The gun now subject to further condemnation by history

by passing by, Monday, May 27, 2019, 13:28 (2008 days ago) @ passing by

due to all the replicas on the market.

Only the US Army, Colt, and now FN, privy to the entire data package describing and specifying all materials, heat treats, alloys, clearances and why, and etc, same as the 1911.

Any replica is something reverse engineered, much of it guesswork, and many cheaper replicas today make no attempt to even copy spec. Even many more expensive versions go their own way, claiming radical improvement.

To date, I am unaware of any "improvement" taking the market by storm due to verifiable lasting improvment, nor has the military adopted any such thing, and they have tried bunches of them.

Meanwhile, all these "ARs" are outstripping made to spec guns in a 20:1 flood, or maybe 200 or 2000:1 ratio. As these replicas age and die, explode, whatever, and they will, a generation or two down the road will have your average person as soon hold lit dynamite as play with one of those dangerous things.