RedLS1GTO |
11-21-2018 8:32am |
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Originally Posted by markids77
(Post 1650249)
I have never owned a "store bought" AR; I have built them all. I must say the Colt handles quite differently from any of those I assembled. The balance point is different, and good. I must say however that the buttstock rattles as badly as my $25.00 Chinese copy on another rifle.
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I have built a few rifles along the way and have loved some of them (and ended up hating some of them). The Colt is definitely a bit different that those that I have put together. It's funny you mention the stock rattling. You're talking about the Magpul that came on it, right? I have had 5 Magpul stocks on M4s. 2 of them sounded like a can of rocks, 2 of them were as solid as you can get. As I mentioned, I have never actually shot 1 of them so I have no idea which of those #5 is. I actually bought 1 that rattled and 1 solid one at the exact same time. I have yet to be able to figure out a difference.
I realized when I re-read it that my previous post was poorly worded. To clarify, I don't think the Colt off the shelf is the "best" M4 out there. There are some high end "off the shelf" as well as obviously custom builds that are just amazing that out perform them in every way. The Colt is however the baseline that all others are judged against in my opinion. 1 thing that the Colt brings that I love is the barrel. Those rifles with the 1:7 and even off the shelf 62gr+ ammo are incredibly accurate. With a good off the shelf 75gr (I love the Hornady TAP LE) they are as accurate as many high end builds with custom loads.
There may be "better" rifles out there but the Colt does exactly what it is supposed to do and it does it very well. Every time. I will say that I prefer the old school metal Colt mags to the Magpul plastic things. The only time I have ever had a Colt rifle give me issues was with Magpul magazines. On occasion it will have a fail to feed with the plastic things. Through many thousand rounds, the same rifle with beat up metal MILSURP mags has never had a single issue.
I think gun collecting and car collecting are very similar. I'm also the guy that would rather have a very close to OEM stock car than a wild high end custom even though the modified versions are most likely going to perform better as shown by the 100% stock 88 Blazer and very close to stock 99 Firehawk in my garage.
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