Originally Posted by
Eurodriver
I don't mean to come in here and ruin a good time. Admittedly, I have no experience with RCA parts but I still have to ask the following:
Why bother?
Quality BCGs are everywhere for less money. At least 90% of my AR15 shooting is done suppressed in both 5.56mm and 300BLK with high round counts in between mediocre cleaning sessions; I've never had an issue with USGI or similar (BCM, DD, etc) BCGs. It just doesn't make sense to use an unknown brand (that admittedly batch tests bolts)
Their website states
How does a coating increase the life of a broken bolt lug, and if it does, by how much? Bolts are rated for about 10,000 rounds at least. That's $3000 worth of ammo that you'll go through before your "standard" milspec bolt gives you an issue. I suspect many people running RCA BCGs have never fired that many rounds through all of their AR15s combined.