Billet uppers for general use

[Telperion]

Are billet uppers (VLTOR & LT) over-engineered for general-purpose/HD/fighting builds, or do they add value even for those types of applications? What kind of benefits would general purpose users see?

[Robb Jensen]

When you're looking to squeeze out every bit of accuracy you can a billet upper will do you best.

On a fighting rifle a regular forged upper will serve you just fine, most people can't shoot well enough to see the difference. It's takes some good quality optics in a good mount and good ammuntion to see it and even then I typically hear of .25 MOA better accuracy using billet uppers. If all you're running is an Aimpoint or Eotech it just has a higher CDI (chicks dig it!) factor ;). That said I do find them to fit lowers much nicer, they fit billet lowers really nicely.