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Posted: 12/14/2005 7:14:58 AM EDT
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If you don't want it to get scratched or dinged then DO NOT EVER SHOOT IT, TOUCH IT OR EVEN LOOK AT IT WRONG!
You must be a glutton for punishment because you can here looking for sympathy of which you will find very little. I love seeing wear marks and dings on my weapons because it lets me know that I'm using them. |
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Posted: 12/14/2005 7:21:01 AM EDT
[#2]
Well...at least it was just a Colt and not something more valuable...
 
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Posted: 12/14/2005 7:23:41 AM EDT
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Colt? looks fresh from the factory   CLP will fix you right up. |
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Posted: 12/14/2005 7:36:52 AM EDT
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If your upper was black instead of gray Aluminum Black would fix it up like new. I had to fix a scratch like then when a local officer told me to place my rifle on the concrete and proceeded to stand on it.
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Posted: 12/14/2005 7:45:24 AM EDT
[#5]
send it to me for safekeeping.
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Posted: 12/14/2005 7:45:57 AM EDT
[#6]
WTF..... |
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Posted: 12/14/2005 7:55:50 AM EDT
[#7]
Pssh, scratches just build character.
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Posted: 12/14/2005 11:29:37 AM EDT
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Yeah well...I don't use my rifle to crawl around in the mud or go into battle with it. Like I said, I understand that an AR15 is a tool but I just like mine to look mildly nice. If it was one of the various other un-noticeable scratches on the upper and not an almost 2" long one, I wouldn't care about it. I'm not getting the upper refinished just because of this scratch, I'm getting it refinished because I think it needs it. There are marks on the carry handle where it looks like there has been a scope mounted, there's lines of different shades of grey on the left side, and there's spots where it kind of looks like it's been touched up with a different shade of grey. I'm sorry that I don't find having my $470 rifle that I don't use in combat having scratches and blemishes (noticeable ones) appealing. I may have over-reacted to the scratch though...it was like I picked the upper up and saw this big scratch and I said WTF??? and got mad. I'm sure that I am not the only person on this site that likes their rifle to look somewhat nice.
And on top of that this is a Colt.  P.S. I'm gonna have to try the CLP real quick just to check if it actually is a scratch in the finish. 
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Posted: 12/14/2005 11:46:09 AM EDT
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Just think of it as a good truck gun now.
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Posted: 12/14/2005 11:49:39 AM EDT
[#10]
Ha...well I just tried some CLP and it took some of the silver coloration out of it but it's still there. Not AS noticeable now but still. I still plan on getting it refinished along with the lower I'm gonna get.
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Posted: 12/14/2005 11:56:45 AM EDT
[#11]
Not to worry, I have more respect for scuffed rifles .
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Posted: 12/14/2005 12:06:49 PM EDT
[#12]
+1 LEO 
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Posted: 12/14/2005 4:42:58 PM EDT
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m24:
Perhaps you have the opportunity to use yours more often but mine is used too. I'd still freak if I got it all scratched up though.  I also should have clarified, MAY imply carelessness to SOME. Nice car, Scott |
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Posted: 12/14/2005 5:19:53 PM EDT
[#14]
Ok, now that is pushing it ;) Every AR15 is a work of art!! Well, except for DPMS... - rem |
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Posted: 12/14/2005 5:29:44 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/14/2005 5:29:53 PM EDT
[#16]
+2 WTMF??? |
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Posted: 12/14/2005 8:39:51 PM EDT
[#17]
+3 WTFH? |
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Posted: 12/14/2005 8:58:48 PM EDT
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guns = toys just like cars. If you're a cop or in the military they're tools, if you're not.. well it's just a toy that you buy. Try to claim otherwise as I know you will but you're wrong. Unless your life depends on it it's just another high priced toy. And let's face it, nobody uses a rifle for their life saving weapon. That's what ugly assed glocks are for.
I guess I'm the only one who's ever taken a hammer to a buffing wheel huh? |
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Posted: 12/14/2005 9:06:21 PM EDT
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1) Civilians can and do use rifles as lifesaving tools. 2) You are not the only one to use a buffing wheel on a hammer. RUMINT indicates that OAI does this as well. They call it a "Trigger Job." 3) I view rifles as tools. Marks on them indicate that they are being used, as they were meant to. |
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Posted: 12/14/2005 9:15:52 PM EDT
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Bitching about a scratch on an AR is like bitching about the mole on Cindy Crawford's face.
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Posted: 12/14/2005 9:41:22 PM EDT
[#21]
+1 Every "ruined" finish is an opportunity. Once that baby gets its first lovebite, then it's "GAME ON!", now you don't have to worry about ever again. Now, you have freedom instead of a drive to obey an anal-retentive nature. Celebrate the scratch. Real men have scratched rifles. |
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Posted: 12/15/2005 2:24:49 AM EDT
[#22]
Yeah well I'd rather that not be my Colt SP1...
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Posted: 12/15/2005 3:29:30 AM EDT
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Posted: 12/15/2005 8:17:02 AM EDT
[#24]
Why do law enforcement and military have weapons? To potentially save/protect a life. Why do I have weapons? To potentially save/protect a life. Other than LE/Mil having a greater potential for this happening, there is no difference. Just because I have never had to point or shoot at anyone, it does not mean my handguns, shotguns or my rifles are not tools. Just because firearms are fun, it does not mean they are toys. Seydou |
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Posted: 12/15/2005 10:21:45 AM EDT
[#25]
I used to. Wander around enough hillsides/gravel pits/parking lots etc and it seems to diminish. To clarfify, I do have some ARs that are prety close to pristine, but my everday ARs get beat on a little.
