Just an FYI...this thread will probably fall apart pretty quickly. Maybe ending in a lock. You may want to pose the same question a few other places to get a more objective perspective.
With that being said, some of their barrels are apparently made by FN. I think it's their premium line. I'd probably skip the PTAC line. The Freedom line has been tested by a number of the YouTube gun channels. It made it through AKOU's 5,000 round torture test. IIRC, they were surprised how well it did in the portion where they shoot it while sifting sand into the action. You can find the whole video series pretty easily.
I don't know specific gas port sizes. From an over-gassed vs under-gassed perspective, they'll fall into the former category. PSA says they err on the larger side to accommodate a wider range of ammo.
My personal experience buying from PSA has been mostly ammo and mags. Never any issues with shipping or service. I did purchase a BCG a while back. When I broke it down to look things over something seemed off about the extractor spring. It didn't want to seat. I called them to alert them of the potential issue. I was wanting them to replace the whole extractor, just to be safe, but would have settled for a new spring and insert. Instead, they insisted on replacing the whole BCG. I was fine with that, and had a new one in my hands within a week. That one looked fine when breaking it down and has been trouble free. Maybe only 500-1000 rounds on it, so not a high round count by any means. Overall, the two I handled were nicely finished. No machining or tooling marks and carrier key staking is good. I'd have no problem buying another.
Battlefield Las Vegas is using PSA uppers and BCGs in some of their rentals, with much higher round counts, and have no noteable complaints. If you're up for it, they have a 30 page thread on ARFCOM discussing their experiences with components they've used, round counts, performance, etc.
Are they the cream of the crop? No. Are they even remotely as bad as you'll probably be told in this thread? No. Regardless, whatever you end up with, shoot it. Shoot it some more. And then draw your own opinions/conclusions. Expect to replace some parts if you actually put a decent number of rounds downrange. But that's to be expected with ARs in general. If you have problems, learn to troubleshoot. And, after all those classes, you'll have learned how you want your ideal rifle configured. Which is a good excuse to by another
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