Thanks guys, I can't take all the credit, some dude over at SnipersHide made one a few years ago and I just realized how badly it was needed here.
I figured most of the folks that have seen my posts would have gotten that joke right away. I rarely give a one line answer, especially when a one line answer does no one any good. If you don't have a way to justify it...it's only an opinion and should be noted as such.
This is one of the best statements I've read here in a long time. Impulse gun purchases are usually not a good idea, but even asking a quick couple internet questions only helps so much.
Originally Posted By: pmackI just bought an R-15 Thursday after reading hundreds of posts over the last couple years, all the info is here, you just got to look.
I also read forums for at least a year before I even bought my first upper. I watched 4-5 YouTube videos on assembling the lower. I browsed pictures and googled things like "AR parts" to see what was available and what it was for.
I read articles on things like...Why not all black rifles should be called "AR-15" or "AR-10" because even though they are incorrectly used as a general term, they are a copyrighted model number. I studied ballistic charts and powder tables. I read about barrel wear and pros and cons of barrel materials. I read about sound suppression levels in db vs frequency. Weight vs poi shift.
All these things can be googled and you get tons of info. 90% of my knowledge here has been learned online. Sometimes you get conflicting info. That's where the fun part comes in, because you get to research further to find the truth.
Keep using the search...I'd like to see it it become the norm in a week or so. (i get to see stat traffic to, so i know how many times it actually gets used
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