Quote Originally Posted by Tzed250 View Post
It's the same at most stores that sell items that take a great deal of experience and expertise to master. Motorcycle shop, gun store, saw shop. You'll find the same clueless jerks behind the counter at most any of them.
It’s not just the uninformed at your friendly LGS. A couple of hours ago I received an email from Brownell’s which reads in pertinent part:

Save Over 15% on DPMS AR-15 Complete Receiver Parts Kit
The easiest way to stock and sell genuine, mil-spec AR-15 parts, or use to assemble rifles on your receivers. Much lower in total cost than buying the parts one at a time. All kits listed contain only new, current-production, genuine, mil-spec parts; never pull-offs or direct-exchange surplus.

Since when is DPMS making mil-spec parts?