What is the best m16a4 clone on the market?

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  1. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    Colt and FN sell A4 uppers just put one of those on a fixed stock lower if you care about whoever had a contract, windham makes a nice one too

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      Best clone? Probably.
      Best priced? Probably not.
      Unfortunately we both missed out on surplus A4 kits and parts a while back so you’ll ever have to wait and find surplus stuff, new produced parts, or buy a complete rifle like that.

      the kind they store in the armory, all clones are shit

      I probably should have clarified that I'm not setting out to have a trve a4 clone. Just curious what people thought was the best. Probably more interested in the upper. Price wise, thats for you to decide and me to ponder

      • 11 months ago
        Anonymous

        Windham is the only one I’ve owned and it ran great, FN sells ones with CHF barrels which are considered to be better by many, no idea how Colt is

      • 11 months ago
        Anonymous

        aero or windham

      • 11 months ago
        Anonymous

        >trve
        cringe homosexual

        • 11 months ago
          Anonymous

          The intention behind saying it is to preemptively stop people from fully sperging out about minute details about what is and isn't really an a4

          Apparently you thought it was being used unironically

        • 11 months ago
          Anonymous

          troony pedophile, die

          • 11 months ago
            Anonymous

            meds NOW

      • 11 months ago
        Anonymous

        I made an a4 clone minus the optic for $560 with both a PSA lower and a2 upper, and a m5 RAS from P&S.
        It's hardly "correct" by any means and the losers in /arg/ would thumb their nose at it, but I just had some extra money and wanted to make a Ghost Recon 1 rifle clone so who cares

  2. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    Best clone? Probably.
    Best priced? Probably not.
    Unfortunately we both missed out on surplus A4 kits and parts a while back so you’ll ever have to wait and find surplus stuff, new produced parts, or buy a complete rifle like that.

  3. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    the kind they store in the armory, all clones are shit

  4. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    What do you guys think of the dissipator A4 upper? I think they seem kind of cool. Pretty sure its PSA so maybe its junk but I like the idea

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      Most dissipators are actually carbine length gas, del-ton is the only one I know of that sells a true dissipator

      • 11 months ago
        Anonymous

        Probably better off for it.

      • 11 months ago
        Anonymous

        The original bushmaster dissipator was carbine gas.
        The 604 was a broken prototype and the only reason rifle length “dissipators” exist on the market is because people who don’t understand how ARs work can somehow get a job selling them.

        I swear the Dissipator is the ultimate moron filter.
        It only exists because bushmaster had a shitload of spare A2 furniture sets.

        • 11 months ago
          Anonymous

          History lesson. The 604 was trying to shorten the rifle for mech infantry and airborne forces. All of the manufacturers were trying the same thing. See the FAL Para and Congo rifles. Lots of dirty bush wars at that time, and everyone thought the Big One would have lots of mech infantry.

          Fast forward today, the Dissipator layout still makes sense if you want fixed iron sights. The carbine length irons can't touch the longer sight radius.

          • 11 months ago
            Anonymous

            Yeah thanks chief I know what the 604 and what a carbine rifle is.
            I think you missed the part where I was pointing out the fact that the original namesake dissipator rifle was carbine gas with a single purpose front sight block and dissy gays everywhere don’t seem to understand this.
            They don’t know what their supposedly favorite rifle even is.

            • 11 months ago
              Anonymous

              You mean the Bushmaster Dissipator? Arguably, you only need a shorter gas system for FA. SA should work fine without the additional gas dwell. It will probably be a softer shooting rifle to boot.

        • 11 months ago
          Anonymous

          I mean there's a reason they fell out of favor but I think they are cool and I'm not trying to get the best thing just what I want so maybe I am the ultimate moron

        • 11 months ago
          Anonymous

          I just like the style. 16 in barrel with rifle length handguards. I don't mind the feaux dissipators out there

      • 11 months ago
        Anonymous

        I don't really know why people view this as a negative thing, the main reason you would want a dissapator is sight radius or looks and a conventional gas system is just better.

    • 11 months ago
      Greased Geese

      https://i.imgur.com/guMQR4M.jpg

      [...]
      Upon looking further I think I want to do a 16" barrel, larue quad, pri flip up front sight gas block, and a non over the barrel suppressor since I have some lying around. Still not sure about the barrel to cut down. Maybe I'll email compass lake and see what they think about the port sizes.

      thats kindof sexy

  5. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    Dunno. I've got a Colt AR15-A4 and it's been good so far. Very soft shooting. Not the best QC, but it was only $1100. Shoots pretty decent with the 4x scope on top.

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      God police are gay

  6. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    Just build your own.

  7. 11 months ago
    Anonymous
    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      Based loadout. 1911. 20" barrel. No nonsense.

