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    Many dealers will say whatever it takes to make a sale. Then once the supply comes back in and things "normalize" they will justify it with another story.

    I would never compare a DD kit to a kit from CMMG or DPMS. I have no idea as to their pedigree, but you can often times compare them and see differences.



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    Quote Originally Posted by TacticalTyler View Post
    I know the search function. Been on here for years.
    I wasnt trying to look for DD lower parts kits. I can do that myself. I started this thread for peoples opinions on the situation I was in and wanted their thoughts.
    Now continue to get your post count up shitting on peoples threads. Also giving the typical "search function"

    You already ripped apart this new guy, guess your making your rounds?
    https://www.m4carbine.net/showthread.php?t=107821

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    Maybe whoever HE got his LPK's from was getting knockoffs and told him that, but I don't think they are the same.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Iraqgunz View Post
    Many dealers will say whatever it takes to make a sale. Then once the supply comes back in and things "normalize" they will justify it with another story.

    I would never compare a DD kit to a kit from CMMG or DPMS. I have no idea as to their pedigree, but you can often times compare them and see differences.
    Most of their customers can't tell the difference, or know the difference between a DD LPK and a DPMS failure parts kit.
    Most customers don't know that there licensed copies of DD made in Taiwan for airsoft that will fit real rifles, not to mention three times as many unlicensed copies made in China that may or may not.

    All they need to do to make a sale is have their goods look like what you want, at a price that's in line with what you're expecting. From then on, all the above issues become the buyer's problem - hence why I wait for the good stuff to get back in stock, and really only waste my time at gun shows when I'm bored, and would be spending that money at a crap movie anyway.
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    I go to lots of gun shows. I was at the Pasadena Texas gun show yesterday and saw just the opposite. Saw all the top tier AR's: Noveske (3), Daniel Defense (6), BCM (4), and Colt (Lots of them). Even more lower end brand rifles, they were everywhere.

    Most of the Dealers actually seem to care and know the products better then you would think. Overall I was amazed at how many AR rifles and accessories were available and the prices were extremely competitive. Maybe its because I Live in Texas were most folks still love their guns.

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    The great LPK dilemma. Which ones are good? Which ones are the same as company XYZ for less money?

    We had these same questions many years ago when we were tired of low quality LPK's for our custom builds.

    As far as I can tell, no OEM manufacturer (the kind that sells to companies like BCM, DD, etc) makes every single part for a lower. So that means that some companies source LPK's from 3 or 4 different places or simply make the easier parts in house.

    To my knowledge, ONLY Colt makes all the parts in house. They also sub out parts to manufacturers that they trust. Since they have the TDP, I rate their LPK's the best. This is why people will say that they are selling the same LPK's as company XYZ, but might only be buying ONE of the items in that companies LPK's.

    My second choice is LMT. They make many components in house and is why we use many of their items in OUR LPK's.

    I believe companies like DD and S&W are making more and more items in house (which is a positive thing) and I think we will have more and more quality LPK's to choose from in the future.




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    I find it hard to see, from a purely buisness sense, that a company would have 2 complete seperate lines that produce 2 different grades of pins, springs etc. I tend to think of LPK items as I do generic foods. Made by the same company, but marketed to a different buyer. Some people buy a product and some buy a name. But both buy the same thing, just the company makes more per unit off the name.

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    Did you read the threads I linked to?
    If you had you would have found info as to the quality and parts sources for DD's LPK.
    Try not to be an emotional reactionary on this board.
    Otherwise it won't work for you.

    As for the other thread.
    Well it disappeared, and I wonder why.
    Must have been me racking up my post count!


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    Anybody that owns or sells pistol versions of assault rifles is a bottom feeder, irregardless of the ban status of certain ammunition.

    They are illigetimate weapons that have no real purpose other than to attract retards to the gun community.

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    Quote Originally Posted by devinsdad View Post
    I find it hard to see, from a purely buisness sense, that a company would have 2 complete seperate lines that produce 2 different grades of pins, springs etc. I tend to think of LPK items as I do generic foods. Made by the same company, but marketed to a different buyer. Some people buy a product and some buy a name. But both buy the same thing, just the company makes more per unit off the name.
    Companies make different quality of parts all the time.

    A friend of mine is helping a start up AR builder get parts. So he calls up a company that makes bolts. He places his order and during the conversation, he says to the manufacturer; "Those bolts are 158 carp. steel right?" The manufacturer stated, "They can be."

    As we have seen with generic drugs, they can be wildly different than the name brand versions.

    In some instances, yes, parts are parts and what you get in our LPK is the same as what Colt uses. With that said, many people don't know the industry well enough to know where the quality parts come from and where they don't.



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