As of right now, I use my rifle for nothing but target plinking. I can tell you from first hand experience, that BSA Red dot isnt worth the package it comes in for a real rifle. It may be great on a paintball/airsoft/pellet gun, but anything above .22lr in caliber, and I would never again consider it. In fact, it now just sits on top of my rifle. I dont use it anymore.gigag04 wrote:Regarding Maverick's thoughts on "some spreadsheet" and that most people won't see a difference between a high end rifle, and a mid range one, why spend 5-600 on a quality optic? I'm sure a BSA red dot will work fine for these same users?
To add a different perspective, the spreadsheet details the level of testing a maker's rifles are put through before leaving the factory, among other things, like who has a better, more rugged bolt carrier group. To some, this is mere trivial information...
To others it helps decide whether weapon platform is likely to hold up under even the most extreme conditions. My primary rifle doesn't see conditions too extreme like a desert, but it is used frequently for work, gets banged around, wet, and dirty a lot, and I need it to work.
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- Thu Jan 06, 2011 10:17 am
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Re: I want to buy my first AR
- Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:57 am
- Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
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Re: I want to buy my first AR
My first (and so far only) AR is the S&W M&P15OR, and I have no complaints. In several thousand rounds, it has never not fired, not fed, or not ejected a round, and it is more accurate that I am. I paid $699 for it, and then got a $100 mail in rebate. I ended up putting a UTG quad rail on it with a vertical fore grip, a flash light with a pressure switch, an ambi safety selector, and some Magpul flip up sights and a really cheap BSA Red Dot (which will get put on an air rifle when I get one and replaced with an eotech). I also put a different pistol grip on it. I'm still under $1000 on total spent, and have what I consider a nice rifle. These pics are before the new pistol grip.