Horsehaulin
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No pics in OP.
My Build So Far
- Thread starter ohbejuan
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Vinney47
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I think there would still have been a lot of "why?" questions, but it would have gone better (at least with me) with a little honesty. Something like "I've spent a lot of time and money putting together a pretty sweet rifle that I'm proud of and here it is: ..."
Sorry ohbejuan, seems some of our fellows ARe trying to play AR7+8.com, and turn your sincere enthusiasm into being sorry you posted. I'm sure you guys are feeling superior now, and it always reminds me of the farm, when one little pig got a bit tail, all the others would "chew" on him and chase him till he "porked out".This type of "thuggery" is really the antithesis of what the S&W forum is all about. The OP was excited about "fixin up" his new rifle, my AR is an 18" RRA predator with a 5 round magazine and an ACE Combat stock as its only change, and no I'm NOT going to post pictures, so no I'm not into loading a bunch of "junk" on my rifle, but if the OP wants to or you fellows want to whats the problem. I'm a poh boy from the South, being a gentleman was a big deal, didn't matter whether you had lots of change or a little change, and yes we all passed around the same cigarette, and all the men had a smoke on the front porch at church, between Sunday School and Worship.The S&W forum doesn't need this kind of PC nonsense or group think, save that "stuff" for your "communist parties"! billy magg
Maddmax
US Veteran
Your rifle is new enough and having FTE issues with 5.56 ammo so very uncommon that I would think that warranty service would be expected. There are no outside physical dimension differences between 5.56 and .223. So having nothing but FTE's with 5.56 is really hard to understand. I am not trying to question your remarks but it does make me wonder what can really be wrong to cause you this issue. I load my ammo to 5.56 performance levels and have just never heard of this problem in any MSR of any brand.
So enjoy the forum, just remember we aren't the other guys
Just a thought. Some one might have had some old old old ammo not stored proper and just dumped it on the market trying to make a $$$.
When the "pony" first came out and the AK was around,you could fire one ammo in one but NOT the other with-out problems. I don't remember which was which. I just knew it was trouble if you did.
riderrick65
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Sorry to see obejuan hit the dusty trail, but personally if I had $4500 to put into a rifle I would be building one from the ground up not just replacing parts. Just my .02
Sorry to see obejuan hit the dusty trail, but personally if I had $4500 to put into a rifle I would be building one from the ground up not just replacing parts. Just my .02
Sorry to see obejuan hit the dusty trail, but personally if I had $4500 to put into a rifle I would be building one from the ground up not just replacing parts. Just my .02
I dunno. I don't see the problem. I was on a poor college student budget when I bought/upgraded my OR. My running tally spreadsheet still has her at $2284.25 (of course that does include a 22lr and a 300BLK upper). I can only imagine what she would have in her if I had a salary.
As far as building from the ground up, I seriously considered it, but for quality parts, I went with S&W since it was slightly cheaper and included a warranty. I think having my rifle pre built and being able to slowly upgrade benefited me in the long run by allowing me to understand both how the rifle is put together and how all the mechanics work.
While I understand how some people took it, I don't think the OP meant to come off as "I'm better than you because I can spend this much money." I mean he did have pics of the finished rifle, it's not like he made up some crazy imaginary rifle just to pretend he was better than everyone else. I think everyone would do close to the same if they had the finances.
Obviously this doesn't apply to everyone in the thread, just a few people, but I thought this group was better than this. Leave the flaming of people new to the hobby and excited about it to those guys over at "those sites."
/endrant
j_train_diesel
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I wish I would have looked at this post before he took the pics down! I feel for him in the fact that there was a lot of bashing in the replies but thin skin gets you no where. I have a plain old sport and all I did was get a new stock because this whole "pinned" ordeal doesn't work for me. I use the iron sights on it and I shoot it. Do I need all the fancy stuff, no but do I want it sure! I go to the range every 3 months or so with a run of the mill M4/M16 (whatever the armory gives me) that uncle sam gave me and I shoot 40 out of 40 with iron sights on pop-up targets. I went to Iraq and Afghanistan and was lucky enough to get a red-dot and a sling and that was it. The guys with all the stuff you don't need we called gear-queers. Sad part is with all that stuff they still couldn't shoot. I love how people get AR's and make them "mil-spec" but yet never spent anytime in a uniform or if they did they never saw combat. What do they need a $5000 AR for? If you have the money then hell why not but don't act all billy bad-*** because someone else's AR doesn't have all the bells and whistles. This isn't being addressed to anyone here its just things I noticed while venturing on the forums.
j train- I was stating an observation on my part. I didn't think I was "bashing" him. Did it come off as that? It wasn't meant to. I will say this about his rifle. It was really decked out nice. I would be afraid to set it down somewhere for fear of it "walking" off. BTW-Thank You for your service!
j_train_diesel
Member
I guess I should have said heckling instead of bashing. I use the term bashing very loosely on forums. I didn't get to read the original post so I don't really know how he came off with what he was trying to say. It's all fun and games really. You know they say if you can't take the heat then get out of the kitchen!
Maddmax
US Veteran
Rule #1. NEVER set your weapon out of reach or leave behind unattended.
Tooooo many things can go wrong.
Maddmax
US Veteran
Funny thing is. There are some people in here with more than one MSR and have a (bigger) wad tied up in just their little collection of them.
I thought your MSR looked nice. Now if that had been a 15-22 MSR,that would have been a different story. Go look at how some of those "Mall Ninja's" have their $4+-600. 15-22's decked out. To each his own.
Rule #1. NEVER set your weapon out of reach or leave behind unattended.
You are right! I was thinking if he was competing and it was put on a rack.
That was my train of thought. No, I have never left my gun unattended.Similar threads
