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I'll pass on the bet because you are probably right. I just don't like to see a conviction just on reputation.I'll bet you a case of beer of your choosing (or mine) if it isn't the rifle, or the rifle's design isn't a major contributing factor to the way it failed. I like IPAs, specifically Sierra Nevada. I'd take Yuengling, too. Let me know when you're going to make the delivery and we'll meet up.
-Mike
I saw a video once of a breakdown of a new Vulcan AR... it was a total POS. I don't know how they're still in business. I'll see if I can find a link.
Here it is:
How are they still in business?
Within seconds Vulcan is tried and convicted in the internet court.
Very first shot. No chance there was a bore sighter or cleaning rod in the pipe?
China took that design and coated it in melamine...This is america, the #1 source of skinflints and cheapskates in the entire world.
This is why I haven't bought an AR yet. I still have no idea what I should buy. I don't want to overspend, but I don't want to go cheap.This is america, the #1 source of skinflints and cheapskates in the entire world. Make it cheap enough and idiots will flock to it and buy it. If there was ONE THING I absolutely loathe about our culture, this is it. It's OK to be frugal, I get that... this is beyond being frugal and into the realm of full retard skinflint. Alarm bells should go off when someone notices that this product is way cheaper than everyone else's offerings in the same market, but some people are just terminally stupid.
The sad thing is you know tons of people have bought this trash. Thankfully they probably shoot 10 rounds out of it and put it in the safe and forget about it, because someone who is as much of a skinflint to buy one of these certainly wouldn't want to pay to operate it on a regular basis given the cost of ammo.
Hesse/Vulcan is so bad that I would rather buy a rifle made in china any day of the week. I bet if Norinco made a .50 BMG bolt action and was allowed to sell it in america, at least it would probably be a hell of a lot safer.
-Mike
+1 I had never heard of Vulcan until I saw that video, which I found either through this place or TTAG, not sure which.this thread is a major PSA, AND makes the membership a complete bargain.
my hands and neck are worth more than $21 , even though my brain might only be worth .10 at times.
If they are putting out guns like that one in the video, then they've gone past "cheap" to dangerous. There are guns on the market which suffer from spotty QC which aren't "dangerous" like that, but rather "unreliable" and not "durable".This is why I haven't bought an AR yet. I still have no idea what I should buy. I don't want to overspend, but I don't want to go cheap.
+1 I had never heard of Vulcan until I saw that video, which I found either through this place or TTAG, not sure which.
My co worker bought a Vulcan 50 cal and it blew up on him on his 1st shot! ****ed him up really bad. Bolt when half way through his right shoulder, blew off 3 fingers on his left hand and he might be blind in both eyes(lost the left and they might be able to save the right). He was out at Pawnee grasslands shooting with another friend who saved him and got him back to town. This all happened a couple weeks ago and he is out of the hospital and in a rehab center.
I never even heard of Vulcan till this happened and now it seems this is all to common with this rifle. He was using factory ammo but I'm not sure exactly what but I'll report back any details I can find out.
F***!!!!!! What is going on with these Vulcan rifles???????
Why do they look like machined down bolts? Do the people think that any bolt is a rifle bolt?
I saw a video once of a breakdown of a new Vulcan AR... it was a total POS. I don't know how they're still in business. I'll see if I can find a link.
Here it is:
WoW. What a bag of smashed ass holes!
Buttress thread... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buttress_thread
From the pics, they look poorly machined and not much meat to them.
Within seconds Vulcan is tried and convicted in the internet court.
Very first shot. No chance there was a bore sighter or cleaning rod in the pipe?
There's currently an ongoing thread about another alleged Vulcan .50BMG "mishap" (I post "alleged" because of the skeptics over there demanding "proof or it didn't happen" types)...
Another Vulcan .50 blew up on my coworker!!! - Page 1 - AR15.COM
This is why I haven't bought an AR yet. I still have no idea what I should buy. I don't want to overspend, but I don't want to go cheap.
+1 I had never heard of Vulcan until I saw that video, which I found either through this place or TTAG, not sure which.
Although not a safety issue, it's worth learning about small/large takedown pins and the sear block if standardization and upper/lower interchangeability is important to you.First off, you simply can't go wrong buying a Colt.