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Old 03-12-2013, 12:29 AM   #3076 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by MacCool View Post
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.
+1, although, I am seriously liking DD vs. Colt for the same dollar. Colt makes a great rifle, so does DD, but it's my impression that DD rifles have all the goods, plus a bit more fluff and buff than Colt. Also, DD is quicker to market than Colt, as Colt chased military for as long as possible and DD has been a .mil supplier as well as catering to the civilian world. DD is just so much faster to market their concepts.
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