A Year Later - Review of LRB M14 ( M25 )
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tho I do love my lrb m25 with Krieger barrel...... my norc receiverd /Krieger barrelled/all trw parts built on my bench m14 holds it's accuracy more consistently/predictably.
it's hard to say which one I like better but the LRB is much prettier hehehehe
it's hard to say which one I like better but the LRB is much prettier hehehehe
When it comes to aesthetics I long ago came to understand that I'm basically just broken, when I realized that nobody else thinks Glocks are pretty. I'd be curious to see just how smooth an LRB action is, and I'd be excited by the precision accuracy potential, but the spit and polish would probably be wasted on me 
When it comes to aesthetics I long ago came to understand that I'm basically just broken, when I realized that nobody else thinks Glocks are pretty. I'd be curious to see just how smooth an LRB action is, and I'd be excited by the precision accuracy potential, but the spit and polish would probably be wasted on me
I hear ya. my own experiences tell me , accuracy is where you find it...... sometimes it comes in a slightly tweaked 500.00 norinco...... sometimes it's in a 2500.00 M1A ...... sometimes a 4800.00 LRB ..... sometimes in a 1500.00 GI'd norinco...... ya just never know. You can buy resale value and esthetics..... but accuracy is where you find it and doesn't always cost a premium.
I am in Daytona beach for vacation and i was chatting with a sales person at Gander mountain. We were talking guns and he handed me a SA m1a loaded to fundle. It is very nice the finish is superb! But for the price i would still take my norinco. The thing that really hit me was the weight difference between those and my norc shorty, i think these were 16.5 and my norc is 18.5 but my norc with the cleaning kit tip the scale at 9.5 and those felt more like 8 lbs?
On another train of taught... i feel like i am the only one sometimes with this mentality ; to me accuracy and weight is key but i greatly value the accuracy of my blackfeather socom18 with my go to ammo norc 308. Yes reloading ( i don't do) and factory match ammo shoots better but to me there is just value to a gun that can shoot 0.50$ ammo "fairly" accurately.
On another train of taught... i feel like i am the only one sometimes with this mentality ; to me accuracy and weight is key but i greatly value the accuracy of my blackfeather socom18 with my go to ammo norc 308. Yes reloading ( i don't do) and factory match ammo shoots better but to me there is just value to a gun that can shoot 0.50$ ammo "fairly" accurately.
All those voids in the casting must really lighten it up
(kidding, kidding, I couldn't resist
)You're not alone in this, it's very satisfying when a rifle fits well within it's designed performance niche. I don't expect anything beyond my iron-sighted shorties than that they shoot to battle-rifle spec with cheap bulk ammo and handle well in the bush, anything more is just gravy.
The Norcs are a great for the price and not many will buy the LRB right out the gate but when your stupid committed to the platform, usually after a Norc or 2,or 10 or more in Tactical Teacher's case, you can't fault someone for going LRB.
The Norcs are still by far best bang for the buck though... so don't buy one buy 2!
The Norcs are still by far best bang for the buck though... so don't buy one buy 2!
A smart car will get you to work and two or ten won't do it any better. A Porsche GT3 will make the drive so much more enjoyable. Some people love their smart cars. Others won't be seen in one. Some guys buy the Porsche because they can afford it but can't drive worth sheizen. To each his own. Nobody has to defend their decision to like or dislike any of them. The best thing about the Norinco is it's added thousands of M14 owners in Canada. That makes it much more of a challenge to prohibit in the future. Particularly now that where they are is not a matter of record. Thanks Stephen Harper.
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PitBull1973
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Couldn't have said it any better
What about us guys that just like to build hot-rods in our garage and drive the crap out of them on weekends
Bought a 2003 Mustang SVT Cobra new. Changed a bunch of parts and it made 390 at the rear wheels on a Mustang dyno (better real world number than other dyno brands which give inflated numbers) Kept it 8 years in the garage. Put 2000 km /year on it until the last few when I drove it more often. Sold it with 25,000 km on the clock. Cost $1.50 /km to own
Couldn't justify the expense for the amount of use I was getting and after a few track days realized how futile it is driving a car like that on the street. Honestly I like my F350 more. Does what I need, drive it every day and don't baby it.
Think I just made a good argument for Norinco owners.
