Differences in Manufacturers for the AR

FYI the AR has a piston, its in the bolt and carrier interface...

Stoner made the AR-16 (he liked 7.62NATO better than 5.56mm) in a DI version first, but since he had sold the rights to the DI rotary lock design to Colt, he was forced to make it a piston, the AR-18 was the 5.56mm scaled version of the AR-16.

We have a AR-16 prototype here - you can see where he pinned part of the piston in where the gas tube was, and the carrier and bolt where originally designed for DI.

Its actually a facinating gun, and one I want to build in DI (folding stock DI gun whats not to like).
 
My Bushmaster came with an MP tested barrel, gas keys properly staked to a whole host of other things done to the right spec. I have had 2 Colt Canada certified armorers look at my Bushy and say that rifle was well made. But I bought that rifle in 2003, it is completely different rifle now with really only the barrel being the original part, probably the most important part to say the least. The rumor was that Bushmaster really dropped off when Remington bought them. Most of the people claiming milspec on those rifles that are know little of the manufacturing process these rifles go through in the first place. Would i buy a Bushmaster again, probably not, I have the money to buy what i really would like these days, that being said Bushmaster was the only option I could find back then. Things Change..

When I get another AR it will be a KAC upper from "One shot" but right now I have a lot on my list and I already put off my PGW for another 4 months for other things I needed first:mad: But it had to be done..

But if I was going to get an AR right now, hands down it would be KAC upper from OST if a 16inch barrel was the go too choice. If you are looking for something shorter well Questar always has a bunch of option there. Noveske 10.5 is a great way to go too, which i own, or there other barrel configs.

At the end of the day.. calculate optics, lights and other accessories and ammo. Take a long look at your budget, if doing it over time then buy what you really want..Go all out, buy too last...

Really more info on what you have in cash to spend or credit. Custom builds are great and putting together an AR is great too...
 
That is something that hasn't been mentioned a lot. Don't overlook building an AR15. A lot of snobs or elitists will caca-poopoo on a put-together AR no matter what parts were used and no matter how well put together the rifle is. IMHO those people are the same folks who would never lower themselves to own anything but a factory Noveske or Colt. Good for them, but it's more about Gucci than being a shooter IMHO.

There are advantages to building your own, including that you can use whatever parts you like, even do a totally "milspec" build, or as close as a civilian carbine can get to that. You only pay for the parts and options you want and the single biggest benefit is that you will come out of it knowing more about how the AR goes together and functions than anyone who only ever buys off the rack ;)

I've owned several factory Colts and I've built countless AR15's. As a rule, however, the builds typically saw more range time and reflected exactly what I wanted in an AR15.

Food for thought.
 
Having gone down a road to update a specific Milspec system (the M110) I can understand why Colt still sells the M4.

Its painful...

Colt has a ton of new stuff, that is much better than the M4, but its so painfully slow and worse even downright impossible to get the Miltary to look at updates without bringing in the potential to open up a competition for a new weapon.
 
I jumped the gun............... a stag, not happy with the company I purchased it through. I should have known better really.
 
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I really should have done more research. It came with a quad rail on it which is ok but they said they would include the original hand guard. Plus when I first looked at the gun the bush3200 was included in the price, so the employee told me, that changed as soon as I went to pay for it. Lets just say when I opened up the case it wasnt what was presented on the shelf or what was agreed upon at the time of sale. Im almost wondering if the thing will fire, like ok damn what else is missing? Guess Ill have to chalk it up to an expensive lesson. :HR:
Sorry dont mean to "hate" post I can only imagine the number of people shaking their heads as they read this thread.
 
yup.

Meet 100% of the SASS weapon requirements in a smaller, lighter, and CHEAPER platform, and the new scope they want for the Sniper Rifle wont meet the original contract purchase description - so they want to open compete the system again.

I know Colt has done a lot of work (mostly thru Colt Canada) on the M4 system, and it can be easily updated, but I think they have a great deal of hesitancy due to being bite before.
 
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