Why do we "Bubba" out our AR's?

[rumble phish]

Last time I was at the range I noticed how everyone and their brother with an AR had the guns all tac'd out with rails and lasers and lights and all these fancy Eotech Aimpoint red dots and fancy stocks and forward pistol grips and yadda, yadda, yadda.........


So I looked at mine and thought " WTF do I have a 4 rail hand guard? Why do I need the forward pistol grip when I always just use the front of the mag/mag well? While I don't have a flashlight on mine, I looked over and got a chuckle out of the guy a couple of benches down from me with his "Rambo" gun.

So I guess what I'm asking is why DO YOU put all that stuff on your AR when you'll never use it? Cool factor? I mean, yeah they do look pretty cool. That's maybe why I put the stuff on mine. I can admit it. I have a pistol grip and light on my Mossberg 500, but I see that as more useful.

After watching an old timer at the range break out his 20" old school Colt AR with no fancy stuff on I realized all the trick stuff I want will never help me become more proficient with my gun. I'm thinking I'm just gonna keep it in a basic configuration and shoot the hell out of it.

[Adonlude]

I just love the flat top look. I have an ACOG on my flat top and hand guards on my quad rails. They serve no real purpose but I like it more than the plastic hand guards

[technique]

I only put stuff on my guns I'm gonna use. With the exception of a few minor things such as..KNS pins, Enhanced trigger guard, and thats pretty much it.

[bornInSD]

Well I am still building my first AR but I am gonna put a forward grip on it and some form of red dot. This is for the cool factor but those two items are useful, now for the flashlight thats just extra weight and money. So I can also admit its for the cool factor but those are useful also. Anyways though to each his own, and if I had the money I would definately have the bubba'd M4orgery and the classic AR.

[OutlawDon]

Cause it's Tacti-cool.

[tgriffin]

^ thats....just.....wrong.

[NeoWeird]

I've always said, and will continue to say, that nothing looks quite as sexy as a 601 when it comes to AR rifles and NOTHING, and I mean NOTHING, comes sexier than a 607 when it comes to carbines or anything else for that matter.

The bells and whistles are nice, and they have their place, but most people never will need them. Still, I guess to most it's better to have and not need than need and not have. Personally, I think the IDF had it right with their 'tactical' carbines.

I also find it funny that you mention you don't have a flashlight on your rifle, even though that is one of the first things you should add. Not the absolute first, but within the top three or so. Just goes to show that while everyone is busy turning their rifle into the gun from Beverly Hills Cop 3, function goes out the door for 'tactical'.

[B.D.Dubloon]

I put a cheap forward pistol grip on one of my guns and I am never going back. What a great and comfortable way to shoot. Plus I feel like I have quicker control over aiming. I got a cheap tac light on the forum here (only got it because it was cheap) and figure it will be nice to have when I am shooting up the campsite at night after a few knob and colas,

[ke6guj]

I think as long as you have less stuff than these guys, you are probably ok.


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[andrewj]

B.R.D. is nothing new. AR's are money pits and we all know that but I personally dont think that railed handguards, flashlights, forward grips, and red dot sights are necessrily unnecessary or unreasonable "Rambo" features.

[mydogsmonkey]

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just to clear something up but thats actually a well known guy in the flashlight world, he's one of the top up at Surefire, i'm sure many see him at the shot show, can't remember his name right now, and i've actually seen the original of that picture, it was still overdone with stuff but that has photoshopped stuff all over that just kills it

Ernest

[ke6guj]

thanks for the info. I just though the pic was over the top, so I snagged it when I saw it.

[andrewj]

I like how hes got a rifle on his keychain... or is it a keychain on his rifle...

[Trench Broom]

I like going old-school - iron sights! I really don't care for all of the extra fluff - but a light would be kinda neat, maybe a laser too. Hmm....then I'd need some quad-rails......STOP. Take a deep breath. Ahhh.....that's better.

[audihenry]

Same reason people buy $10,000 rims...