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<blockquote data-quote="mr ed" data-source="post: 707768" data-attributes="member: 6777"><p>You guys tend to consider the quality of a gun by the amount of advertising dollars the company spends.</p><p>In over 20 years of gunsmithing I've seen the good, the bad and the crap. </p><p>Some of the companies you consider GOOD, have turned out an awful lot of crap!</p><p>S&W turned out a lot of bad guns from 1974-1980</p><p>Colt turned out a lot of bad 1980-84 </p><p>Springfield Armory turned out some real junk 1982-1990</p><p> I can tell a lot of stories about SA </p><p>Like a national match M1 Garand complete w/fired target, but NO chamber!</p><p>I asked the Reese boys to explain how they shot that target. They couldn't!</p><p>Rugers- potluck usually you get good one but once in a while you get a real junker.</p><p> Price does not make one gun shoot better than another.</p><p>A Polytech M14 will out shoot a Springfield M1A anytime. </p><p>Polytech got a bad rep. because of an article in Gun Test Magazine</p><p>But the article was biased because Springfield had 7 full page ads in the mag</p><p>and Polytech had none.</p><p> Would I carry a cheapo? Hell yes! a couple of my favorite carry pieces are</p><p>a Iver Johnson Tp-22 loaded w/cci stingers and a $129 Pa63 in 9mm makarov</p><p>works first time every time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mr ed, post: 707768, member: 6777"] You guys tend to consider the quality of a gun by the amount of advertising dollars the company spends. In over 20 years of gunsmithing I've seen the good, the bad and the crap. Some of the companies you consider GOOD, have turned out an awful lot of crap! S&W turned out a lot of bad guns from 1974-1980 Colt turned out a lot of bad 1980-84 Springfield Armory turned out some real junk 1982-1990 I can tell a lot of stories about SA Like a national match M1 Garand complete w/fired target, but NO chamber! I asked the Reese boys to explain how they shot that target. They couldn't! Rugers- potluck usually you get good one but once in a while you get a real junker. Price does not make one gun shoot better than another. A Polytech M14 will out shoot a Springfield M1A anytime. Polytech got a bad rep. because of an article in Gun Test Magazine But the article was biased because Springfield had 7 full page ads in the mag and Polytech had none. Would I carry a cheapo? Hell yes! a couple of my favorite carry pieces are a Iver Johnson Tp-22 loaded w/cci stingers and a $129 Pa63 in 9mm makarov works first time every time. [/QUOTE]
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