      • 11 months ago
        Anonymous
        • 11 months ago
          Anonymous

          what kind of digital camo is that?

          • 11 months ago
            Anonymous

            I believe thats USMC MARPAT

      • 11 months ago
        Anonymous

        The 1911 in a modern conflict is the definition of nonsense

        • 11 months ago
          Anonymous

          that's a neat insight, buddy, but I didn't ask

        • 11 months ago
          Anonymous

          Your post is the definition of nonsense.

        • 11 months ago
          Anonymous

          >the human body has fundamentally transformed since 1911
          I once saw a man take 200 rounds of .45 ACP, clearly we need 10mm.

          • 11 months ago
            Anonymous

            >only 10mm
            Kids these days are being born with built in lvl3A we need more 5.7

        • 11 months ago
          Anonymous

          Why? Sidearms don't need high capacity and nothing else has changed as far as use/need of sidearms since the 19th century. There isn't a reasonable pistol getting through modern body armor anyway.

          • 11 months ago
            Anonymous

            >Sidearms don't need [XYZ]
            A man with a handy self-loading rifle doesn't need a sidearm

        • 11 months ago
          Anonymous

          Like it makes any difference, most infantry don't carry any sidearm at all. In the niche situations you will want a pistol instead of a rifle it won't make any difference.

  8. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    Also have a Colt AR15A4. Shoots great. Only had qc issues with the Colt SMG. Basically shipped with a hammer too short to reset properly, but their customer service was great and shipped a replacement within the week all the way to Guam. Fires great now too.

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      What are gun laws like in Guam? Also how do you get ammo with how expensive haz shipments by sea freight are?

  9. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    my dude, psa does it far cheaper. dont overspend, just get their upper and a a2 stock and youre set.

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      not op. I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop on PSA, their prices are always so goddamn low compared to everyone else. For years I kept expecting to hear they were made of Crumbleonium. Now I just keep thinking we're going to find out they're made in a sweatshop powered by a forsaken child twelve seconds after I decide to actually use them.

  10. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    FN has a 4140 Barrel unlike the Colt AR15A4 which is 4150

  11. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    My aero has outdone itself despite the company selling lots of barely milspec parts that I don't prefer to use in builds. With a free float tube under the handguards, jp yellow trigger springs and lightly polished trigger, and South African battle pack m193 its reliably 1.5moa with a best of .88 with 5 shot groups.

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      I think I'm more interested in that as I'm not going for the trve correct clone. The free float seems like it would be a good improvement with keeping the aesthetic

  12. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    The Springfield because that's an actual brand the government buys

  13. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    I have one of those Saber Defense run off uppers. Can't rally find alot about them.

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      I'll check it out. I'll eventually comb sites other than manufacturers to track uppers down as AERO and Colt don't even have A4's listed.

      • 11 months ago
        Anonymous

        The coolest thing is their logo looks like the Thundercats one.

  14. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    I kind of want to do something like this. Sam-R mk12 west coast as a dissipator with a stainless steel barrel. I'm thinking of getting a barrel from compasslake and having it cut down but not necessarily opening up the gas port to keep back pressure to a minimum. It will have a suppressor on it full time. It's a pretty high back pressure can so I don't think I will need to enlarge the gas port. I'm not sure which barrel to start with though.

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      I looked that up and the Sam-R took me back to forums posts from 2008. I guess it was the marines marksman rifle back then. Could be pretty kino to do a new take on it

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      I looked that up and the Sam-R took me back to forums posts from 2008. I guess it was the marines marksman rifle back then. Could be pretty kino to do a new take on it

      Upon looking further I think I want to do a 16" barrel, larue quad, pri flip up front sight gas block, and a non over the barrel suppressor since I have some lying around. Still not sure about the barrel to cut down. Maybe I'll email compass lake and see what they think about the port sizes.

  15. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    I'm told the Gov profile barrel is stupid, are there clone types that have a better profile barrel?

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      I'm not sure this thread is more so you can tell me whether that's true or not. I'm hoping to get enough info that I can maybe make an A4.5 or something that isn't a sperg clone but has the same minimalism. Just something I've had in my head for a while that I want to work through to see how moronic or not it is

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      For A4s Del ton sells heavy barrel uppers and pencil barrels
      https://www.del-ton.com/Custom-Upper-p/cu110.htm
      Their heavy barrel on an aero lower was my first gun and it works great for a poverty brand, though they don’t seem to offer chrome lined barrels anymore. For something pricier fulton offers heavy barrels as well, all their barrels are criterion
      https://www.fulton-armory.com/fariflecal556mmupruniversalprecisionrifle-3-2-2-7-1.aspx

      • 11 months ago
        Anonymous

        I noticed Midwest Industries uses Criterion as well was thinking of picking up one

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      I'm not sure this thread is more so you can tell me whether that's true or not. I'm hoping to get enough info that I can maybe make an A4.5 or something that isn't a sperg clone but has the same minimalism. Just something I've had in my head for a while that I want to work through to see how moronic or not it is

      Okay, prepare for text wall, because this irritates me a lot.

