Need Advice on AR Type Rifle please
- Thread starter graydog
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Dont sell to civvies....
Colts in Canada
Actually Questar had a couple for auction, and they are still showing one available on the banner of their home page, and CRAFM were selling them a while ago.
I also seem to remember seeing one at the Army/Navy store in Halifax last time I was down there.
They are available, they are just scarce. In Canada, you are probably better off looking at DD and LMT if you want something good, and Noveske if you want something good and don't mind paying a little more.
Regards.
Mark
Actually Questar had a couple for auction, and they are still showing one available on the banner of their home page, and CRAFM were selling them a while ago.
I also seem to remember seeing one at the Army/Navy store in Halifax last time I was down there.
They are available, they are just scarce. In Canada, you are probably better off looking at DD and LMT if you want something good, and Noveske if you want something good and don't mind paying a little more.
Regards.
Mark
You probably won't get a new Colt in that price range, but you could definitely pick up an older rifle from the EE.
Are you looking for a carbine or a rifle? Red dot or magnified scope or just irons? Don't forget that a quality optic may be more than half the cost of the basic gun.
For red dots I'd definitely recommend Aimpoints such as the Micro series based on reliability, size and battery life.
Lots of choices in carbines as mentioned. LMT from Questar and Stag from armseast are good choices in your pricerange. DD are also excellent as are KAC and Noveske, but these last two run a bit more $$ than your budget. Stag makes some interesting rifle length offerings as well.
Cruising through those offerings and considering what you want this rifle to do (e.g. quick handling or long range precision?) is a good place to start.
MauroUlisse
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LMT all the way great AR
There is a rare BNIB colt LE6920 for sale on the EE right now for $2900...
That's a great deal on a a rare and well built rifle.
If I didn't already have one, I would scoop it up.
Now that the buying frenzy is over prices may have come down a bit too. When I bought my Bushmaster it was $1685 2 years ago just after the US elections and finding an AR was next to impossible.
With your budget I would try a custom or Semi custom rig. If you buy a factory rifle and start swapping parts, rails, triggers etc you'll end up with a semi custom rig anyway. Remember to add a hefty chunk for quality optics too.
I just ordered a new scope and rail... $1100, you could spend 3 times that on optics alone if you wanted too.
Crazy fun hobby!!
With your budget I would try a custom or Semi custom rig. If you buy a factory rifle and start swapping parts, rails, triggers etc you'll end up with a semi custom rig anyway. Remember to add a hefty chunk for quality optics too.
I just ordered a new scope and rail... $1100, you could spend 3 times that on optics alone if you wanted too.
Crazy fun hobby!!
Gonna echo a vote for LMT. Great product for decent money. Love mine. Always reliable and accurate.
Budget, go Stag. I have a lower and another upper are Stag. No complaints at all and the fit and finish are right up there... Best part is you can deal with Walt at ArmsEast. I love that guy. Brothers from the rock are great to chat with!
Budget, go Stag. I have a lower and another upper are Stag. No complaints at all and the fit and finish are right up there... Best part is you can deal with Walt at ArmsEast. I love that guy. Brothers from the rock are great to chat with!
I have always had good luck with the LMT carbines, and I have an NEA carbine on the way, in the long run the carbines are cheap it is all the accessories that bankrupt you.
gadget
What is your opinion of that troy stock? I've been considering one.
It is really, really easy to spend too much money on this sport. My scholarly advice is that they're all good, even the cheapy Norinco's. In fact, if I had it all to do again I would buy the Norc because I am just a gun club duffer and don't need anything special. I shoot gongs and paper for fun and that's it.
Having said that, I shoot a chit house Bushmaster with no mods and it is a sweetheart. But I get accosted all the time by my fellow AR geeks at the range and they start chittering about all the boutique components they put in their guns. It's like it's some kind of status symbol or something. Far as I can tell it doesn't do anything for them when you start shooting off hand or from the positions. For me the stock flat top AR is all that I need and it takes a dedicated competition shooter to ace me out on the range.
The AR is good right out of the box regardless of the flavour you pick, spend your money on ammo and practice rather than the goofy accessories. Nothing replaces good marksmanship and the fire control computer between your ears. Once you have those optimized, then you look at accessories and mods and boutique rifles. Chances are you won't need them if you have done your homework.
Having said that, I shoot a chit house Bushmaster with no mods and it is a sweetheart. But I get accosted all the time by my fellow AR geeks at the range and they start chittering about all the boutique components they put in their guns. It's like it's some kind of status symbol or something. Far as I can tell it doesn't do anything for them when you start shooting off hand or from the positions. For me the stock flat top AR is all that I need and it takes a dedicated competition shooter to ace me out on the range.
The AR is good right out of the box regardless of the flavour you pick, spend your money on ammo and practice rather than the goofy accessories. Nothing replaces good marksmanship and the fire control computer between your ears. Once you have those optimized, then you look at accessories and mods and boutique rifles. Chances are you won't need them if you have done your homework.
Hey, no problem. I didn't know Colt had finally seen the light & come back to mil-spec. They probably could get away with no mil-spec in 1991 when there were only a few AR companies but now with virtually dozens of competitors I suspect their share of the market has shrunk considerably.
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I would say they will probably run OK, but if you are leaning towards something other than Colt/DD/the big buck options, then I would say absolutely look at the NEA rifle.
The Norincos are built to their own, seemingly random spec and while in most cases they run all right, if you want to start swapping bits out you're lacking the drop-in modularity of the AR series.
Further to that, they don't all run as flawlessly as some people claim. I can think of a couple of guys who I have personally witnessed having malfunctions on their norinco ARs that I have seen in here claiming they've never had a single issue.
My experience with Norinco (and I do own some Norinco stuff...at one point I had 8 Norincos) is that the big parts are usually pretty on. Frame/receiver/lower/upper/barrel, that sort of stuff is generally all right.
The small parts range from "I guess this is going to be okay" to "wow, I didn't know anyone could afford to get drunk on a bowl of rice a day, but this guy managed it".
The Norincos are built to their own, seemingly random spec and while in most cases they run all right, if you want to start swapping bits out you're lacking the drop-in modularity of the AR series.
Further to that, they don't all run as flawlessly as some people claim. I can think of a couple of guys who I have personally witnessed having malfunctions on their norinco ARs that I have seen in here claiming they've never had a single issue.
My experience with Norinco (and I do own some Norinco stuff...at one point I had 8 Norincos) is that the big parts are usually pretty on. Frame/receiver/lower/upper/barrel, that sort of stuff is generally all right.
The small parts range from "I guess this is going to be okay" to "wow, I didn't know anyone could afford to get drunk on a bowl of rice a day, but this guy managed it".
