Windham Weaponry: Owners Opinions

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Cornhusker77 said:
I'm another WW fan.
I bought one a couple of months ago, and I can't find a single fault.
It's never had one problem, it's accurate and good looking.
A friend of mine bought a Ruger SR556 and both of us agreed the trigger and balance on the WW felt better to us.
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Isn't that 556 GP, not DI? While I love me some gas pistons, that may explain the balance difference.p, being that they're typically front heavy.
 
Sig M400 (Enhanced)
Windham Weaponry MPC
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Tough choice. By all rights they are both good. My heart and eye really likes the Sig M400. The Sig has a few unique features. They probably have equivalent accuracy.
I vote for WW so you can give us a review.
 
OilyPablo said:
I don't think of the Ruger SR556 as an AR-15, but that's another bowl of soup.
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No more so than the Colt 6940P, but it is what it is.

Me? Review? It'll be a bit before I can get to that. But, as soon as I spring for one of the three, you'll get a review. Folks on here know my feelings as regarding the Sport. The other two are untested waters.
 
Review - heck yeah. I figure you won't pull any punches. I've not read a ton of WW reviews, that's my main motivator as I've not got a dog in the fight. Maybe just start wheeling and dealing for all three and buy the one with the lowest price. When I was looking, seems you could get a great deal on the Sig. I refuse to buy a S&W after my crappy experience, and the WW remains an intriguing entry so to speak.

As a side note for point of reference here's the warranty on my Daniel Defense

We guarantee all of the products we sell. If you are not 100% satisfied with any of our products, contact us and we will send UPS to you for a return. As soon as we receive your return, we will give you a full refund.
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OilyPablo said:
Tough choice. By all rights they are both good. My heart and eye really likes the Sig M400. The Sig has a few unique features. They probably have equivalent accuracy.
I vote for WW so you can give us a review.
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The M400 doesn't have a threaded barrel so no flash hider or muzzle break....I like them but I would go with a WW or m&p 15 .....that's my current situation
 
marine 97-03 said:
The M400 doesn't have a threaded barrel so no flash hider or muzzle break....I like them but I would go with a WW or m&p 15 .....that's my current situation
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It does. Standard threading with A2 birdcage.

I'm still debating buying another Sport. You should if you've not already, and the GK is properly staked btw.
 
OilyPablo said:
Review - heck yeah. I figure you won't pull any punches. I've not read a ton of WW reviews, that's my main motivator as I've not got a dog in the fight. Maybe just start wheeling and dealing for all three and buy the one with the lowest price. When I was looking, seems you could get a great deal on the Sig. I refuse to buy a S&W after my crappy experience, and the WW remains an intriguing entry so to speak.

As a side note for point of reference here's the warranty on my Daniel Defense
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What happened with Smith? Sounds like you had a run in with them like I did with Colt!
 
The one at walmart down here don't now the sig 516 dose ....the m400 they sale here has a MOE foregrip A2 stock flat top optics ready but comes with no sights. . It reminds me of the. Remington vtr r15
 
What happened with Smith?
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Nothing to do with AR's. I bought a NEW S&W BodyGuard .380. I know, I know. I wanted something tiny. Anyway to keep it short, it broke or failed in every way possible. Fixed and failed again. Side pins constantly sliding out. Internal screws backing out and jaming the gun. Amazing. Oh and can you say 20 lb. LONG pull on a tiny gun. My dealer gave me a full refund. Bought a Sig P238 and that thing is unstoppable. Sorry for interrupting your thread.

I love used S&W revolvers and I LOVE my S&W 1006. I just don't get excited about their plastic. Now their AR's are fine from what I read.
 
marine 97-03 said:
The one at walmart down here don't now the sig 516 dose ....the m400 they sale here has a MOE foregrip A2 stock flat top optics ready but comes with no sights. . It reminds me of the. Remington vtr r15
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Or the DPMS Prairie Panther. Crowned, no flash hider.

I'm going to see, for purely research sake, how the WW fares against the CHART. The disclaimer is, I don't NEED mil spec crap. But, there's a short list of things I do need:

M4 feed ramps
Buffer tube
Staked gas key and castle nut
F marked sight base
Lastly, warranty

That is all. Everything after that is a non issue. But I'd like to see where it stands. I know barrel steel isn't in spec.
 
OilyPablo said:
Nothing to do with AR's. I bought a NEW S&W BodyGuard .380. I know, I know. I wanted something tiny. Anyway to keep it short, it broke or failed in every way possible. Fixed and failed again. Side pins constantly sliding out. Internal screws backing out and jaming the gun. Amazing. Oh and can you say 20 lb. LONG pull on a tiny gun. My dealer gave me a full refund. Bought a Sig P238 and that thing is unstoppable. Sorry for interrupting your thread.

I love used S&W revolvers and I LOVE my S&W 1006. I just don't get excited about their plastic. Now their AR's are fine from what I read.
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It's ok. My deal was with the 6920 not having a staked gas key. CS refused to solve the ordeal, and were rude to boot. We can't win them all.
 
meanmrmustard said:
Isn't that 556 GP, not DI? While I love me some gas pistons, that may explain the balance difference.p, being that they're typically front heavy.
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Yeah, it has a gas piston
The Ruger was a nice gun, don't get me wrong, but for the price difference, it wasn't that nice :)
 
marine 97-03 said:
I think most of the WW ar are 1:9 twist.....I like the fact that the S&w are 1:8....
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This is true as well. I'm not so much on the fence over twist rate as most bullet weights I shoot are stabilized well by the 1:9 and 1:8. What I do think I'd miss, however, is the 5 r rifling. Some think its a gimmick, those namely with no experience with it, but the concept is actually surprisingly intelligent. In the Sport, it makes for a more accurate rifle, in my experience, to those that are chrome lined. Back that up with melonite coating, and you've got a great combination.

Something tells me, marine, that you're trying to bring me back to the dark side...
 
Cornhusker77 said:
Yeah, it has a gas piston
The Ruger was a nice gun, don't get me wrong, but for the price difference, it wasn't that nice :)
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My LGS has them for $999 at this time. It's not a gun I would mind owning, but I'm waiting with crossed fingers that someday gas piston ARs get a little help from non proprietary parts manufacturers, an we see more switch/swap stuff for that platform. As it stands, me using a Ruger and you using say a Stag, we can't swap parts in a fire fight, at the range, or at the kitchen table as far as operating systems are concerned.

I keep to AKs for GP. ARs for that dirty DI!
 
meanmrmustard said:
This is true as well. I'm not so much on the fence over twist rate as most bullet weights I shoot are stabilized well by the 1:9 and 1:8. What I do think I'd miss, however, is the 5 r rifling. Some think its a gimmick, those namely with no experience with it, but the concept is actually surprisingly intelligent. In the Sport, it makes for a more accurate rifle, in my experience, to those that are chrome lined. Back that up with melonite coating, and you've got a great combination.

Something tells me, marine, that you're trying to bring me back to the dark side...
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Dark side meeee ....nnnoooooo......but with its price point and what it brings to the table hard to pass up
 
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