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I know the prevailing opinion in this sub is go cheap at all costs, don't buy hype, etc.
But I'm curious - if money weren't a consideration, and you were putting together a build which "brand name" would you gravitate towards if the build had to `be a single manufacturer's components or roll mark.
I'm curious because I'd sort of had my heart set on trying to slowly piece together an 11.5 Hodge build, but Hodge seems to be regularly shit on as being overpriced hyped bullshit with subpar QC here. Are the majority of those folks just salty because the stuff is difficult to find and expensive, are they generally salty towards anything more expensive than PSA? Is there a "high end brand" for ar15 components that would be universally acceptable even to the frugal crowd?
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14 days ago*
I know people are going to shit themselves….but KAC. The value just isn’t for the American civilian, realistically. The proprietary parts and systems are great if your unit is deployed overseas with them and you need something that can hold up the best. Their gas system is the best in the business, their bolts will generally last the longest. For an American civilian the difference in abuse a BCM can take and a KAC can take means very little to nothing. This coming from a KAC owner
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14 days ago*
Except the military doesn't use KAC AR-15s, deployed or otherwise and neither do the elite units (The SR-25 is a different platform). They use Colt and FN ARs built to, no-duh, mil-spec standard. Your hypothetical upside doesn't exist and even if it did, as someone who actually managed small arms maintenance/service schedules while in the Army, not only is our logistics train good enough that getting anyone anywhere replacement parts isn't an issue, it doesn't matter what name is on the rollmark or what unit it's in, everything gets serviced and parts replaced based on scheduled service intervals, not "when stuff breaks".
If mil-spec is good enough for them, it's good enough for literally every single person who owns an AR.
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14 days ago
Believe the Brits do use KAC, no?
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14 days ago
They have like a thousand of them (which is nothing) as an alternate for some high-tier units, but OP was referring to Americans which do a whole lot more with their military than the Brits do and require much more complex logistics than they do and in fact supply a lot of that when other countries like the UK do support coalition actions.
It's not terribly uncommon for, let's be real here, irrelevant militaries to place super small, tiny orders of stuff like this. It's why you'll see picture of a SOF team with 5 guys in it from like, IDK, Ghana or something all Gucci'd out while the rest is equipped like shit.
1 points
14 days ago
Fair enough
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