Originally Posted by
matemike
No, PSA is not BCM, DD or Colt quality. I'd put them right around S&W quality, which is a company that puts out some fine firearms.
I would not call PSA a "clown company". As far as a company they seem to do everything they can to do as well as they can. Good work ethic, at least as far as I can tell. To be honest, I only looked into them recently because I heard their owner speaking on some popcorn granola podcast several months ago and he seemed to have a good business mind.
You are right, they do know their niche. Any time you are building something over time or making a large purchase...boat, house, car, let's throw a new rifle in there as well, it is said that there are three check boxes to make:
Inexpensive
On time (available)
High quality
But you can only pick two, you cannot have all three.
Recently for me ,PSA seemed to fill two of the boxes really well, considering the times we are in, and the third one "good enough". I bought two rifle kits and put them away with lowers for future builds with my kids. More of a project and plinker purchase than anything. It's how PSA's niche worked for me. YMMV