the stuff that ACTUALLY matters

You will NEVER get agreement, and some of the info you get will contradict itself given the same mfg makes both parts.

A guy thats put 5-10k rds through various different guns etc is prob better indication rather than some guys compiled list from forums or magazine articles IMO

People get all tied up on 'Bushmaster' or 'Colt' as being 'THE' AR because they are the names you hear 1st in movies etc.
You can buy a Bushmaster at Walmart for fuck all.
Same with 1911s.. most people dont know what a 1911 is, but you mention Colt 45 and they know what you're talking about
'Colt 45, semiautomatic... plaaaaaaaaaydddooooough' (I watched that movie 100x as a kid - bonus points if you know what movie that was from - no cheating! )