Mil-spec vs Non Mil-spec

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Grant I have run my Sport Hard against a Bushmaster and a Colt. the only difference I found was the Sport was more accurate!!

You mean to say that "cheap", "corner cutting", melonite barrelled Sport out shot a Colt! Can't be.

 

[Jlduke]

It might. Which other AR's have you run it against?


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I spent seven years in the military and got pretty intimate with the Colt M16 A1 and the A2. There is nothing to make me believe that the Sport could not match either one round for round, though I would concede some range because of the 16" barrel. Also, I ran it with a Bushmaster. Care to guess which one had a malfunction and which one didn't?

 

[Jlduke]

You mean to say that "cheap", "corner cutting", melonite barrelled Sport out shot a Colt! Can't be.

The price of the firearm does not control the quality. Yes, S&W made some changes in order to reduce to cost, but they did not reduce the quality. FA and dust cover? Those are not needed AT ALL. If they were needed then more civie guns would have them. Those do not affect the operation of the gun but their absence brings the price down. Chrome lined barrel? Those are nice but the general consensus these days is that the Melonite barrels are at least as durable and more accurate to boot.
Colt and most other AR's are overprices because of name recognition and unnecessary features. Do you think that useless notch on the barrels for the granade launcher you'll never own get machined in there for free?

 

[C4IGrant]

Grant I have run my Sport Hard against a Bushmaster and a Colt. the only difference I found was the Sport was more accurate!!

The SPORT is very accurate. There is of course a reason for this and pros and cons of chrome lining.

In the future, I think the Military will get away from chrome lining (as part of an Environmental issue) and we will stop seeing it as a requirement.



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For those that doubt what I said in regards to the Govt and the TDP, this article states it pretty clearly.

U.S. Army places order for 24,000 M4A1 carbines with Remington | Military Times GearScout

The award comes as the first M4 carbine contract let after the US Army acquired the rights to Colt's Technical Data Package in July, 2009. While the Army signed a 10-year exclusive contract with Colt in 1999 to produce the M4/M4A1, the Army does not own the TDP. But, the Army is now allowed to provide it to second sources of production under a licensing agreement that goes back to the original 1967 M16 contract. The M4 is a derivative of the M16.

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