Anyone here into firearms?

Originally Posted by MacCool

Windham = Bushmaster. Suitable as a range plinker, not a serious-use firearm. The M&P is more highly regarded.

The features on a particular rifle are not what you pay for. You're paying for the quality and reliability of the firearm and the quality control which goes into the total package, which is at least in part determined by the quality and reliability of the parts that go into it. Taking a bargain basement rifle and slapping a bunch of bargain basement doo-dads on it does not make a quality rifle.

You can get a Colt 6920 for not very much more money (in a normal market). If you're looking for durability and reliability, that would be the way to go.

Originally Posted by Joepro

It will be a plinknig rifle only, the market sucks, but I want to grab one before I cannot have one period. I bee researching and most say the new bushmaster is not the same quality of those made in the past and the windham rifles are better. I could buy online I guess to get more options, but those 3 brands are consistently coming into the LGS, thus why I think I will be limited to those brands unless I go used. I looked up the core15, they have a liftime warranty on the gun, does not matter who owns it, or at least that is what they adverstise.

Originally Posted by Red__Zed

Warranty means nothing if the gun doesn't work when you need it. Beyond that, warranty work is a pain.


Colts are hard to find now, but a great option if you can find at reasonable prices. DD is accepting orders now at msrp as well.

Originally Posted by ImportConvert

Correct, my 300 BLK SBR build is scheduled for the first week in April. I have researched DD, and asked guys like Wes of MSTN, etc. about them, and DD actually DOES do 99% of their stuff (random figure, but you get the idea) in-house, and they do a damn good job. I would honestly take DD over any other "mass produced" M4 out there right now. Of course, Noveske, MSTN, etc. will give you more customization and spend more time on the rifle as a while, but for a line-item, I think DD is the choice I am most happy with.

Originally Posted by Red__Zed

I'm extremely impressed with mine. I am not any sort of expert when it comes to guns, but I know enough about mass-production to realize and appreciate the attention to detail on DDs rifle line.