It probably didn't help that in the movie "The Green Berets" John Wayne used a Mattel (or whatever) as a prop when he got mad and smashed a rifle.
There is sort of a time warp /perception thing going on. Earlier days,"plastic" was associated with cheap junk, just as "Made in Japan" was.....once.
And the USA Gun Crank Curmudgeon would not accept anything but walnut and blued steel.
These days you can buy race engine connecting rods of "plastic" (composite).
I'd just about bet there have been as many walnut M-14 stocks broken as M-16 or M-4.
From value priced Ruger American and Savage rifles to top of the line precision chassis rifles to light and strong hunting rifles, composite serves well.
Historically, derogatory terms like "Mattel" have been applied...
But really? Its rooted in ignorance. Mattel use a lot of commodity polystyrene. Cheap and it glued with toulene.
I don't know what composite is used in the M-16- M-4 stocks. I believe its a carbon filled polycarbonate.
And Yeah,we call Glocks and M+P's etc "Tupperware" guns.
They sure work good. They hold up, and,all things considered, they are affordable.
I get that these are probably "Yuk it up" joking posts. Getting bored?
There just ain't the old growth Missouri Walnut there used to be. The trees are gone. What you going to use for gun handles?
Composite have literally evolve to be space age stuff.
Do we call our stealth aircraft Mattel? Or should we have stayed with wood and silk? I guess the Swordfish/ Stringbag disabled the Bismark...
There is sort of a time warp /perception thing going on. Earlier days,"plastic" was associated with cheap junk, just as "Made in Japan" was.....once.
And the USA Gun Crank Curmudgeon would not accept anything but walnut and blued steel.
These days you can buy race engine connecting rods of "plastic" (composite).
I'd just about bet there have been as many walnut M-14 stocks broken as M-16 or M-4.
From value priced Ruger American and Savage rifles to top of the line precision chassis rifles to light and strong hunting rifles, composite serves well.
Historically, derogatory terms like "Mattel" have been applied...
But really? Its rooted in ignorance. Mattel use a lot of commodity polystyrene. Cheap and it glued with toulene.
I don't know what composite is used in the M-16- M-4 stocks. I believe its a carbon filled polycarbonate.
And Yeah,we call Glocks and M+P's etc "Tupperware" guns.
They sure work good. They hold up, and,all things considered, they are affordable.
I get that these are probably "Yuk it up" joking posts. Getting bored?
There just ain't the old growth Missouri Walnut there used to be. The trees are gone. What you going to use for gun handles?
Composite have literally evolve to be space age stuff.
Do we call our stealth aircraft Mattel? Or should we have stayed with wood and silk? I guess the Swordfish/ Stringbag disabled the Bismark...