02-21-2015, 01:39 AM
Quality, reliability and accuracy can be subjective. Accurate for what use? Quality being for what result? Reliable for what intention of use? If I were jumping out of planes to bring a fight to bad guys my reliability requirements would not be the same for a local long range match where 80 rounds would be the limit. My Q,R,A requirements would be different for a safe Queen with gold inlay and $1000 customized Cerakote job compared to my multi-gun needs. I think the intended use needs to be well established so the best assessment could be made for the average cost of the intended use. Once the intended use is established then the requirements of manufacture and parts suitability could be determined. A good example: I love clamp on adjustable gas blocks but I would never use them on a true fighting rifle where a pinned non adjustable gas block tuned to my ammunition would be one of my absolute requirements. The barrel, trigger parts, hand guard, stock etc would be determined by what my intended use would be. The optics and sights fall along the same sequence.