NEA Non-Restricted Rifle? "NEA25"

[Daver_II]

I see this as just one more thing NEA has hyped up but will not deliver.... like the AR180 lowers, or a quality firearm.

 

[GuiltySpark]

I'll hide my stuff in a backpack or laptop case. For me it's a matter of security. I don't need to broadcast what I'm doing, where I'm going or what I'm carrying.

 

[Patt08]

I'm buy no means PC. I could give a sh!t. This isn't about being PC lol it's about being unprofessional.

I don't see a damn thing wrong with their post.

Are the statements true? Yes. Is it politically correct? No. Am I tired of hearing everyone needs to be politically correct and not have an opinion....yer damn rights I am. Being politically correct will eventually make firearms owners extinct.

Also do you honestly think that those "operator" types help us at all with anti's? Do you think that a guy in costco isn't going to be be judged by the general public as the face of firearms owners looking like a run-n-gun commando?

Keyboard commando's, mall ninja's, costco-operators all give firearm enthusiasts a bad rep. It should be discouraged if you want to be taken seriously. How would you feel if the firearm orgs showed up in full operator gear to present their concerns to the senate?

 

[Geoff B]

Lovely thread! That's 45 minutes of my life I won't get back.

 

[Dorian Gray]

Lovely thread! That's 45 minutes of my life I won't get back.

Yes, but if you're like me and at work, it was worth the waste of time.

 

[Patt08]

Exactly!. This is what bugs me lol. I agree with them in the fact I think it's silly to dress up to go to Costco. And yes, I am aware In other ways that companies do the same. It just seemed like bad form.

Btw I loved the fashion police badge hahaha.

I read that rant too. Generally I really like NEA, their customer service and the dudes who work there but that ran seemed really strange to me. Complaining about people dressing up yet they have a number of their products pictures with people playing operator-dress up.

It says it was posted at 1:46, I wonder if that was Am and after a night of drinking. (or in my case PM and after a day of drinking)



Some NEA pictures from their FB for context.

 

[GuiltySpark]

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[TheGr8One]

Exactly!. This is what bugs me lol. I agree with them in the fact I think it's silly to dress up to go to Costco. And yes, I am aware In other ways that companies do the same. It just seemed like bad form.

Btw I loved the fashion police badge hahaha.

How do you know who those guys are and what their background is? Is it possible those guys are actually retired mil?

 

[CHEMMY]

I read that rant too. Generally I really like NEA, their customer service and the dudes who work there but that ran seemed really strange to me. Complaining about people dressing up yet they have a number of their products pictures with people playing operator-dress up.

It says it was posted at 1:46, I wonder if that was Am and after a night of drinking. (or in my case PM and after a day of drinking)



Some NEA pictures from their FB for context.

Now remove the guns, take off the helmet and put the guy inside costco pushing a shopping cart......they are complaining about that guy. Not the ones with guns in hand.

 

[Daver_II]

Now remove the guns, take off the helmet and put the guy inside costco pushing a shopping cart......they are complaining about that guy. Not the ones with guns in hand.

I have never seen anyone like that in costco... or anywhere else for that matter.

 

[Brianma65]

I have never seen anyone like that in costco... or anywhere else for that matter.

No Costco here but we do have a Wally World. But all I get to see is is all the crazies in their PJ,s. Posing as lazy ass sleepers .... . tou city folks got it all, Costco filled with operators..awesome!

 

[mikethebike]

4 questions:

1 Are you guys serious?

2 You are actually biatching about what another man chooses to wear at Costco?

3 The fack is wrong with you?

4 Do you still have testicles? Last time i checked women were the ones biatching about what other women wear!

 

[GuiltySpark]

Now remove the guns, take off the helmet and put the guy inside costco pushing a shopping cart......they are complaining about that guy. Not the ones with guns in hand.

But those guys dressing up posing for pictures in mulitcam and dry suits coming out of the water (without rebreathers) are playing dress up just as much, if not more, that the weird cats at costco. At least the dudes at costco are legitimately buying groceries.

Some people simply like the look of camouflage jackets or FDE/Tan/"Crocodile" colored ####. It doesn't necessarily mean they're posing as operators and deserve scorn. I used to get my nose bent out of shape over guys going to the local range dressed up like that until i realized I'm one of those parents that brings their kids to the store in pajamas or dressed up like a princess if they want.

 

[Dorian Gray]

4 quetions:

1 Are you guys serious?

2 You are actually biatching about what another man chooses to wear at Costco?

3 The fack is wrong with you?

4 Do you still have testicles? Last time i checked women were the ones biatching about what other women wear!

1. Oui.

2. Da.

3. They're bored and impatient.

4. Most probably. Though most could use from someone else touching them besides themselves a little more often, myself included.

This thread is getting boring though, what should we do to liven it up?

 

[Hokus Grey]

You joke, but range fashion is serious business. I once showed up at the range wearing the same 5.11 pants as another guy, the stare down quickly escalated to a full on duel to the death. Lucky for me, someone noticed his Multicam hat was Condor and he died of embarrassment before we exchanged gunfire. It was a close call!

 

[mikethebike]

You joke, but range fashion is serious business. I once showed up at the range wearing the same 5.11 pants as another guy, the stare down quickly escalated to a full on duel to the death. Lucky for me, someone noticed his Multicam hat was Condor and he died of embarrassment before we exchanged gunfire. It was a close call!

lol, thats funny.

 

[xeelee]

Yes, coffee on the keyboard funny!

 

[Patt08]

That's true. It just seems like that's the image they are trying to sell lol. Anyways back on track.

How do you know who those guys are and what their background is? Is it possible those guys are actually retired mil?

 

[Brian46]

How do you know who those guys are and what their background is? Is it possible those guys are actually retired mil?

are you saying that being retired military is a legitimate excuse for what you wear or is it a requirement as part of your discharge papers?

 

[Armedsask]

IIRC at least one design (of an AR180B type) was actually bought by NEA to put into production for this exact purpose...this was a couple of years ago so I'm getting hazy but I believe that they were warned not to by the lab as at the time there was a concern about it triggering a change of classification. Don't hold me to the details but I know they wanted to do it and paid for a design, and then put it all on hold.

This is also what I was told. Building on the AR15/AR18 mash up I designed and claiming it a derivative of the AR180B, which it was, would have triggered a likely reclassifcation of the entire AR180B types. I can see this ending up with either my rifle or the entire AR180B group going prohibited as an AR180 variant. The AR180B has always been a classification annomaly. It was shelved for this reason. But hey, at least I got paid.

For the record, NEA has been working on a non-restricted black rifle in some form since day one.

As for my thoughts on this thread in general, a lot of you are very missinformed and/or complete morons. Also, nice to see Rick is still an arogant blow-hard.