Anyone see this video of AR "don'ts"?

[Arik]

So bouncing it off the table and banging it against the ammo can multiple times wasn't treating it bad ? For a gun that isn't even his ? And you can't really compare changing a sight on an AR platform to changing a sight on a semiauto. Most sights for an AR take a hex key to change, and less than a minute. Most of us have a set of hex keys in our toolbox, considering how many things use them.

As far as people treating a gun like it's precious...I treat ANYTHING I buy as though they are, so I don't need to go buy them again. If I just spent $500 on a gun, I want it to be handled with care..doesn't matter if it's an AR or a 50's K22. Just because you can go get another one doesn't mean that the object in question ( in this case an AR ) isn't valuable. Maybe the guy who bought it is new to guns and it's his first new gun. Maybe he had an unexpected windfall and always wanted an AR. Either way, I feel that this guy wouldn't be allowed within arms length of any of MY guns.

I didn't see him bouncing anything off the table. He just didn't put it down extra gently. Wouldn't the table also get scratched or banged up even a little. The box definitely got a scratch. No complaints about that tho. Is that box broken? So why would the rifle be any different?

Point is it either has what I'm looking for or it doesn't. I'm not going to go shopping for parts after I get the gun/rifle.

It's not about being able to buy a new one. It's about that people think they are easily broken. The few scratches it gets on the table/flimsy metal box doesn't mean anything ir remotely close to broken

 

[Muss Muggins]

I didn't see him bouncing anything off the table. He just didn't put it down extra gently. Wouldn't the table also get scratched or banged up even a little. The box definitely got a scratch. No complaints about that tho. Is that box broken? So why would the rifle be any different?

Point is it either has what I'm looking for or it doesn't. I'm not going to go shopping for parts after I get the gun/rifle.

It's not about being able to buy a new one. It's about that people think they are easily broken. The few scratches it gets on the table/flimsy metal box doesn't mean anything ir remotely close to broken

I thought he beat the snot out of that rifle. I busted out laughing when he started banging that magazine against the takedown pin. At the very end of the video, he throws it on the table.

 

[F75gunslinger]

I didn't see him bouncing anything off the table. He just didn't put it down extra gently. Wouldn't the table also get scratched or banged up even a little. The box definitely got a scratch. No complaints about that tho. Is that box broken? So why would the rifle be any different?

Point is it either has what I'm looking for or it doesn't. I'm not going to go shopping for parts after I get the gun/rifle.

It's not about being able to buy a new one. It's about that people think they are easily broken. The few scratches it gets on the table/flimsy metal box doesn't mean anything ir remotely close to broken

Lets see...the table..$25-$30 in wood...Maybe a couple of hours to build..that obviously sits out in the elements until it's used, thinking that's not a fair comparison. Neither is the $20 ammo box ( or less ) that he was using for a TARGET . I didn't say he was going to break the gun, I said he was mistreating it. Especially if it isn't HIS gun .

I can take my buddy's new sports car for a spin, because he was cool and offered to let me drive it. So I can treat it with respect and drive it gentle, maybe testing the acceleration after getting it moving a little bit, or I can do a burnout starting off, power shift and spin the tires into second and do some drifting. What's wrong with that...I didn't break it right ?

 

[TX-Dennis]

Hmm . . . he seems like a nut job to me. An "expert" who hammers the takedown pin with a magazine, then seems surprised that he broke his magazine strikes me as something short of an expert. I won't claim any expertise myself, but he obviously does. The castle nut should be staked. The other criticisms that supposedly make the rifle "junk" are just personal preference rather than genuine "quality" issues.

Guess I should have binned my cheapo Del-Ton a long time ago. It has over three times his claimed lifetime for the Sport through it and still going strong. It's built very similarly to the Sport, and the Del-Ton doesn't even have a brass deflector on the upper. I kind of like that the brass winds up a couple of yards behind me in a pretty nice pile, though, rather than off to my right. Brass just flies back over my right shoulder. Would be a problem for a lefty, though.

 

[sgtsandman]

Other than out-of-the-box issues, I've not heard many complaints from Sport owners over the past few years.

I'm surprised the guy didn't panic when he removed the handguard and didn't see a heat shield. Notice he didn't mention it which is actually something worthy of noting compared to his other remarks.

Why would anyone think they needed to make a video review to point out there is no forward assist or dust cover? Has anyone not known this when they purchased a Sport? Got the Sport home and started looking in the box for the forward assist... where did it go?

Boys, the Sport is what it is. And I think what it is is an excellent rifle for those looking for that particular configuration.

He would be REAL disappointed in my Chiappa MFOUR-22. There is a forward assist, but it's non-functional. There is also a bolt release but same deal. It doesn't even move. Then there is the solid stock that looks like it should collapse but does not. And last, the flash suppressor that isn't.

It's a frigging training rifle designed the emulate an M4 so people get familiar with the platform. But I'm sure he would nit pick it to death even though the web sites plainly disclose all that.

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

I think both views are correct.

The AR is a battle rifle. No pampering required. On the flip side, if I'm handling someone else's gun I do so with extra care.

 

[jkasch]

I think both views are correct.

The AR is a battle rifle. No pampering required. On the flip side, if I'm handling someone else's gun I do so with extra care.

Yeah, you don't put scratches on someone else's gun by beating on it. If I put them on my own gun, that's completely different.

 

[Rastoff]

I agree. I don't treat my ARs gently, but I don't abuse them either. However, if it belonged to someone else, I wouldn't have treated it in the fashion he did.

What really bothers me about this clown is what he says is wrong. Multiple times he said this or that missing feature was wrong and that any gun manufacturer should have included it. Well, I guess he's not smart enough to realize that S&W does indeed make models of the M&P15 that have all those features. So, they do make that, but he didn't have one of those.

If you want to complain about a gun, tell me it doesn't cycle properly, won't hit POA consistently or some other real function issue. Don't give me your opinion because you don't like to use a 2 point sling.

 

[sgtsandman]

Ok, I finally watched the video. What an idiot. I'll have to take note what channel that is so as to NOT watch anymore of their videos.

 

[WU_Who]

After all his complaints the rifle went bang every time in the video. That IS something you want in an AR.

 

[Kadonny]

Hopefully I can explain this so it makes sense. It's a gun...a tool. It wasn't dropped from a building, it just wasn't put down like a faberege egg. If the the firearm has to be treated with gloves for fear of breaking it has no place being a firearm. A few scratches are irrelevant. They neither effect function or reliability. It's not like he was using it as a speer or swinging it at a baseball game.

I always find it interesting when people buy a firearm and treat it like some fragile precious object

I agree with you about it not being an egg but it's not his gun. As I said earlier, had it been his gun, fine, but it was not. I'm sorry but treating someone else's property like that is just wrong, I'm glad others agree.

 

[stwings]

I liked the faux SF beard.

 

[JayC_783]

I didn't realize this was the same numbnut that dragged the Canik TP9 behind his truck trying to get the decocker to trip. I don't know why, but this AR video just frustrated me to no end. I found his channel on YouTube and was reading the comments. This video just seems to be a hit piece against S&W since they refused to replace his M&P pistol after it blew up because of him running junk reloads threw it. I didn't watch that video, but apparently he made a video of it.