The Glade 4.0

I think I've contracted it. I got some new Magpul junk and a flash suppressor I need to install. I'm still shopping between the EOTech and Aimpoint red dot sights. Get to break her in tomorrow or Monday.

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"It's real, grew up in trife life, the times of white lines
The hype vice, murderous nighttimes and knife fights invite crimes" - Nasir Jones

Congrats.

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"...but there exists also in the human heart a depraved taste for equality, which impels the weak to attempt to lower the powerful to their own level and reduces men to prefer equality in slavery to inequality with freedom." - De Tocqueville

Nice. I shot an AR-15 for the first time this weekend. Way fun and now on my shopping list of things to buy before I die. Probably sooner rather than later.

It seems as long as you look at a quality rifle or make a good build from quality parts and limit your budget on accessories, they aren't that expensive to own and shoot. It's the accessories and aftermarket parts that will blow up your wallet.

I just dropped over 5 bills on an EOTech EXPS2 RDS.

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"It's real, grew up in trife life, the times of white lines
The hype vice, murderous nighttimes and knife fights invite crimes" - Nasir Jones

As far as hobbies, I would rank it way more expensive initially than snowboarding but cheaper "operational" costs. Waaaaay cheaper than being a motorcyclist.

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"It's real, grew up in trife life, the times of white lines
The hype vice, murderous nighttimes and knife fights invite crimes" - Nasir Jones

I don't have a flat top I was thinking of buying a new upper but then why not just get a new lower and get a new rifle...

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"...but there exists also in the human heart a depraved taste for equality, which impels the weak to attempt to lower the powerful to their own level and reduces men to prefer equality in slavery to inequality with freedom." - De Tocqueville

Not sure I agree there.

You can purchase a completely service-able and fun to ride motorcycle for ~$500-1000 and easily get 150 miles of enjoyment out of it for $15 worth of gas.

It's easily $100 anytime I got to the range for 2-3 hours.

I spent over $2k alone in gear (helmet, boots, gloves, jacket, pants). Insurance is $60 a month flat. Most people don't own a bike worth $500-1000. I paid like $6500 cash for my R6 factoring in all the fees and taxes and spent another $2000 on parts. Tank held like 3.8 gallons and was lucky to go 150 miles on it.

The equivalent in motorcycling to what you're talking about would be like purchasing a $100 Mosin Nagant and shooting the surplus manufactured 7.62x54R's or shooting 22LR which costs like $20 to shoot for hours and hours.

You could buy a S&W M&P15-22 for example (which I plan to do) and it's incredibly cheap to buy and operate.

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"It's real, grew up in trife life, the times of white lines
The hype vice, murderous nighttimes and knife fights invite crimes" - Nasir Jones