Don't hit any hobbits or flying dragons...
If Norcs are a cheap crap, what does that make NEA?
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Don't hit any hobbits or flying dragons...
Could someone please explain this FREE USP shenanigan?
Must have either missed it or be from before my join.
Also I agree with your second point.
Ah, the period known as shill-gate. NEA were found to be using multiple accounts to boost their wares - a perhaps not uncommon practice. USP got caught in the crossfire and got banned.
Still lots of hurt feeling around here about that, as you can tell.
Being in New Zealand I do not fully understand what NEA were up to, but it sounds like they were aggressive in their sales tactics. Some folk must have felt aggrieved by this, but the end result is the NEA brand and products are now internationally available, bought, respected and I will bet a ice cold Molson that they will be in the "game" for awhile to come. Well done NEA, he who dares.......wins.
If Norcs are cheap crap, then NEA ARs are Cadillacs. Yes the finish quality is that much different. I don't know how any normal person can handle and look at both rifles in person and say that they're the same. Not even close.
I guess like previously mentioned, those that hate NEA will forever hate them (for whichever reason they are hung up on). Otherwise, their current generation of ARs seem to be holding up pretty well. The only trouble now, of course, is the influx of sub-$650 American ARs that are widely available. If NEA wants to remain competitive I think they may have to drop the MSRP to somewhere close (maybe around $700 since it comes with a quad rail) to stay in the game.
As for Norcs... no issues or complaints for the ones I had in the last couple of years when all other ARs were $1000+. However, I personally don't see a point in buying a $600 Chinese AR now when you can get American ones for $50~100 more. A good price for Norcs now would probably be in the $400~ $450 range, like the M305s.
I guess like previously mentioned, those that hate NEA will forever hate them (for whichever reason they are hung up on). Otherwise, their current generation of ARs seem to be holding up pretty well. The only trouble now, of course, is the influx of sub-$650 American ARs that are widely available. If NEA wants to remain competitive I think they may have to drop the MSRP to somewhere close (maybe around $700 since it comes with a quad rail) to stay in the game.
As for Norcs... no issues or complaints for the ones I had in the last couple of years when all other ARs were $1000+. However, I personally don't see a point in buying a $600 Chinese AR now when you can get American ones for $50~100 more. A good price for Norcs now would probably be in the $400~ $450 range, like the M305s.
TacticalTeacher
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Not enough 'roos to shoot at in Kiwiland!
That's my only criticism of the south and north islands! yuk yuk yukYou kiwis are lucky! Good on ya fer popping a few feral critters with the 55 gr PSP's outta da NEA!
Here's my travel pic soon to be placed on my casket (when I bump off) :
Now if only I could use an AR down under in OZ, I heading south!
Cheers and keep helping them AR noobies around here!
Barney
Not enough 'roos to shoot at in Kiwiland!
You kiwis are lucky! Good on ya fer popping a few feral critters with the 55 gr PSP's outta da NEA!
Here's my travel pic soon to be placed on my casket (when I bump off) :
Now if only I could use an AR down under in OZ, I heading south!
Cheers and keep helping them AR noobies around here!
Barney
Hey is that a hobbit?
No Roos in NZ? Mate, I have shot more Wallabies than I care to remember- now wallabies are much smaller kangaroo type animals but they count as a 'roo anyway! They are a plague down in the South Island. But back to NEA vs Norc- Norcs' sell for ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS and so do NEA's. The winner is clearly the NEA with the flat top, better forend and far higher build quality. Based on my experience, the reliability and accuracy are the same. NEA all the way.
