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[–] 44 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (9 children)

"lowest bidder and manufactured as shittily as possible without violating the contract" doesn't roll off the tongue quite the same.

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    So exactly like every commercial product ever?

    At least mimitary grade has a contract with defined specs they need to deliver. Commercial doesn't even have that.

    So yeah, military grade may suck, but it is still a lot better than the normal shit they sell to the public.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Absolutely not, take AR triggers for example. The shit they ship with palmetto state builds is "military grade" (read mil-spec) and functional, but is garbage compared to something like a geissele SSAE, or a trigger tech.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Which is the point. It's not good, it meets the spec.

    Sometimes the spec means it's overbuilt compared to a civilian version. A lot of the time someone not-the-government is willing to pay more for different features than the spec.

    An AR trigger going to a 19 year old just out of basic does not need to be match quality. Most of them suck as marksmen. Most of them will rarely shoot a rifle after basic because their MOS doesn't require it, and they don't need a good (read: more expensive) trigger to qualify for basic competence.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    COUGH F-35 RAPTOR COUGH

    Quite the embezzlement.

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