Bought an AR15 yesterday, Del-Ton Model 8. I would categorize that as upper lower-tier.
Brought it home, looked it over (had not really messed with that style of rifle since VietNam, other than occasionally shooting them at the range and in Vegas on full auto, M4's) and got familiar with it. Then it was off to the range, at which point it became a "collection of parts".
First thing, the trigger did not want to reset. Bang! Huh? Safety on, off, ok, now it goes Bang! again. That improved a bit after 30 rounds, would only do it after 6-7 rounds.
Trigger pull? OUTRAGEOUS! Maybe this is some kind of stupid Mass thing again? Or maybe in my senile years I forgot they were this heavy in the military, or I have gotten feeble?
Mag seating, have to SLAM it into place. Wifey is NOT going to like that one bit. (I was thinking about calling it a clip just to annoy folks who like to call old people Fudds, some of you name callers should bear in mind some of us "Fudds" were popping caps on M16's before you were born)
The good news. With a few tweaks of the front sight, the rifle shoots real well. Using the peeps, was easily busting clays at 100 yds.
Annoying: Mass making them pin the adjustable stock, I could stand to have it "adjusted" out a little further. Will need to work on that a bit.
Maybe I am just fussy? All of my guns are well tuned. I like fairly light trigger pulls. Yea, I know, this is supposed to be a combat weapon. But I am not picturing myself doing any CQB, sneaking around corners in my house late at night with my AR15. That is what I have a 1911 for. BOOM!
Nope, this rifle is for having fun, maybe a little varmint hunting someday. If some kind of strange war breaks out in the country, I will be shooting from about 300-400 yds with something a whole lot more lethal than .223. Ya gotta love us old Fudds after all, donchya?
Now I have to run it over to the gunsmith to see what can be done about the above mentioned annoyances. Then I have to see about getting some dies for the reloading press. It is a lot of fun to shoot, fortunately, my wife only shoots on weekends, so I get it all week to myself.
Ahh, yes, I do have a Bushnell Red Dot in my kit, I will have to mount that on there and have some fun with it.
Brought it home, looked it over (had not really messed with that style of rifle since VietNam, other than occasionally shooting them at the range and in Vegas on full auto, M4's) and got familiar with it. Then it was off to the range, at which point it became a "collection of parts".
First thing, the trigger did not want to reset. Bang! Huh? Safety on, off, ok, now it goes Bang! again. That improved a bit after 30 rounds, would only do it after 6-7 rounds.
Trigger pull? OUTRAGEOUS! Maybe this is some kind of stupid Mass thing again? Or maybe in my senile years I forgot they were this heavy in the military, or I have gotten feeble?
Mag seating, have to SLAM it into place. Wifey is NOT going to like that one bit. (I was thinking about calling it a clip just to annoy folks who like to call old people Fudds, some of you name callers should bear in mind some of us "Fudds" were popping caps on M16's before you were born)
The good news. With a few tweaks of the front sight, the rifle shoots real well. Using the peeps, was easily busting clays at 100 yds.
Annoying: Mass making them pin the adjustable stock, I could stand to have it "adjusted" out a little further. Will need to work on that a bit.
Maybe I am just fussy? All of my guns are well tuned. I like fairly light trigger pulls. Yea, I know, this is supposed to be a combat weapon. But I am not picturing myself doing any CQB, sneaking around corners in my house late at night with my AR15. That is what I have a 1911 for. BOOM!
Nope, this rifle is for having fun, maybe a little varmint hunting someday. If some kind of strange war breaks out in the country, I will be shooting from about 300-400 yds with something a whole lot more lethal than .223. Ya gotta love us old Fudds after all, donchya?
Now I have to run it over to the gunsmith to see what can be done about the above mentioned annoyances. Then I have to see about getting some dies for the reloading press. It is a lot of fun to shoot, fortunately, my wife only shoots on weekends, so I get it all week to myself.
Ahh, yes, I do have a Bushnell Red Dot in my kit, I will have to mount that on there and have some fun with it.