christcorp
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The average AR owner, might shoot 1000 rounds in a year, if they're lucky. After a little while, most gun owners get over the novelty of the new gun, and will shoot it even less. Especially weapons that shoot more expensive ammo.
In that scenario, just about any of the AR's, from Olympic to Double-Star to RockRiver to Bushmaster to DPMS to S&W to Colt to LMT to BCM to Daniel etc.... will work perfectly fine. It's just a matter of how much you'd like to spend on the rifle. And because most people don't shoot that much, it doesn't matter if the rifle is picky on ammo, or if you simply buy your ammo locally at you neighborhood gun store. 50 boxes of ammo a year isn't going to break you, no matter the type or price.
However; there are some people that are shooting 3,000-5,000 rounds yearly as a minimum. Some go over the 10,000 rounds per year mark. Some like to use their AR's in competition and marksmanship. Some use them to train in carbine courses. Some even use them for work; when allowed. This is where the difference between an Olympic, Interarms, Century, and many others of higher quality will come in.
There are a lot of "Gun Snobs" out there who think if you don't own a Colt, LMT, BCM, Daniel, Nove, etc... then you have crap, and you're actually risking your life. No one can get through to the snobs. And they'll even believe if you try and talk good about a lower end gun, that you're trying to say that they are equal. They aren't equal. But they don't have to be. If you're the average gun owner who decides you want an AR, and you're not shooting 5,000+ rounds a year, or doing carbine classes, or doing competition and matches, or using it in a military environment; "Sorry, police work isn't military environment"; then there's no reason that you can't be happy with an Olympic, Bushmaster, RockRiver, DPMS, Interarms, Century, etc... It will work fine, and probably last you long enough to pass it down to your child.
But in all fairness; if you try and take the olympic, interarms, century, etc... and run 5,000-10,000 rounds a year through it; or drag it through military environments; or do all the competition and marksmanship courses; then you'll probably find that it won't hold up as well. But again, that's not what most people who buy an AR are going to do with their rifle. They're going to plink a couple boxes of ammo once in a while, maybe shoot the occasional coyote or prairie dog, and have it available for home defense. For those purposes, buy what you want and can afford. You'll be happy.
Of course, there's still those that will pay WAY TOO MUCH for the rifle. The same amount of money could have bought them a MUCH HIGHER QUALITY rifle. Nothing wrong with the bushmaster for the average user. But you'd have to be smoking some bad crack if you paid $1000 for it. You can buy a colt, bcm, and many others that are MUCH HIGHER QUALITY for that same price. Don't think that because a rifle costs $1000, or similar to the higher priced guns, that they are equal. They aren't. But there's nothing wrong with spending $600-$650 for the olympic, century, etc... But head to head, at the same exact price, the colt, bcm, lmt, etc... are much better quality rifles. In a nutshell. It isn't whether the olympic, bush, rock, etc... are good or bad. Just that they aren't worth the same amount of money as a colt, bcm, or many others.
In that scenario, just about any of the AR's, from Olympic to Double-Star to RockRiver to Bushmaster to DPMS to S&W to Colt to LMT to BCM to Daniel etc.... will work perfectly fine. It's just a matter of how much you'd like to spend on the rifle. And because most people don't shoot that much, it doesn't matter if the rifle is picky on ammo, or if you simply buy your ammo locally at you neighborhood gun store. 50 boxes of ammo a year isn't going to break you, no matter the type or price.
However; there are some people that are shooting 3,000-5,000 rounds yearly as a minimum. Some go over the 10,000 rounds per year mark. Some like to use their AR's in competition and marksmanship. Some use them to train in carbine courses. Some even use them for work; when allowed. This is where the difference between an Olympic, Interarms, Century, and many others of higher quality will come in.
There are a lot of "Gun Snobs" out there who think if you don't own a Colt, LMT, BCM, Daniel, Nove, etc... then you have crap, and you're actually risking your life. No one can get through to the snobs. And they'll even believe if you try and talk good about a lower end gun, that you're trying to say that they are equal. They aren't equal. But they don't have to be. If you're the average gun owner who decides you want an AR, and you're not shooting 5,000+ rounds a year, or doing carbine classes, or doing competition and matches, or using it in a military environment; "Sorry, police work isn't military environment"; then there's no reason that you can't be happy with an Olympic, Bushmaster, RockRiver, DPMS, Interarms, Century, etc... It will work fine, and probably last you long enough to pass it down to your child.
But in all fairness; if you try and take the olympic, interarms, century, etc... and run 5,000-10,000 rounds a year through it; or drag it through military environments; or do all the competition and marksmanship courses; then you'll probably find that it won't hold up as well. But again, that's not what most people who buy an AR are going to do with their rifle. They're going to plink a couple boxes of ammo once in a while, maybe shoot the occasional coyote or prairie dog, and have it available for home defense. For those purposes, buy what you want and can afford. You'll be happy.
Of course, there's still those that will pay WAY TOO MUCH for the rifle. The same amount of money could have bought them a MUCH HIGHER QUALITY rifle. Nothing wrong with the bushmaster for the average user. But you'd have to be smoking some bad crack if you paid $1000 for it. You can buy a colt, bcm, and many others that are MUCH HIGHER QUALITY for that same price. Don't think that because a rifle costs $1000, or similar to the higher priced guns, that they are equal. They aren't. But there's nothing wrong with spending $600-$650 for the olympic, century, etc... But head to head, at the same exact price, the colt, bcm, lmt, etc... are much better quality rifles. In a nutshell. It isn't whether the olympic, bush, rock, etc... are good or bad. Just that they aren't worth the same amount of money as a colt, bcm, or many others.
. As far as olympic i've personally see one fail out of nowhere took weeks to get fixed. I can't comment on the problem as it was a friends and it was long ago, but i remember it being weeks before it got fixed. Fact of the matter is it steered me away from them.