MAZOC Firearms

Originally Posted by MacCool

I understand. It's a commonly-made point. OTOH, I'm not a professional mechanic, but my power tools are Milwaukee, not Harbor Freight. And, I opted to buy a 370Z instead of a Pontiac Solstice or an S2000. Just sayin'...

Here's my take, FWIW. Getting an AR15 or M4 variant just to have it, play with it, modify it, or plink with it... that's one thing. If you're going to shoot it, enough to be good at it, you're going to want instruction and you're going to put a lot of rounds through it. Buying or building Tier 3 weapons won't achieve that goal. If that's a goal. If not, then have at it. IMHO, if I'm going to buy a pistol, or a rifle, or a power drill, I'd buy a good one that doesn't take a budget, corner-cutting approach to trying to live up to its design purpose.

IMHO. My approach isn't for everyone.

Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

Good points.

For me, 99% of the time I will just be taking it to the range for fun time. I just don't see myself doing any serious classes any time soon... But if I ever decided to do that, I'd gladly pony up and get a military grade rifle if I decided that's what I needed to participate.

Kind of like why I ended up buying my 370Z over a Cayman S. "It's almost as quick, almost as nimble, and looks just as good. Since I'm just going to be driving on the street 99% of the time, I'll pocket the other $30k."

Again, thanks for your thoughts. Much appreciated.