02-19-2015, 07:31 PM
One very deceptive trend in the market that has been going for a while is companies pricing their rifles into $2000-$3000 + range, for simply including billet receivers, NiB coatings, and a unique handguard, but then they use garbage detents & lower parts, rack-grade barrel extensions, bolts that claim certain specs that aren't verified, spring steels that suck, and extractors and pins that don't meet the Mil-Spec requirements, which are actually pretty extensive.
The owners/staff may have a certain degree of knowledge about limited aspects of the design and what works, but still don't know what they don't know. I have seen this with several new-comers to the market at SHOT when asking them questions about the products.
There are also several companies that have done their homework, and are putting out some solid products in the AR15 market. Others have attempted to make a "list" of what comprises a Mil-spec AR15, but the lists I have seen are very rudimentary, often focusing on things that are of little significance, while ignoring critical aspects of the operating system and components.
You would basically be looking at generating a customer-understandable Technical Data Package to make this chart quantifiable, but most customers don't have the attention span for that, so then it goes back to a reputation built on trust based on a manufacturer's history. Nobody wants to be a guinea pig with thousands of dollars, so marketing hype kicks in, and the trend takes its course.
The owners/staff may have a certain degree of knowledge about limited aspects of the design and what works, but still don't know what they don't know. I have seen this with several new-comers to the market at SHOT when asking them questions about the products.
There are also several companies that have done their homework, and are putting out some solid products in the AR15 market. Others have attempted to make a "list" of what comprises a Mil-spec AR15, but the lists I have seen are very rudimentary, often focusing on things that are of little significance, while ignoring critical aspects of the operating system and components.
You would basically be looking at generating a customer-understandable Technical Data Package to make this chart quantifiable, but most customers don't have the attention span for that, so then it goes back to a reputation built on trust based on a manufacturer's history. Nobody wants to be a guinea pig with thousands of dollars, so marketing hype kicks in, and the trend takes its course.
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CCW, CQM, DM, Long Range Rifle Instructor
6.5 Grendel Reloading Handbooks & chamber brushes can be found here:
www.AR15buildbox.com