Are polymer rifles a good idea yet?

Are polymer rifles a good idea yet?

Why has it taken them so long to make good polymer ARs when Gaston Glock made his pistol decades ago?

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yer dum

Are you retarded

That actually doesn't look too bad

>Why has it taken them so long to make good polymer ARs when Gaston Glock made his pistol decades ago?
Different things are different. Who knew?

because firing a 5.56 has a lot more force involved as opposed to a 9mm?
Also buffer tube ring

Because U.S law is retarded. As such, manufactures have little incentive to make a polymer rifle receiver. Majority of customers are paying a transfer fee. Some are paying tax. $15-50 in fees just to transfer and own. How cheap of a receiver will user be interested in when paying $50 to take it home? Psychologically that makes someone want to spend more to make the transfer fee seem worth it

So there is little incentive to create your own receiver, if you're going to have to design, and tool up, while you charge the same as, or less than an aluminum or steel receiver

Since polymer is generally less durable (or perceived as) and a steel or aluminum receiver is standard, few people want to pay more for something that others may consider inferior

There are some polymer receivers that are not well received, and some have durability issues (keltec). The first sub2000 was aluminum, which is fitting

Been a good idea since 1977.

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Vegas bro?

I have a basic bitch polymer lower that I bought back before I knew any better, and amazingly it has so far seen several thousand rounds without failure. For the most part, if you aren't trying to do pushups on your AR like AKOU, it won't matter.

Now, polymer upper receivers are a bit of a different matter and I've never actually seen one in person before so I can't vouch for their reliability. But in theory, since the receiver itself does not actually contain the force of the shot, it should be fine.

they use polymer on some 22 uppers

Slide is still metal.

Are you retarded?

One word: acetone

>When you try to make witty comments regarding polymer components but you don't know what a thermosetting polymer is

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GWACs receievers are fine. They're about it though

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I got one of those Windham Weaponry carbon/polymer ARs (lower and upper) and it's fine. kind of strange to not feel aluminum, but it has had zero issues and I love how light it is.

>Slide
enough!

Why not? You can design a rifle that has a steel barrel, bolt carrier, receiver, and buffer assembly. Make the hammer steel and everything else can be plastic. You'll need something rigid, durable, and that can take a lot of heat. Oh wait, you can already do that... AR with polymer lower, polymer lower parts, polyermer grip, stock, and handguard. Now everything that can be poly, is.

>polymer lower parts

Why?

Because polymer is for retards

>good
>polymer
pick one and only one

Because he asked. Not that I'd ever do that.

whats this bottle made of?

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>making your gun less durable and susceptible to failure due to environmental conditions like extreme heat or cold in order to make it lighter
I'll take all-steel construction for a rifle which won't break from normal use and work every time I pull the trigger, thank you very much

Also, did you not read my other thread from the other day where I revealed that (((They))) have developed a special gas which literally degrades any plastics & polymers which come into contact with atmospheric concentrations of this gas equivalent to the atmospheric concentrations of tear gas from a smoke grenade?

Didja know about that?

>buy only full metal firearms from now on friends

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Because most people tried to make a direct 1:1 copy of the AR lower.

what transfer fee are you talking about?

99.9% of FFLs charge a fee to transfer a firearm. Some states are also required to collect sales tax. And that's ontop of any shipping charge

Wood

>OP posts full polymer rifle
>responds with a metal receiver, polymer stocked rifle
KEK
I love the STG77, but user...

so you're saying we should melt down acetone containers to make 3D printed M16s and M4s?
:>

My based awesome gun store charges no additional fees to have products shipped to the store they dont already sell on the stipulation you spend at least ten dollars in the store.

>melt down
I see you still haven't looked up what "thermosetting" means.

Definitely not the norm

Treasure that store user. God damn, that's fucking awesome.

>No fee
>As long as you spend $10
So your shop has a $10 transfer fee? Probably works out to more than that since you will probably spend more than $10 anyway. So, that's smart as hell on the store's part. Good press, not losing g out on transfer fees, and probably profiting more in the end.

Yup. I usually grab a magazine or a box of ammo. Its a nice set up, makes good sense. Everyone else in the area charges like 35 bucks for an online transfer so EVERYONE goes through them. They sell reloads in 10 dollar bags. I never grab them, but I imagine they move pretty quick for people who don't mind.

>>No fee
>>As long as you spend $10
>So your shop has a $10 transfer fee?
No. They're literally offering a free service with the stipulation that you purchase $10 worth of merchandise. You still get the merchandise you bought as well as the free service. My local FFL charges $25 for up to 3 firearms at once, and an additional $5 for each firearm after that

That would make sense if A) Polymer wasn't cheaper to produce and B) your argument wasn't ass

i think of it as a 10 dollar transfer fee with a free gift. It all equates to to the same money-product exchange, famalamadingdong. No sense getting worked up.

What makes you think I'm worked up? I'm just explaining to that user that a transfer fee is literally something that will be itemized and charged on a receipt

>good idea
>poorly executed
>the rifle itself is fantastic

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It's called a G36

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And also no, a polymer assault rifle is not a good idea because polymer shifts when it gets hot or cold which could change how the barrel is seated and thus, the point of impact
In the G36's case this is what it looks like when a metal barrel and trunnion sits in a polymer cradle

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