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Thread: Noveske NQR
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9 August 2016, 04:10 #151
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9 August 2016, 04:24 #152
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9 August 2016, 05:49 #153Senior Member
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9 August 2016, 10:31 #154
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9 August 2016, 11:05 #155
Makes sense until you get to the part about this isn't a gun the average Joe blow would buy, is it? Seems like more guys buying in that price range would be sticking with a LaRue.
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9 August 2016, 11:09 #156
I don't know... I see a lot of guys, including friends of mine who will spend thousands on the best rifle they can afford. Only to get zero training, and shoot the cheapest ammo they can find twice a year. I think they find more enjoyment breaking it out of the safe and showing their friends how "milspec" it is, and "all the SF guys are using this."
I see that in the clone guys too. They will spend unlimited amounts of money building the exact replica, but that's the whole fun with it for them. Just the build. They don't shoot it, so they don't care if the gas ports are oversized or that their DD barrel will burn out quickly.
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9 August 2016, 11:11 #157
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9 August 2016, 11:16 #158
Well put. I really enjoyed researching information for a couple of the near-clones I've built. Add to that having deployed with guys using the MK18, it was fun to finally own one I could play with. Then again, none of my rifles are completely correct because I can't stand just owning one and not shooting it, so some of my parts make the gun more useful to me (and/or save some money). In the end, I guess I fail the clone game but win the satisfaction game.
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9 August 2016, 11:27 #159
I don't shoot badguys, but I shoot the hell out of damn near anything legal to put a hole in on my little chunk of heaven, including groundhogs, coyotes, dirt clods, beer cans, and ocassionally targets.
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9 August 2016, 11:36 #160
And when my buddy the sheriff asks why I need* something like my Mk 18 pseudo-clone I say #1: America and #2: because it's f@cking cool looking and I want one. Same thing I put on my form 1!
*UW see that's really a wife question, not a cop question.There's no "Team" in F**K YOU!
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9 August 2016, 17:56 #161
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10 August 2016, 07:00 #162
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10 August 2016, 07:35 #163
I think there are different types of folks doing what they do for a variety of reasons, but I agree with what you say 100%.
Some people just want 'stuff'...just like they want that Harley in their garage even though they ride once every 3 months (if they are lucky), or buy the most expensive ski boat they can find only to not be able to ski (or they take a trip to the lake twice a summer).
While I personally don't get off on that stuff some of those guys (and girls) are pretty annoying regardless if it's about guns or whatever.
There are reasons to buy more expensive things, but doing so to get a pat on the back isn't a good enough reason for me.
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10 August 2016, 07:48 #164Senior Member
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10 August 2016, 08:25 #165
Bingo!
For me I will borrow a bit of experience from when I used to competitively waterski (I had to quit because of injury)...
I bought a ski rope that cost me like $150 bucks once, not including the handle. My non skiing friends were always giving me a hard time about it. But little did they know that not all ropes are the same. Your cheap Wal Mart rope costs $25 bucks, but when you put it under tension they stretch like a rubber band. A 75 foot rope will become an 80 foot rope and stretch around while you are back behind the boat. Not good for things requiring a whole lot of balance.
My $150 dollar rope on the other hand didn't have this problem...that $150 bucks made the difference if you made a trick or didn't or in some case if you went to the hospital or not. Getting pulled around at high speeds isn't always the most safe thing.
The same thing applies to shooting or anything else that requires skill. In the case of the rope, having a crappy rope actually does prevent you from improving as an athlete.
Hence I guess it just depends on who is getting what and why...but some things really do make a difference and others... not so much.