You guys can help me with a decision that frankly I have been unable to come up with an answer for.
I am a disabled police officer. Well disabled retired whatever. I put in 28 years before calling it done when my health went south. Being on a somewhat limited income I can’t buy guns just any ol time I want to. I have a Springfield Armoury Operator that I can trade for a new Rock River Ar15 with the mid length rail or a Bushmaster OCR and of course match trigger as most of the Rock Rivers have. A 6 position collapsable stock. Since I have a Rock Island Armory 45 I wouldn’t be without a 45 but it sure isn’t an Operator. Doubt I would be able to replace the Operator.
Here’s the question. If it were you would you trade the Operator for the AR? I’m also thinking that ammo is a little less expensive for the AR and when I shoot a rifle I don’t burn through ammo as fast so more time on the range to relax. I enjoy shooting both. This is a quandry I have been milling over for weeks so why not ask some fellow shooters and get an opinion from you guys. Maybe you can think of some things I haven’t;)
I don’t believe you will find that the ammo is much cheaper. I find myself shooting more of the .223 when I go to the range than I do the .45.
As for the original question, you already have another .45, the Operator will be hard to get rid of, but I think I would probably let it go in exchange for the AR.
Best of luck to you, and I hope your health improves!
if i were your i would keep the operator. they seem to be fairly difficult to come by. anywho if it were me i would keep the operator as it is my most wanted 1911.
Keep the 1911. Save up and build your AR piece by piece; lower, upper, charging handle, bolt carrier group (BCG), ammo, magazines. By the time you layer that onion you’ll have an AR better than that RRA or BM.
Operators are hard to come by that’s true. It took a good while to find this one. I got it for $950 which is pretty good.
Building an AR is an option that I hadn’t thought to much about even though several years ago I did build one from DPMS parts.
I sure appreciate the imput:)
I would keep the operator for sure. I just retired from the Army due to health so I know what your going through. Send me either a email or a PM, im a dealer for several AR companies and I will help you out.