Understood.
Yours too. Do all units in Minnehaha have popo on the plate? |
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Posted: 12/15/2005 10:57:40 AM EDT
[#26]
Get it refinished, I hate scratches too.
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Posted: 12/15/2005 11:53:25 AM EDT
[#27]
Nice name...I love Lugers. Favorite gun ever
But yeah, I was really gonna get it finished anyway along with the SP1 lower I'm getting. |
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Posted: 12/15/2005 12:10:14 PM EDT
[#28]
+1 For some reason I have an aversion to 'perfect' looking weapons. Perfect says safe queen whether it means to or not. |
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Posted: 12/15/2005 2:28:05 PM EDT
[#29]
no no... a hammer like you'd buy at Sears |
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Posted: 12/15/2005 2:31:16 PM EDT
[#30]
Sorry I wouldn't buy that if it was on sale for a penny. I do not believe for a second that you bought an AR to protect or save a life. And no.. I'm afraid guns that aren't a duty and or carry weapon are no more tools than my PS2. Now I have tools for guns, trigger guage, lathe, mill bits etc etc etc.. And those tools not the guns they're used on.. Feel free to disagre with me, you're not gonna hurt my feelings. I've got two colts with over 3K rounds through each of them and they're damn near flawless. If something happens they get touched up. I've got deer rifles that have been reblued nad had the stocks redone. NOTHING I spend any money on will look scratched/dinged (or like a piece of shit I don't care about) if I can do anything about it. EDIT: It's posible that a second civil war or a zombie attack on a massive level could happen in which case the toys may become tools, but it's unlikely. |
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Posted: 12/15/2005 2:44:17 PM EDT
[#31]
I scratched the flash supressor on my rifle once,it really pissed me off. I had just got it and was quite proud of it. I still curse that damn Iraqi for jumping up right in front of me, I had to bayonet him and I guess one of his ribs got my muzzle.
Damn. Ok, I lied, that didn't really happen but I thought it would be humorous so I clain artistic license. Oh yeah, don't diss me too much, I am a desert storm vet so I am entitled to at least comment about the war. |
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Posted: 12/15/2005 2:52:52 PM EDT
[#32]
Unbelievable
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Posted: 12/15/2005 4:39:25 PM EDT
[#33]
So now you're stating thats an original SP1?? |
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Posted: 12/15/2005 4:40:58 PM EDT
[#34]
Id love to hear the rest of that story...no wait, actually I wouldnt. |
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Posted: 12/15/2005 4:44:33 PM EDT
[#35]
Okay the upper is off an original SP1...I'm sorry I didn't type out "my SP1 upper reciever that isn't on it's original Colt SP1 lower."
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Posted: 12/15/2005 4:50:18 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/15/2005 5:01:19 PM EDT
[#37]
LOL what a frickin retard! It's just a scratch! The colors don't even match anyway! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
P.S. - Before anybody flames me, he's my brother, so it's my right to call him a "retard" :P |
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Posted: 12/15/2005 5:07:51 PM EDT
[#38]
I can't wait till my rifle looks like my 1988 Toyota pickup truck.
While I was building the gun I tried to keep everything in somewhat nice shape. Now that it's done, I could give a flying F*#K what it looks like, as long as it runs. Just like my truck, it's a tool. 
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Posted: 12/15/2005 5:08:06 PM EDT
[#39]
I was going to ask, but was afraid that is what you meant |
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Posted: 12/15/2005 5:25:43 PM EDT
[#40]
lol.. yup...
Can't stand any dings, knicks or scratches in anything i own.. Hell I replaced my countertops twice in one year right before I moved becasue they were damaged. |
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Posted: 12/15/2005 5:52:26 PM EDT
[#41]
All beat up to hell ARs look good, but an AR with perfect finish except for the huge gouge or blemish really, really stands out, looks sloppy, and is very unattractive.
I wouldn't bang a chick I think is unattractive, and I wouldn't want to shoot a rifle that is either. |
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Posted: 12/15/2005 6:39:10 PM EDT
[#42]
Why is it so hard to believe that an ordinary civilian would choose to use an AR for self/home defense? Your argument is very close to the traditional liberal position of:"If you are not the police or military,why do you need an assault weapon to defend yourself ?" Just because you do not consider your AR a tool, it does not mean the same is true for me. Your perspective is not mine. Seydou |
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Posted: 12/15/2005 6:44:46 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/17/2005 2:00:16 PM EDT
[#44]
That makes two of us. For awhile I was beginning to think I was the only one. Made an additional correction. Makes more sense now. Seydou |
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Posted: 12/17/2005 6:40:14 PM EDT
[#45]
AR for defense against home invasion? um..... might wanna rethink that.. Check that.. you BETTER rethink that.
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Posted: 12/17/2005 6:41:43 PM EDT
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why is that? |
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Posted: 12/17/2005 6:55:35 PM EDT
[#47]
Dont get  ,or act like a  .Even though it makes you want to  ,sit back, relax and have a  .Your rifle is developing character. |
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Posted: 12/17/2005 6:56:00 PM EDT
[#48]
why? A 5.56 AR is one of the most effective weapons to use for home defense and that's not my opinon it's a fact |
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Posted: 12/17/2005 7:09:36 PM EDT
[#49]
Not sure about the rifle but if my Hanes looked like yours I'd go see a doctor.
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Posted: 12/17/2005 7:19:21 PM EDT
[#50]
WMHM4,
Please don't bother trying to explain it to people. If they think its not a good idea, let them wallow in it. Like the saying says, its bliss. |
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