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How do y’all feel about Q?
Main Post: How do y’all feel about Q?
Top Comment: I'm sure the rifles are fine. But Kevin is literally the biggest douche ever made.
The new BCG by Q 👀
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Anyone have any experience with this bcg yet? Is it better than LMT EBCG? This must be talked about imo. I do want LMTs ebcg but 500 is insane to me and I’ve seen enough of you agree to that as well to turn me off... but it’s a still a want because ya know.. LMT😍
Top Comment: Although i like innovation, But gun related stuff Needs time to be proven. LMT is a proven product, However Q is not. So i won't even try to compare these two. Probably after at least 2-3 years, We can have this discussion.
Anyone know about the company Live q or die or have used the “Mini fix”?
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It’s a pricey https://www.rdsc.ca/live-q-or-die-the-mini-fix-8-00-416r-barrel-folding-stock-black-accents-300-blackout.html 😅. It’s restricted but with a little over $1500 they can chamber it in 223. Wylde and, use a longer barrel, and certify it non restricted. At 4 pounds 7 ounces is this essentially a lightweight precision rifle with unique bolt action? I need a Canadaguns perspective on this..
Top Comment: If NR is what you want there the "the fix by q" thats what your looking for but cheaper, though it'll be in hunting calibers instead of 223 (6.5 creed or 308)
Live Q or Die? I think I’ll choose death.
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Update: appreciate the positive responses and help, even though I was a whiny bitch yesterday. I am 99% certain the problem is the inside diameter of the barrel extension. https://imgur.com/a/wi89vvH (the red line needs to be about 0.001” closer to the green line) My stripped bolt can drop into the extension and lock up. But there is some friction because the step to the smaller ID (the red line) prevents the bolt from going any deeper into the extension. Had I shot the gun last summer/fall, it probably would have been broken in enough to not jam in the cold. It’s about the most minor defect possible, but it was damn frustrating before you all helped me find it. I think I’ll just buy a Sharps relia-bolt to pair up with this barrel. I’ll try to swap in a mil spec bolt when it warms up to wear down that edge so this barrel could accept any mil spec bolt, hot or cold.
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Frustrated again, another ruined range trip thanks to Q. This is the third unsuccessful trip to the range trying to get this Honey Badger barrel to work worth a shit. 3 different lowers, 3 different BCG’s, at least 6 different mags. One type of factory reloads and 3 types of factory new ammo. Never had a single issue with any of these items until I installed the barrel from Q. I even used this BCM upper receiver with a $40 BCA barrel with no issues prior to the barrel swap.
The problem: bolt will not close on a cold barrel. The solution: heat the gun and never stop shooting.
When it’s cold, the bolt will only close far enough (usually with some forward assist) for the hammer to drop, but not far enough for the hammer to hit the firing pin. This happens with or without a mag or ammo. At home, I’m not going to fire off a round in my (heated) garage to verify, but the hammer strikes the pin much better on an empty chamber and I can manually cycle rounds through just fine. Go to the range, and the bolt won’t close at all. Jam-o-matic.
Today is the first time I’ve actually managed to fire a round. It’s also the warmest day I’ve been to the range at 35 degrees. Like usual, I grabbed my gun from my fully warmed truck, took 10 steps to the bench and attempted to load the gun which surprisingly chambered the round. After 3 casual shots, it’s Bob Marley time (we be jammin’). Success? I’ve finally fired 3 rounds through my gun.
I’ve tried everything I can think of. At this point I’m convinced it just won’t work in the cold. So I set the gun on the dash of my truck and set the heat to 85 degrees, max defrost. After 5 minutes I give it a try. It chambers a round just fine. I hop out of the truck and race to the bench and rip off about 50 rounds as fast as I can. No hiccups. Return the gun to the defroster and load 10 subs in a mag. Again, race to the bench. 5 rounds fired, no issues other than requiring manual loading (gas block needs to be opened more). Hit the safety, thread on my silencer, switch to fire and pull the trigger on an already loaded chamber. Baaaaammm.... Peanut butter and jaaaaammm. In the time it took to thread the silencer tight, it cooled down to the point of failure again. The most expensive AR barrel I have ever bought is giving me more headaches than my 10 worst guns combined. Never would have expected that.
