Florida Sheriff pulls Adams Arms ARs from duty

[LittleLebowski]

https://www.baynews9.com/fl/tampa/ne...5s-off-streets

Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri has pulled all AR-15s made my Adams Arms from deputies after discovering serious manufacturing issues with the rifles.

[Rockey]

They mentioned that the problem developed over time during training. I wonder what the round count was when they started experiencing the failures.

This is why you buy from a manufacturer known for quality control and putting out a good reliable product. Not the cheapest thing you can find.

[JRV]

They mentioned that the problem developed over time during training. I wonder what the round count was when they started experiencing the failures.

This is why you buy from a manufacturer known for quality control and putting out a good reliable product. Not the cheapest thing you can find.

$1,000+ semi-auto patrol rifles without optics or WMLs isn't cheap. You could get standard flattops from Ruger/Smith/Stag/Colt with a PRO and a Streamlight/Surefire WML for each and be out the door at about the same price with a large enough contract.

[GardoneVT]

Sounds like someone got shafted on the contract.$1,000 per rifle from a no-name firm = mistake.

[Rockey]

$1,000+ semi-auto patrol rifles without optics or WMLs isn't cheap. You could get standard flattops from Ruger/Smith/Stag/Colt with a PRO and a Streamlight/Surefire WML for each and be out the door at about the same price with a large enough contract.

You're right, especially when places like Geissele advertise duty rifles for LE starting at $750 on their website.

[JRV]

You're right, especially when places like Geissele advertise duty rifles for LE starting at $750 on their website.

So there's basically two possibilities here:

Someone in brass had a personal relationship with the hometown shop slapping piston parts into otherwise-unremarkable rack-grade rifles, or someone in brass had a personal relationship with the hometown shop slapping piston parts into otherwise-unremarkable rack-grade rifles.

[TAZ]

Wow. I see they have decided to up the ante and step up to Rock River rifled from Adams. That should fix things right up.

[Grey]

Wow. I see they have decided to up the ante and step up to Rock River rifled from Adams. That should fix things right up.

We have Florida Man, now I guess we have Florida Sheriff?

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[LittleLebowski]

I love Florida. Apparently the old sheriff worked at Adams Arms when the county bought the rifles.

http://www.fox13news.com/news/fox-13...-gun-purchases

The annual budget request is one of the few occasions sheriffs in Florida must seek county commission approval for any particular action. Commissioners approved his request - a 25% increase since 2011 - and raised property taxes to accommodate it.

A few weeks later, he spent a quarter of a million dollars for a no-bid purchase of rifles from Adams Arms, a company that employs former Sheriff Bob White, who was Pasco County’s sheriff from 2001 until 2011, a FOX 13 investigation has found.

PSO first purchased 65 rifles from Adams Arms in September 2013, records show.

White’s LinkedIn page lists his start date as a consultant for the Odessa-based company as September 2014; his Facebook page lists a June 1, 2014 start date. He did not respond to requests for an interview.

[JRV]

Wow. I see they have decided to up the ante and step up to Rock River rifled from Adams. That should fix things right up.

PCSO issued RRA prior to the adoption of AA.