AR-15, Which one?
- Thread starter jbonda
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In Canada any of the brands offered by the vendors here will serve you well for recreational and most competitive use. If the gun is to be used for super high round counts then I personally would go with.
A. Colt...any model.
B.LMT or Stag
It really depends on your use and how you prep the gun dude, I had a very high round count Bushy that never gave me a hiccup in about 20K. Of course I staked the stock lock ring, restaked the carrier key and had the barrel properly retorqued. Juliet Lima on this board has a high count Bushy as well with no problem and he courses his guns hard. Also Romeo Sierra has a Rock River that he runs very hard with no problems. Olys need work to run reliably, I like their lowers and uppers but am not a fan of their complete guns...like I said they all run well for 99% of us...but if the fizzle hits the shizzle I am grabbing my Colt 14.5" LE Carbine. The mere fact you are concerned would be enough for me to buck up the 2300.00 and buy the one on the EE right now, then you never have to ask "is it good enough".
I would no longer add Bushmaster to a buy list. Their QC has fallen off a great deal in the last few years.
Secondly a number of companies are making better guns.
This chart was made up by Rob_S over at M4Carbine
Those prices need to be updated. Don't most AR manufacturers buy their parts from LMT or CMT?
US pricing - they are still close for most part.
WRT the parts - some companies buy raw forgings from others - but machine in house, plate in house etc.
Several companies have been accused of buying parts that other companies passed on, due to being off spec.
Remember also only certain companies have access to the tdp
