Matt.Cross

Just mentioning that rifle makes my shoulder tingle..... *shuddder* I need to shoot it again though, I think I have some unresolved issues.

I like it!!!

I hope he had the foresight to tatoo "Neva been done befo" on his anus...

Amen brother! Hooooly frick, does it ever shoot nice.

That's more like it...

Details man, details! Or we can dogpile you with a few weeks of incessant ball-busting....

Yeah baby!!!!

LOL What?!!! Spill it... What's rattling around in that noggin'?

CZ Redhead Premier Target 12 ga O/U

Short-sighted CEOs going after body armor companies, they should realize that it is needful for both the police and their bodyguards. You can't fix stupid.

They still weren't as of 1:00 EST today.

Their liquidation sale is BS, guns aren't discounted as of this post.

I'll give 2nd thumbs-up to SLR, specifically their Sentry series. Outstanding product!

Bah, I'm done with it. It was originally a thread about terminology pet peeves. I didn't mean for it to become a dissertation on how the prevalence of a misused term excuses it's misuse. Ya'll pardon me while I go back to being privately annoyed by apathetic morons who inconvenience others unnecessarily.

I don't own either, Armalite or DPMS, I don't have a dog in the brand superiority fight. With regards to the online vendors who mislabel their wares, they have to deal with the dissatisfied customers, returns, and liabilities of misinforming folks. Just because enough idiots are doing it doesn't mean it should be mainstream, or that it's not insensible. If anything is childish, it's an "everyone else does it so it must be OK" mindset. People that get screwed over by online vendors don't generally go back to them for help, they come here to get information. If they get here and run into the same ambiguity and confusion, we've done them a disservice. That's where I'm coming from, and to quote Forrest Gump, "That's all I have to say about that."

"Cosmetic" is a cute term for it. Try putting a DPMS upper on an Armalite lower and you'll find that line is "functionally" different as well. Same goes for incompatible internals. I'm not arguing that the two brands don't look similar, I'm arguing that similar appearances aren't a fantastic excuse for using misleading terminology. There isn't any ambiguity or risk of misunderstanding if you simply use the manufacturer's designation.

You managed to completely miss the point of the comparison, which should be very easy to catch. It's designation vs. brand, and in the gun world the difference matters, especially when you're purchasing from companies who know the difference. Name two cars of different brands that are so similar in appearance that they're used synonymously with each other. We've already witnessed the problems that can arise from using the terms interchangeably, why would you want more of the same?

Poor thing, building a custom AR off of your allowance while living in your mom's basement has to be difficult. Oh well.... He won't be missed.

Well, that's the equivalent of how most of us feel about those RRA guys...

I'm definitely the "nomenclature asshole" about calling everything an AR-10 on other websites. There's usually a lot of 'hey, everyone knows what I meant' thrown around, until I point out that a Mustang and a Corvette are both sports cars, but you don't use them interchangeably. It's hip to be stupid I guess.....

^^^

I uh, think I have to be uh, somewhere else that day... I nominate Tom as my 2nd.

I'm going to nip this in the bud before you start claiming you had your back to the target and your eyes closed.... Asshole.

You just earned a new nickname friend.... .... I dub thee "The Reticle Ranger".