What gun-related forum has the highest concentration of knuckleheads?

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Originally Posted by tmckay2

M4carbine might be worse though, everyone there is an elite operator and apparently don't understand some shooters are recreational in nature. Every freaking thread gets derailed into how you gotta drop 4k on optics, our rail system needs to be made by knights and the ever infamous inconel muzzle device debates. It's obnoxious.

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I got banned from M4 because I brought up this very subject. How a DPMS rifle will work just fine for most AR-shooters because they didn't need a rifle that would stand up to the rigors of warfare "in the sandbox". And Joe Citizen would be better served by saving his money on fancy accessories and tacticool shit and buying ammo to practice with.

Holy cow...what a shitstorm I got myself into.

I never realized that having the barrel parkerized under the FSB and black over blue extractor-spring insert was so freakin' important.

GlockTalk and Arfcom are probably the most obvious offenders ... although the signal to noise ration over on THR has had me spending a lot less time there (well that and I like it here better).

I'm sure some folk would see this place as having too many knuckleheads, but I think our knuckleheads are kept enough in check that this forum is still fun and interesting but nobody is peeing on the carpet.

A forum that is too serious is really no more useful than one that's full of too many idiots.

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Originally Posted by SuperiorDG

Where does Rob_s fall?

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I suppose I should know who that is? I haven't been on that sight for a long time (couple of years at least) so forgive me if I don't recall all the usernames.

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Originally Posted by tmckay2

Never been to glock talk since it has glock in the name but apparently it's terrible. Fan boys or what?

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Not all are fan boys (though there are certainly some that are). It's difficult to explain the dynamics of that forum. I guess my best attempt would be to say that there are a lot of conflicting points of view which, more often than not, derail into a name-calling competition.

IMO, Snipers Hide is where you will find the most fan boys. Of all the forums that I peruse, that one has the highest concentration of a-holes per-capita.

Without naming names, mostly cause I dont remember, I usually bail when the fan boys get so rabid that they insist that an AR in 5.56 no less is the best rifle ever made for everything and I'm not bullshitting you including big game and pheasant hunting. Here everyone seems a little more chill and realistic.

I enjoy this site because there are newbies, and vets, as well as very well rounded crowd. Very good website, with a few knuckleheads, including myself...

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Originally Posted by Bailey Guns

I got banned from M4 because I brought up this very subject. How a DPMS rifle will work just fine for most AR-shooters because they didn't need a rifle that would stand up to the rigors of warfare "in the sandbox". And Joe Citizen would be better served by saving his money on fancy accessories and tacticool shit and buying ammo to practice with.

Holy cow...what a shitstorm I got myself into.

I never realized that having the barrel parkerized under the FSB and black over blue extractor-spring insert was so freakin' important.

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Not surprising. I got in a simar argument when some casual novice shooter wanted a red dot and i told him things like primary arms are fine to start with and if he gets more serious get a higher quality brand. Holy cow, that place blew up

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Originally Posted by Zundfolge

GlockTalk and Arfcom are probably the most obvious offenders ... although the signal to noise ration over on THR has had me spending a lot less time there (well that and I like it here better).

I'm sure some folk would see this place as having too many knuckleheads, but I think our knuckleheads are kept enough in check that this forum is still fun and interesting but nobody is peeing on the carpet.

A forum that is too serious is really no more useful than one that's full of too many idiots.

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Local forums are almost always better because people are kept accountable by the fact you may run into the others in real life

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Originally Posted by jackthewall81

I enjoy this site because there are newbies, and vets, as well as very well rounded crowd. Very good website, with a few knuckleheads, including myself...

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+1 All the above, even though I'm also a knuckleheads. I want to add the local aspect to all the above as well, huge plus for me

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Originally Posted by tmckay2

Not surprising. I got in a simar argument when some casual novice shooter wanted a red dot and i told him things like primary arms are fine to start with and if he gets more serious get a higher quality brand. Holy cow, that place blew up

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I agree, it seems like you cannot suggest a "good enough for now" alternative at these "purists" sites, like the m4, glocktalk etc.

Like someone mentioned in a previous post here, getting a DPMS + ammo for the price of x is WAY batter than buying x and just 1. fondling it because they're gun poor now therefore getting to #2. they're still not familiar with a firearm, especially one that they own

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Originally Posted by Bailey Guns

I got banned from M4 because I brought up this very subject. How a DPMS rifle will work just fine for most AR-shooters because they didn't need a rifle that would stand up to the rigors of warfare "in the sandbox". And Joe Citizen would be better served by saving his money on fancy accessories and tacticool shit and buying ammo to practice with.

Holy cow...what a shitstorm I got myself into.

I never realized that having the barrel parkerized under the FSB and black over blue extractor-spring insert was so freakin' important.

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Originally Posted by tmckay2

Local forums are almost always better because people are kept accountable by the fact you may run into the others in real life

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True, true. It's hard to keep up your "I'm a covert operator" lie when in reality you are 110lbs and live in your parent's basement.