Too funny; but true in so many ways. Mil-spec, "military-grade", "battle-proven". is just so much bs to me. Having served in 2 branches, I've experienced my share of "wtf were they thinking?" moments.
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Too funny; but true in so many ways. Mil-spec, "military-grade", "battle-proven". is just so much bs to me. Having served in 2 branches, I've experienced my share of "wtf were they thinking?" moments.
https://i.imgur.com/wuZjpKQ.jpg
I can't think of one thing on the GUN that I'd consider "better".... just different... (stocks, etc.). I don't even mind a factory trigger.
Now as far as ammo? Very easy to exceed mil spec and produce better ammo.
No, you are saying they are different than mil spec. For instance, what is the need/evidence for any coating on a BCG other than what is mil spec being better? What is "better"? Mil spec is a standard which seems to work for the military. Where does the military standard fail us? Obviously, you cannot compare triggers. Military pull once for full auto. We have to repeatedly pull the trigger to fire rapidly. Precision shooters know what triggers they want and it is probably not mil spec. Triggers are so personal that "better" becomes hard to define.
Your opinion seems to have changed regarding the Vltor A5 buffer system. Any particular reason why?
https://www.m4carbine.net/showthread...31#post1097331
https://www.m4carbine.net/showthread...70#post1097370
(I've been doing a ton of reading to check myself before fiddle ****ing with my one of my rifles/trying to get the best setup on the first go-round, and you popped a lot heavily in favor of the A5 simply being better so you can see why I'd be curious)
Mid length gas system is at the top of the list, though one could argue that the URGI makes midlengths milspec. A5 system, and G triggers come to mind next
If I had an H2 carbine buffered gas system. I wouldn't change it out for an A5 Vltor. However, if I was building from scratch? A5 for sure.
The thing I've come to understand is that when the gas port isn't totally over-sized, a standard h2 with Colt spring works fine. That said, I'm not sure what the mil spec is for buffer weight on the M4. If it's still only H buffer, then yes... an A5 is an improvement.
M4A1 currently has H2. I think they switched with the newer barrels; not certain.
Current M4A1 has “SOCOM” profile barrel with the meat in the right spot. I haven’t seen a “GOVT” profile M4 barrel in a while on an Army issued weapon.
What makes these better?
My recent research says that the burst M4 is an H1 and the full auto switched M4A1 is an H2, is that true, beats me but I trusted the source wherever I read it. Buying a civilian 'mil spec' rifle seems to only get an H1 at most though, with of course every 'as good as' having a carbine weight (no tungsten at all). FWIW (not much if anything) my decision was to buy an A5 system for my suppressed SBR that is gassing me out (and runs hard), but just do a Sprinco blue and up to an H2 (from OEM H1, stealing the H2 from the SBR that's going A5) in my 6920 as it's up for a PM spring change anyway.
Let me rephrase my comment to the OP. If I have a mil spec rifle and you have a better than mil spec rifle, what will yours do that mine will not do?