Do you TRULY want a good AR-15 or do you want crap?

[Robert Richardson]

SHACK

Is *anybody* here "going to war" with a $500 or even $1500 rifle?

If I was going to war, the AR platform would not be what I would even consider to take.

 

[Lelliott8]

If I was going to war, the AR platform would not be what I would even consider to take.

And I thought what I said was inflammatory...

 

[roscott]

SHACK

Is *anybody* here "going to war" with a $500 or even $1500 rifle?

IF I get sent to war, it will be with the M4 given to me, which supposedly was purchased for ~$800.

So... yes?

 

[BehindBlueI's]

There is just one question that needs to be asked. Will you be going to war with your three $500 rifles?

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My going to war days are probably over. Seems like when that's been a possibility before, they issued me a rifle of their choosing, though. Uncle Sam gave me a Colt to guard the midwest with. DynCorp gave me a Bushmaster XM-15 with full auto fun switch.

 

[KG1]

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My going to war days are probably over. Seems like when that's been a possibility before, they issued me a rifle of their choosing, though. Uncle Sam gave me a Colt to guard the midwest with. DynCorp gave me a Bushmaster XM-15 with full auto fun switch.

You know those Bushmasters were junk right? What a waste of a fun switch.

 

[LPMan59]

If I was going to war, the AR platform would not be what I would even consider to take.

Please tell me you'd pick an HK 416

 

[actaeon277]

"Quantity has a quality all it's own" - Author unknown (To me)

[h=1]“Quantity has a quality all its own.”[/h]
― Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin

 

[Chase515]

The only rifle that runs reliably is a AK47.

 

[warriorbob]

The only rifle that runs reliably is a AK47.

Please tell me that was suppose to be purple.

 

[Woobie]

I love the "go to war" rifle phrase. Keyboard commandoism at its finest.

If someone says that XYZ firearm would be their "go to war" rifle, that tells me that person will never be going to war.

 

[Chase515]

My last 3 or 4 posts should have been purple.

 

[KG1]

I love the "go to war" rifle phrase. Keyboard commandoism at its finest.

If someone says that XYZ firearm would be their "go to war" rifle, that tells me that person will never be going to war.

but...but....We all "neeed" "go to war" rifles.

 

[warriorbob]

My last 3 or 4 posts should have been purple.

lmao good to know, it's getting harder to tell who's being sarcastic now-a-days.

 

[DanVoils]

Late to the game but am I to understand that in your opinion that if it's not a full BCM AR then it's nothing but crap? I'm not sure I see it that way. A YouTube link form how many years ago isn't going to convince me. What else is offered?
Dan

 

[Hop]

I love the "go to war" rifle phrase. Keyboard commandoism at its finest.

If someone says that XYZ firearm would be their "go to war" rifle, that tells me that person will never be going to war.

Why so? I have several AR rifles that I would consider "go to war" ready. They are hashed out. I have data on specific loads and their come ups at distance. I've proven that I can make the cold bore 500 yard head shot if need be. Maybe that's the only shot I get off before I end up in the dirt but at least I'll know my gun is up to the task at hand whatever that may be.

 

[halfmileharry]

Hell, at my age and the shape I'm in now.... IF WE or I go to war.....
Any rifle most likely will out last me.
When I say my rifles aren't the weak link in the chain of survival I know what I speak of.

 

[Woobie]

Why so? I have several AR rifles that I would consider "go to war" ready. They are hashed out. I have data on specific loads and their come ups at distance. I've proven that I can make the cold bore 500 yard head shot if need be. Maybe that's the only shot I get off before I end up in the dirt but at least I'll know my gun is up to the task at hand whatever that may be.

That isn't going to war. That's taking a shot. Combat isn't about taking a shot. It is about imposing your will on the enemy. How you do that has more in common with a football game than Call of Duty.

 

[Hop]

I respectfully disagree. We're talking good vs bad AR15 here. IMO, "Go to war" is a term used to describe a weapon constructed using parts of sufficient quality to perform the task at hand be it a red dawn, shtf, wrol, etc... An AR with wooden dowel sticks in the fire control group instead of steel pins is not "go to war" ready. A properly staked gas key may look good but if the manufacturer used soft Chinesium fake grade 8 screws, it's not "go to war" ready. That weapon may work for a few shots or a few years but would you trust your life to it?

 

[Vigilant]

That weapon may work for a few shots or a few years but would you trust your life to it?

Sadly, yes, many on here would. The race to zero isn't over, but it's in the home stretch. I've decided that just as good as, is the same as.

 

[Alpo]

"Trust your life to it?"

You are more likely to die falling off a cheap ladder than an untrustworthy AR being your problem. Yet, people spend more money on AR's and not enough on "shop safety".

But, it's a gun forum, not a roofing jubilee.