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Posted: 9/17/2015 11:44:24 PM EDT
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I just recently completed an M16A4 clone, have yet to shoot it.
I was hoping people here could gauge the quality of this build. Would you say it should be accurate? Dependable? Would you rely on this if you had to bug out to the hills? It's a complete Bushmaster lower, BCM upper receiver and barrel. USMC issue Knights Armament Rail. Bushmaster Bolt carrier assembly. I checked the gas key staking, and they are very well staked. I have a trijicon ACOG, TA31RCOA4. The BCM upper and barrel came shipped as one assembly from BCM. I used flat black enamel to cover up the white BCM logo on the receiver. I wish the finish of the rifle was the same as the USMC issue rifles. The AR is a very flat black. Military ones are kinda shiny/gray metallic, but oh well. My question here is if you would depend on this rifle in a bug out situation, not aesthetics. |
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Quoted: I just recently completed an M16A4 clone, have yet to shoot it.  How about...... shooting it? Didn't save any budget for ammo? How can anyone judge the quality of the build? Did you put your springs in right? Did you torque the barrel nut right? My crystal ball is out for calibration, so I must ask these things. On second thought, I have good feelz about your finish. That is all it takes.  I have bugged out to the hills. The rifle was never an issue. We ran out of beer quickly. Buy more beer.  |
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If you want a weapon that will function more reliably with less lubrication, you might want to look into an enhanced bolt carrier group.
I'm guessing if you oiled & cleaned that regularly it would go bang. However, with mil-spec bcg, the frequency with which you do both will determine reliability to a large extent. You can pick up nickel boron bcg's for not that expensive now and bonus, you can remove your old bolt & save it in case something happens to the primary (I've never seen issues with the actual bolt carrier itself). |
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If you want a weapon that will function more reliably with less lubrication, you might want to look into an enhanced bolt carrier group. I'm guessing if you oiled & cleaned that regularly it would go bang. However, with mil-spec bcg, the frequency with which you do both will determine reliability to a large extent. You can pick up nickel boron bcg's for not that expensive now and bonus, you can remove your old bolt & save it in case something happens to the primary (I've never seen issues with the actual bolt carrier itself). Yeah, a nickel boron bcg would be a +1, but in all honestly, the milspec one should be more than sufficient. I keep my internals clean and lubricated, so I expect the bcg will probably outlast me. |
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