The M4 came today from Arms East.
First impression is not bad at all (mind you I have never had an AR before).
I do have an M14 and the quality is much better on the M4.
Anyways, here's what is good and bad:
- Receiver is anodized with very little tool marks. Nice.
- Upper is good, military parkerizing, etc.
- Seems tight.
- Passes all function checks
- Bolt and internals seem excellent
Bad....
It's almost like any parts that were not cosmetically decent at the factory were painted with cheap paint. Hoppes #9 took it right off; I believe that is why Lever's pics looked like s**t. They tried to clean the rifle.
It appears the Chinese painted parts that were not up to visual standards; thus they tried to fix them.
Now, each part is mechanically fine, my rifle was painted on the charging handle, carry handle, ejection cover, safety, and one mag.
Now, the mag is the weird part, one mag was fine, very nicely parked.
The other I was wiping down and black paint kept running off, and off, and off..... It's been painted with about 10 coats of paint.
The other is great (park, no paint).
The carry handle is another slightly sore point. I had black goo paint in the sights. Now gone, but it's less than perfect.
Anyway, functionally good, I am just not sure why they painted the parts with paint that gun solvent will eat. (Comrade, these look like s**t, where is your aerosol can?)
However, if they shoot decently it's a wonderful AR for under $900.
I was aware of the issues so I have some duracoat on the way from Fabsports. Likely I need to just do some minor pins and the carry handle.
As Walt from Arms East said, this is a "servicable rifle" and will be a fun project to play with the AR.
I agree.
Oh, love the manual BTW.
There are no Lib warnings. Page 1 says:
"CQ-A5.56 rifle is an automatic rifle or semi-automatic weapon for infantry to kill individuals or group active objects".
Funny stuff in Canada as I shall use this for paper.
First impression is not bad at all (mind you I have never had an AR before).
I do have an M14 and the quality is much better on the M4.
Anyways, here's what is good and bad:
- Receiver is anodized with very little tool marks. Nice.
- Upper is good, military parkerizing, etc.
- Seems tight.
- Passes all function checks
- Bolt and internals seem excellent
Bad....
It's almost like any parts that were not cosmetically decent at the factory were painted with cheap paint. Hoppes #9 took it right off; I believe that is why Lever's pics looked like s**t. They tried to clean the rifle.
It appears the Chinese painted parts that were not up to visual standards; thus they tried to fix them.
Now, each part is mechanically fine, my rifle was painted on the charging handle, carry handle, ejection cover, safety, and one mag.
Now, the mag is the weird part, one mag was fine, very nicely parked.
The other I was wiping down and black paint kept running off, and off, and off..... It's been painted with about 10 coats of paint.
The other is great (park, no paint).
The carry handle is another slightly sore point. I had black goo paint in the sights. Now gone, but it's less than perfect.
Anyway, functionally good, I am just not sure why they painted the parts with paint that gun solvent will eat. (Comrade, these look like s**t, where is your aerosol can?)
However, if they shoot decently it's a wonderful AR for under $900.
I was aware of the issues so I have some duracoat on the way from Fabsports. Likely I need to just do some minor pins and the carry handle.
As Walt from Arms East said, this is a "servicable rifle" and will be a fun project to play with the AR.
I agree.
Oh, love the manual BTW.
There are no Lib warnings. Page 1 says:
"CQ-A5.56 rifle is an automatic rifle or semi-automatic weapon for infantry to kill individuals or group active objects".
Funny stuff in Canada as I shall use this for paper.
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