Weeks,
Your knowledge of and experience with ARs is truly impressive, especially since you have yet to take delivery of your FIRST AR!!!! But I am sure you have put thousands of rounds thru about every AR made, which has given you the experience to make the comments you have made about current brands on the market. Just one of the great things about the internet, you can become a leading expert in any field without ever really doing anything in that field.
There are a lot of good brands out there, I have not shot all of them, and if you compare apples to apples which you choose NOT to do, they are all pretty close to the same price.
Unlike you I am not an AR expert, I have only put about 4300 rounds thru my original RRA that I got 2 yrs ago and my second that I picked up about six months ago. Of course the original one has shot most of those rounds and even though I got it very hot in MT last summer on several occasions, after my kit AR failed me for the second time, it still shoots better than I can. When I bought my first AR I based it on ARs that I had shot and what the guys that shoot thousands of rounds a year at 600 and 1000 yds in competition shoot in a factory rifle. I am not saying it is any better than any other brand but they have worked great for me, without a single problem.
FYI, based on actual experience, I just picked up my third RRA in 2 years. The first two were varmit models with bull barrels, the last is the predator model with RR's 20" match barrel. Each of these rifles I paid less for than you did for the AR that you have yet to receive. And with each of these rifles the longest I had to wait was 3 1/2 weeks, the second one I waited one week. Of course some will say that is a lie cause they have waited longer, and I wish they had not, but, when I look for one I call a lot of high volume dealers who place orders for several RR's before they are ever sold. The dealers know they can sell them as fast as they can get them so they order ahead. If a dealer has had the rifle I am looking for on order for a while, and it is not already sold, I ask them to call me when they get one in, and yes I have been lucky in getting them.
As I stated earlier my experience level is no where near that of yours, I don't think anyone's is, but this has been my experience based on experience not internet reading!!
Your knowledge of and experience with ARs is truly impressive, especially since you have yet to take delivery of your FIRST AR!!!! But I am sure you have put thousands of rounds thru about every AR made, which has given you the experience to make the comments you have made about current brands on the market. Just one of the great things about the internet, you can become a leading expert in any field without ever really doing anything in that field.
There are a lot of good brands out there, I have not shot all of them, and if you compare apples to apples which you choose NOT to do, they are all pretty close to the same price.
Unlike you I am not an AR expert, I have only put about 4300 rounds thru my original RRA that I got 2 yrs ago and my second that I picked up about six months ago. Of course the original one has shot most of those rounds and even though I got it very hot in MT last summer on several occasions, after my kit AR failed me for the second time, it still shoots better than I can. When I bought my first AR I based it on ARs that I had shot and what the guys that shoot thousands of rounds a year at 600 and 1000 yds in competition shoot in a factory rifle. I am not saying it is any better than any other brand but they have worked great for me, without a single problem.
FYI, based on actual experience, I just picked up my third RRA in 2 years. The first two were varmit models with bull barrels, the last is the predator model with RR's 20" match barrel. Each of these rifles I paid less for than you did for the AR that you have yet to receive. And with each of these rifles the longest I had to wait was 3 1/2 weeks, the second one I waited one week. Of course some will say that is a lie cause they have waited longer, and I wish they had not, but, when I look for one I call a lot of high volume dealers who place orders for several RR's before they are ever sold. The dealers know they can sell them as fast as they can get them so they order ahead. If a dealer has had the rifle I am looking for on order for a while, and it is not already sold, I ask them to call me when they get one in, and yes I have been lucky in getting them.
As I stated earlier my experience level is no where near that of yours, I don't think anyone's is, but this has been my experience based on experience not internet reading!!