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Posted: 4/5/2007 11:57:58 AM EDT
| I am new to ars and would like some advice on which to buy. I am going to get a 6721 or 6920, both are nib. Can get either for 1200. Or I can put on order one of the newer ones with the piston. 1020 is in the model number I think. It will coast me around 1450 or so and may be a few mts wait. What I want to know is do you guys think its worth the extra cash and the wait or should I get one of the 1st two mentioned while available. This is my 1st ar and will the introduction of a new system lower the resale of the current ones. This is also not for a safe queen, I will shoot the crap out of it. Thanks for any replies. |
The 6920 has a 1/7 M4 profile barrel vs. the 1/9 HBAR on the 6721 (advantage 6920 due to weight, and ammo versatility) 6920 has M4 handguards versus the CAR on the 6721) preference thing, but the M4 is double heat shield and preferred by many) Either a great choice, but the 6920 has the advantage. I wish they had a 6920 with the 6721 lower just for that awesome roll-mark - but thats just a cosmetics thing. |
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Stolen from Wikipedia: "Drinking the Kool-Aid" Contrary to popular belief, Kool-Aid was not used in the infamous punch at JonestownThe idiomatic expression "drinking the Kool-Aid" was originally a reference to the Merry Pranksters, a group of people associated with novelist Ken Kesey who in the early 1960s travelled around the United States and held events called "Acid Tests", where LSD-laced Kool-Aid was passed out to the public (LSD was legal at that time). Those who "drank the Kool-Aid" passed the "Acid Test." "Drinking the Kool-Aid" in that context meant accepting the LSD drug culture, and the Pranksters' "turned on" point of view. These events were described in Tom Wolfe's 1968 classic, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.[4] It is also now closely associated with the 1978 cult mass-suicide/murder in Jonestown, Guyana. Jim Jones, the leader of the Peoples Temple, convinced his followers to move to Jonestown. Late in the year, he then ordered his flock to commit suicide by drinking grape-flavored Flavor Aid laced with potassium cyanide. In what is now commonly called the "Jonestown Massacre," a large majority of the 913 people later found dead drank the brew. (The discrepancy between the idiom and the actual occurrence is likely due to Flavor Aid's relative obscurity versus the easily recognizable Kool-Aid.) The precise expression can be attested in usage at least as early as 1987.[4] One lasting legacy of the Jonestown tragedy is the saying, "Don't drink the Kool-Aid." This has come to mean, "Don’t trust any group you find to be a little on the kooky side," or "Whatever they tell you, don't believe it too strongly."[1] The phrase can also be used in the opposite sense to indicate that one has blindly embraced a particular philosophy or perspective (a "Kool-Aid drinker", or, as a cynical response to a fanatical claim, "sounds like someone's been drinking the Kool-Aid!"). In technology circles "drinking the Kool-Aid" is often used to describe the misguided or over-abundant enthusiasm someone has for their product and its capabilities. On Arfcom it has become common practice to call Colt lovers "Kool-Aid" drinkers, and I suspect that although this term was intended to be derogatory in nature, it has become a term of endearment. You will notice many of the Colt lovers themselves will post pictures of their Colts with some Kool-Aid featured in the photo. Many references to Kool-Aid are usually found in Colt related posts. Those that don't believe Colt is superior to all others tend to say that the Colt followers are a fanatical bunch, and will "drink the Kool-Aid" which is meant to imply that what the Colt bunch believes isn't true. They just follow the crowd and believe the same in order to fit in and be part of the group. Those that are firmly entrenched in the Colt camp often find themselves being bashed for being so blindly loyal to the company, in spite of what others see as Colt's faults. You will find in most I try to be neutral, but find myself straying somewhat to the Colt Kool-Aid drinkers side of things. I cannot deny two basic facts: Colt resale value is the highest. Colt brand recognition is the highest. Those two might go hand in hand. I hope this explains things a bit. I realize its probably as clear as mud.... but I tried. 
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Saturnstyl: Thanks for the education! It took me three beers to get through it --- and a lot of head scratching & chin rubbing (you should be awarded a Phd for writting a Kool-Aid thesis)  So after learning more than I cared to know (be careful what you ask for!), I will retire to my weapons and munitions bunker to admire my 5 Colts and 1 Bushmaster while, err, sliding that case of Kool-Aid behind my MRE stash with my foot..... 
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Hey those MREs have military Kool-Aid in them! 
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