Originally Posted by
Echo40
I'm surprised that springs are the example you'd give for cut corners, most folks cite the M&P15 Sport's unshielded hand gaurds or to a lesser extent the 4140 nitrided bbl.
Hand guards are such an easy fix probably nobody would take the time to even mention it. But ARs are loaded with springs (extractor springs, detents everywhere) and they aren't always easy to recognize as a problem or change out like a buffer tube spring.
My last problem with an AR (which was actually a Colt) was a selector with a detent hole drilled just a little too deep. The result was an AR locked up on safe and I had to remove the grip to address the problem. Selector was a Scmidt part and got passed Colt CQ somehow and this is why I function test everything before going to the range, or worse handing it to a prospective buyer.
I should mention this is the second Colt in 40+ years where I experienced a defective part. The other was a Colt HBar purchased in 1989 that was failing to extract. Sent it back to Colt and they fixed it and returned with no issues ever again. On the most recent Colt, a 6933-EPR is removed the ambi selector and replaced it with a standard safety selector and it's been 100%.
It's hard to be a ACLU hating, philosophically Libertarian, socially liberal, fiscally conservative, scientifically grounded, agnostic, porn admiring gun owner who believes in self determination.
Chuck, we miss ya man.
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