Reliable in regards to firearms is an interesting concept which people without a frame of reference misunderstand. Reliable means I recieve the gun, load it, fire it and encounter no issues. This continues as long as I conduct the normal upkeep- cleaning/lube as needed for tens of thousands of rounds.
There is a baseline for what reliable is (again, works out of the box and continues) - that baseline has been established in AR15s by BCM, Sionics, and SOLGW. These brands have a noticeable lower failure rate and overall higher quality than the brands people seem to go through for budget options. They invest in quality control and quality assurance along with using good quality parts.
Unfortunately many people only view this concept through a financial scope and fail to recognize the big picture of performance. It seems many people are more concerned with appearances and owning something than for it to actually work and for them to use it effectively.
Will a brand X rifle explode when you buy it and shoot it the first time? Probably not but the odds are greater that you will experience a failure far more with a "budget option" than with SOLGW, Sionics, and BCM- and additionally you will be spending the same amount of money f not more as those brands above to fix that "budget rifle".
There is nothing wrong with owning a budget item like brand X but don't try to argue its virtues as a dependable option out of the box.
There is a baseline for what reliable is (again, works out of the box and continues) - that baseline has been established in AR15s by BCM, Sionics, and SOLGW. These brands have a noticeable lower failure rate and overall higher quality than the brands people seem to go through for budget options. They invest in quality control and quality assurance along with using good quality parts.
Unfortunately many people only view this concept through a financial scope and fail to recognize the big picture of performance. It seems many people are more concerned with appearances and owning something than for it to actually work and for them to use it effectively.
Will a brand X rifle explode when you buy it and shoot it the first time? Probably not but the odds are greater that you will experience a failure far more with a "budget option" than with SOLGW, Sionics, and BCM- and additionally you will be spending the same amount of money f not more as those brands above to fix that "budget rifle".
There is nothing wrong with owning a budget item like brand X but don't try to argue its virtues as a dependable option out of the box.