      It is true. The govt. profile is fricking crazy because it's like they never questioned a single engineer about it.
      The problem they were trying to remedy was a chance that after sustained firing and the barrel heating up, an affixed bayonet would cause the barrel to droop or deform, especially after being thrust into something.
      So the solution they came up with was to reinforce the part that would in theory be most afflicted, by adding mass, to prevent deformation.

      The sort of fricking obvious problem with this is the fact that the chamber end of the barrel sees the longest duration of, as well as the most high pressure and intense heat.
      This should have been obvious.

      They remedied this with the Colt SOCOM 14.5 M4 barrels, BTW.
      You know, the ones that are notorious for being extremely accurate after sustained fire strings, as well as being specifically designed for extreme sustained fire rates.

      As far as modern manufacturers for the 20" bois, Criterion offers improved "midweight" cuts that put more mass behind the FSB, as well as heavy barrels, and their "core" barrels are cut in a perfect taper that should also offer improvement, but you're stuck with a .625" FSB journal.

      • 11 months ago
        Anonymous

        I'm leaning towards criterion core as I've even heard of them before and had looked at purchasing from them

      • 11 months ago
        Anonymous

        so what's the best barrel? heavy profile?

  16. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    If you are looking for as close to a USGI M16A4 as you can get the FN is done out of the box. The colt will require work to get to the same setup and you will need to buy some parts like the Knights rail and the rear sight. not too much more work but once you are done the costs of the two will be almost the same. The one plus side of the colt is that you get muh pony. there are a few others that make A4 clones, but for the closest with the markings FN and colt are your best bet

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      Yeah from what I've seen the FN seems to be the buy once cry once complete version and a lot of other manufacturers have the A2 handguard even if it says A4. I've never built an AR before so I was hoping for something complete but now that I feel like I'm theory crafting it could turn into a learning experience.

  17. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    https://ggg.galleryofguns.com/

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      Leave the camogays alone.

  18. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    My Colt AR-15A4 has been good to me, no QC problems but bought it new back in 2016ish for just over a grand
    >Better times

  19. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    >covers rifle in rails
    >covers all rails with rail covers

    What did they mean by this?

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      >give combatants a way to mount anything they want anywhere they want on the hand guard
      >then give them a way to make the rest of the handguard not a cheese-grader.
      I am actually shocked people who like quadzilla builds don't use covers more often. It's not like you're going to use more than like 30% of the space.

  20. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    Small Arms Solutions highly recommends the Windham Weaponry M16A4

    >QRD on who Windham Weaponry are...
    The original bushmaster employees over a decade ago were going to lose their jobs because freedom group bought bushmaster and they've formed the company (Windham Weaponry) in 2011.

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      For what reason should I care about this guys opinion?

      • 11 months ago
        Anonymous

        Small Arms Solutions was an ex-colt employee and has been with the firearms industry for decades.

        >thinks I was accusing you of samegayging
        Nah, I am aware that I am responding to two fudds

        Ok zoomer.

  21. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    That question is irrelevant because quad rails are fricking garbage and D-rings are too. If you want a nice 20"er, there are plenty of good options with floated MLOK handguards

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      Obviously there is a reason the m16a4 isn't replacing current small arms around the globe. I don't think that makes my question irrelevant.

      • 11 months ago
        Anonymous

        >I don't think that makes my question irrelevant.
        It's irrelevant because nobody in their right mind wants an A4 clone in 20-fricking-23, when floated MLOK handguards are inexpensive and widely available

        • 11 months ago
          Anonymous

          Yes they absolutely do. It isn't about making an argument that it's superior or not.

          • 11 months ago
            Anonymous

            NTA, but I own an Aero M16A4 clone just to bring nogunz people I meet and introduce them to guns, almost all of them gravitate towards my M16A4 mainly because of their favorite movies and/or video games. I do like how soft M16s shoot and I'm planning on getting a Windham Weaponry M16A4 in the future and going to get a 2nd upper for it, their dissipator upper .

            Okay boomer. I bet you post in /sgg/

            • 11 months ago
              Anonymous

              Again, NTA.

              • 11 months ago
                Anonymous

                >thinks I was accusing you of samegayging
                Nah, I am aware that I am responding to two fudds

            • 11 months ago
              Anonymous

              Wrong and wrong

        • 11 months ago
          Anonymous

          NTA, but I own an Aero M16A4 clone just to bring nogunz people I meet and introduce them to guns, almost all of them gravitate towards my M16A4 mainly because of their favorite movies and/or video games. I do like how soft M16s shoot and I'm planning on getting a Windham Weaponry M16A4 in the future and going to get a 2nd upper for it, their dissipator upper .

