Originally Posted by
Bret
If they disclosed that they had failed to do what was necessary to ensure that they were selling a quality rifle, then I might understand. As it is, many people paid $1000+ for 106 series rifles only to find out that they got lemons and how Arsenal NV wouldn't take ownership of their failures.
Why not do what's necessary to fix the customer's rifle that they paid well over $1000 for? This says all you need to know about their attitude towards their customers.
They could have installed a heavy recoil spring and buffer. If I hadn't chopped the barrel, the rifle would have literally beat itself apart. They have warranty in name only. They know customers will eventually get frustrated and give up on them.
I think that you give far too much credit. If they purpose built all of these to be SBR's, then they would have put it in the documentation that the rifle should not be fired until the barrel is chopped. Or, they could have simply permanently attached a fake suppressor to the SBR length barrel in order to make it to 16". To me it's quite obvious that they simply put the wrong size holes in the gas port (for the barrel length) and don't mind selling these defective rifles to their customers.