pangris
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Mike, IMHO it is a question of why complicate things? If you can use the irons anyway, why not just use irons? Why put yourself in an analysis mode if you don't have to... if someone is shooting at you, won't you have enough to think about?
If you practice with irons, they are fast.
Clear lens covers still fog up, scratch up, and get dirty and "cloudy" over time.
The DPMS Panther...
Everything on my gun is top shelf. While simple, every single part was purposefully selected.
ER Shaw 16" 1/9 chromelined pencil barrel - good barrel, lightweight, chrome since it is a heavy use gun
Hiperform ultra light foregrip - i think this thing is 5 oz - exceptionally strong, stays cool, allows you to mount a light anywhere ( 3 and 9 as on rails isn't necessarily ideal) free floats the barrel (side benefit)
Original Colt M16 upper - nuff said
A1 stock built to A2 specs - again, simple, can't screw it up, and it fits me - the chances of me wearing body armor are nil. If I am wearing body armor, the LOP difference is the least of my worries
The duckbill grip - good stuff, covers that little gap around the trigger
RRA two stage trigger, tuned by white oak armory, because I like two stage triggers, and if I need to make a precise shot it facilitates that
slickside hard chromed bolt and carrier (fulton armory) - easy to clean, good unit
D-fender ring on the extractor
etc, etc.
DPMS is out to make a profit and hit pricepoints, so I think any gun at $700 is going to have to cut corners somewhere. If I was going to bet my life on it, I'd want to know the history of the parts, and know that none of them were cast, batch inspected, etc.
I'd guess that they are decent guns, but I prefer mine built as such...
If you practice with irons, they are fast.
Clear lens covers still fog up, scratch up, and get dirty and "cloudy" over time.
The DPMS Panther...
Everything on my gun is top shelf. While simple, every single part was purposefully selected.
ER Shaw 16" 1/9 chromelined pencil barrel - good barrel, lightweight, chrome since it is a heavy use gun
Hiperform ultra light foregrip - i think this thing is 5 oz - exceptionally strong, stays cool, allows you to mount a light anywhere ( 3 and 9 as on rails isn't necessarily ideal) free floats the barrel (side benefit)
Original Colt M16 upper - nuff said
A1 stock built to A2 specs - again, simple, can't screw it up, and it fits me - the chances of me wearing body armor are nil. If I am wearing body armor, the LOP difference is the least of my worries
The duckbill grip - good stuff, covers that little gap around the trigger
RRA two stage trigger, tuned by white oak armory, because I like two stage triggers, and if I need to make a precise shot it facilitates that
slickside hard chromed bolt and carrier (fulton armory) - easy to clean, good unit
D-fender ring on the extractor
etc, etc.
DPMS is out to make a profit and hit pricepoints, so I think any gun at $700 is going to have to cut corners somewhere. If I was going to bet my life on it, I'd want to know the history of the parts, and know that none of them were cast, batch inspected, etc.
I'd guess that they are decent guns, but I prefer mine built as such...