        • 11 months ago
          Anonymous

          It's really not that big of a deal dude calm down

        • 11 months ago
          Anonymous

          >NO FUN ALLOWED EVERYTHING HAS TO BE PRACTICAL
          have a nice day

        • 11 months ago
          Anonymous

          I want an a4 clone so I can put a 2 piece free floated mlok handguard on it

          • 11 months ago
            Anonymous

            Then do it. Nobody likes all talk.

          • 11 months ago
            Anonymous

            Can it be free floated with a front post sight still? KAC website says the handguard requires the rifle to have " fixed front sight/gas block"

            Would like to know if there are aftermarket parts that allow this

  22. 11 months ago
    Anonymous
    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      >lets make a 12 pound front heavy POS...because!

      USMC never ever.

      • 11 months ago
        Anonymous

        The M16A4? Nonsense. Probably weighs 8lbs with ACOG and PEQ. You are right if you're b***hing about the M27 IAR, I think that thing's moronic.

        • 11 months ago
          Anonymous

          The A4 is almost 8 lbs unloaded, my dude.

        • 11 months ago
          Anonymous

          anon pretty much ANY metal-lower AR is going to weigh 10+ lbs once you put optics and a loaded mag in.

  23. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    I can't believe 5 geriatrics are mad that quad rails suck

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      Who's disagreeing with you? Relent homosexual. Your efforts are in vain here.

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      >t.

  24. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    For m16a4 clones, i wouldn’t waste the money on fn or colt. Fn is good but costs too much and colt is dogshit unless you’re getting something from nearly a decade ago. Aero is good for the price but the barrel is nitrided. If you want the best M16A4 clone I’d go with Windham. The guys at the factory have literally been making them the longest out of anyone else. The price is good, qc is amazing, materials are accurate to a T. Unless you’re a rollmarkgay then go Windham.
    T. own all of the brands I mentioned in M16 except aero but have a lot of aero shit

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      What are your thoughts on A1 clone brands?

      • 11 months ago
        Anonymous

        Going A1 clones is totally different due to the receivers being worth their weight in gold rn. Thats why you basically have no option other than to build one out. You can go on the used market and buy something off of some boomer or scalper or you can wait for one of the few companies who sell a stripped upper at a reasonable price like thundertactical, luth and even palmetto. As far as getting a complete upper, like I said either used market or brownells and palmetto if you don’t want to go broke. They are clone correct for the most part with no feed ramps, pencil barrels, .625 gas block and of course A1 style receiver. Some other places might have OG uppers in stock like Apexgunparts or retrorifles but they’re are crazy overpriced.

        >colt is dogshit unless you’re getting something from nearly a decade ago
        wait, what happened to them? what problems are people reporting? does this affect all their models or just the 20"?

        Colt is just total garbage as with materials used and their QC. They just depended so heavily on govt contracts and told the civ market to go frick itself. Now everyone hates colt because they’re pozzed homosexuals and because their really lacking in QC these days despite charging top tier prices. I’ve personally had issues with my fsp on the one I got from them a few years back. It wasn’t canted properly and was inaccurate but I took it to get it fix and it’s all good now. Just shit like that you shouldn’t have to deal with. You’re paying for nothing more than a roll mark with colt

        • 11 months ago
          Anonymous

          Same with shit and wesson,ruger,beretta,FN, and BCM.

          • 11 months ago
            Anonymous

            Yeah pretty much

            >lets make a 12 pound front heavy POS...because!

            USMC never ever.

            12lbs for an M16A4? Maybe with optic laser and bipod. A4 with acog and quad rail is 9lbs

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      >colt is dogshit unless you’re getting something from nearly a decade ago
      wait, what happened to them? what problems are people reporting? does this affect all their models or just the 20"?

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      I do think FN is too expensive although it is the complete version with chrome lined barrel and handguard. What's a rollmarkgay?

      • 11 months ago
        Anonymous

        Rollmark gays are collectors that prefer the correct markings on their clones.

        If you go the windham route, it still has a chrome lined barrel that usually retails for around $1k and a KAC RAS is $320. Compare that to FN which, while assembled, is about $1800: you save about $500, and the Windham still comes with a detachable carry handle.

        • 11 months ago
          Anonymous

          I'm not too worried about being clone correct just trying to learn. Never built before so do's and don'ts/compatibility etc. is what I need to learn

  25. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    The rifle I was issued in the USMC back in the day was exactly that FN M16A4 with a 4x32 ACOG. I was in the first company to run the ACOG in boot start to finish. Ever since I've always liked FN guns

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