Pracitical / un practical AR accessories

[mconley]

There are so many accessories out there lets just start a list of what you feel is practical and what is not. Lets post 1 practical item and 1 non practical item... I will start.

Practical - flashlight
Fun but Not practical - 90 rd drum mag
MWG 90 Rounder for the AR-15/M16 : Parts4ar15

 

[Benny]

Anything other than this would just be overkill IMO.

P.S. Wrong forum.

 

[shooter521]

I think you need to define "practical." What may be "practical" to one user, may be "silly" or "tacticool" to another because they don't have or see a need for it.

Let the mission drive the gear train. If your gun is set up how you want and it works for you, that's all that really matters.

 

[Aaron B.]

I think you need to define "practical." What may be "practical" to one user, may be "silly" or "tacticool" to another because they don't have or see a need for it.

Let the mission drive the gear train. If your gun is set up how you want and it works for you, that's all that really matters.

This. Define your requirements for the gun, and that will determine what may or may not be practical. If you have a legitimate use for a particular accessory, then it is practical in your application. Accessories start to become unpractical when the user mounts them for reasons other than that (looks, saw it in a magazine, CDI), and don't really understand what they are for.

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[CountryBoy19]

P.S. Wrong forum.

Unless it was moved between then and now, I think that is arguable. It could easily be placed in accessories, or long guns.

 

[shooter521]

Unless it was moved between then and now, I think that is arguable. It could easily be placed in accessories, or long guns.

I moved it from the Break Room to here.

 

[mconley]

I moved it from the Break Room to here.

Thanks, oh and by the way it was ment to be a fun thread, not really to bust anyones chops. Sorry if anyone took it that way

 

[dom1104]

Practical = One Flashlight
Not Practical = Two Flashlights

"Omg is that Chris Costa off the in the distance...I can see his beard from here, is he shooting at me... Its ok man you can have your two flashlig... <twap>"

/dead.

 

[shooter521]

"Omg is that Chris Costa off the in the distance...I can see his beard from here, is he shooting at me... Its ok man you can have your two flashlig... <twap>"

/dead.

Yeah, by the time you see the Beard, it's already too late.

 

[E5RANGER375]

for CQB:

PRACTICAL: Plain foreward grip (knights armament)

NOT PRACTICAL: heavy bi-pod

 

[irishfan]

practical: flashlight

not practical: remington 870 (but cool)

not practical: bayonet

 

[shooter521]

On a related note, Pat Rogers has a very good article in the current (on newsstands now) issue of SWAT magazine about setting up a "capable" carbine. Good stuff.

 

[ATM]

Practical: suppressor

Less Practical: crossbow upper

Yeah, by the time you see the Beard, it's already too late.

A status shared by so few.

 

[esrice]

On a related note, Pat Rogers has a very good article in the current (on newsstands now) issue of SWAT magazine about setting up a "capable" carbine. Good stuff.

I found his take on the idea of a "KISS carbine" to be quite interesting. Good read.