We do seem to have this conversation repeatedly and will continue to have it. (And I’ll continue to post right along with everyone else.) Before it was PSA it was Anderson, among others. Unfortunately I wasn’t aware of how bad Anderson was until after I bought the lower and upper and stuck a DD CHF barrel in it. I probably didn’t notice afterwards because I was too busy shooting it. Frankly if I was in the shit, I wouldn’t care if the guy next to me was shooting a PSA, as long as he’s spent the time behind it to be proficient. If he’s (or she) has spent the time behind it than it should be a reliable weapon. Like most people I like quality parts and I believe every AR I’ve built has been a quality AR, but most importantly every AR I’ve built has functioned as designed. Those times my builds did not do that, they got taken apart, examined and the root cause was fleshed out and I did what I had to to do build a reliable weapon. This same forum is the one where a year or so ago, guys were bashing Aero. That just made me laugh because at that point the 20ish AR’s I had built up to that point, all were built with Aero lowers (save the few I milled out.) and I NEVER had an issue with fit /specs or finish.
As far as the demographic of PSA owners, I’m sure there are certain consistencies in those demographics, but again I for back to the guy beside me. I’ll take a PSA owner who has 8,000 rounds through the pipe over a guy with a $3000 AR who shoots it 4 times a year. And I don’t believe that all expensive AR owners are high round count shooters either.
There are certainly AR’s that I see pics of that make me wanna vomit. “The Joker” and guys who at least give the appearance of being completely clueless. But our community needs ALL pro 2A minded people. Not sure if you have figured this out, but it won’t be too many more years a before we aren’t running the show. And certainly the older I get the more crotchety and ornery I get (I know you can relate 26) ;-) But the fact is that I’d rather have a person buying or building one of those abominations and voting pro 2A than I would them voting against. I believe the gun community needs PSA and other companies like them. They fill a gap as it’s been said. Don’t like them? Don’t buy their parts. If people wanna bitch about an AR, here are a couple that should provide plenty of fodder for you.
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