At this point I am positive my issues are related to temperature. The only parts that I have not successfully used on another gun are the barrel, gas block, gas tube, and charging handle - all Q parts. My only option now is to ask Q to warranty the barrel. It’s probably a year old by now, so returning to the vendor is out of the question. Hopefully they are less shitty than their parts, but I’ve seen K-dawg’s tweets, so I’m not getting my hopes up.
TL;DR: Honey Badger barrel doesn’t work in cool environments. Time for a warranty claim.
Top Comment: Sounds like a headspace issue.
Q LLC's "Customer Service" - Story in comments
Main Post: Q LLC's "Customer Service" - Story in comments
Top Comment: All the idiots who are blasting OP and think he's complainig over a 2-week delay, while totally ignoring the fact he's actually calling out Q for taking money for a product that wasn't even in stock while simultaneously telling a customer to "STFU", really shows how dumb people in this community are. EDIT: Between the crosspost in this sub and on r/firearms , I'm convinced all the people who see absolutely no issue with how Q treated the OP, are bottoms. EDIT 2: relax guys, the joke about bottoms is just a joke, not a dick don't take it so hard...... Unless you're a bottom /s
Whats the deal with Q?
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I know they were super hyped for a while but I feel like I've been hearing some bad press about them, I just can't remember what. What's the deal?
Top Comment: Kevin Brittingham (formerly head guy at AAC, and later Sigs Suppressor Division) is the CEO/Owner of Q. He is also a massive dick, who talks mad shit to pretty much anyone who questions him. It used to happen within AAC after Remington bought them. But as soon he started his own company Q and got an Instagram account he was in comments sections all over picking fights with customers and other companies. Even his own customers weren’t safe. There’s not a lot of love in the firearm community for guys who run their mouth way more than their guns. As for Qs products. They were “ok” at best but KB marketed them (heavily) like they are the chosen one of suppressor and firearm products in terms of performance and durability. They’re not. I won’t even touch his personal life because that was a whole other saga of something that was FUBAR.
Eat Sh*t or Die? ... this is how Q LLC does business
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Abstract: We ordered 15 Sugar Weasels from Q LLC over 1.5 years ago on NET Terms, they bait and switched us, and charged us more after.
Facts (context):
- On July 7th 2020 we submitted an order for 15 Sugar Weasels as well as some Honey Badgers https://imgur.com/LICb2R4
- On June 17th 2021 we sent them our updated FFL since we moved https://imgur.com/hIYU6KQ
- On November 30th 2021 we get an invoice from Q that's almost 20% higher than what we initially backordered at https://imgur.com/9E2YJzo
- On December 1st 2021 everyone gets an email that they're cerakoting Sugar Weasels since 11/24 https://imgur.com/mOzBiaC
- On December 4th 2021 I get a phone call from the person we sold our house to that 3 big boxes appeared on their doorstep https://imgur.com/8aHiMdH
- On December 8th 2021 we have the following exchange with their "general counsel" https://imgur.com/a/aPVAdlS
How do you do business like this? This is absolutely insane. Am I overreacting?
EDIT: added conversation when we sent them our FFL
EDIT 2: This is clearly against their posted Terms and Conditions 3.(a): https://store-fwcq7xdl4a.mybigcommerce.com/content/2021.10.18%20Customer%20Terms%20and%20Conditions.pdf
Top Comment: Lmfao Kevin is garbage and sells garbage products.. then lies and says they are the best when there is actual evidence proving the opposite.. but his evidence is just doodles on a napkin.. Q is trash
Q: Live poor or die
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So I've been going back and forth about doing a honey badger clone and seeing what it would cost vs. if I were to just go ahead and buy a Honey Badger.
I wouldn't mind a pistol, but with e-forms being so easy I'd much rather SBR it and get rid of the strap. So I emailed Q to ask if I would be able to buy a stock once I've received form 1 approval.
Are you kidding me? $400 for the same exact thing that's on there, just without the strap?
Isn't the whole point of a honey badger's appeal to be compact and be as minimalist as possible? Why then should it be $400 for a tiny amount of what I assume is polymer? I guarantee it cost Q less than $100 per unit to get them made by SB Tactical.
I've heard before that Kevin Brittingham is a cunt, but this 100% confirms it. It seems the only thing minimalist about Q is the amount of people they want owning their products.
Top Comment: You were looking to buy a meme and are upset by it costing more? Q is a meme, and a bad one at that. The whole Q company is trash from their silencers to their bullshit tapper barrels. The company builds itself off of other people's designs and calls it "innovative".