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    Quote Originally Posted by friendlyfireisnt View Post
    So how are PSA's LPKs? Haven't heard many complaints, but I haven't looked too closely either.
    Running one on my 16". FCG is super smooth (no "stages or grit") and does not have any discernible creep. The rest of the LPK I have had no issues with. Take down pins are neither stupid tight, or loose. Mag and bolt release are also non issue.

    My Mk12 build is also going to have a PSA lower, LPK sans FCG.
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    Quote Originally Posted by friendlyfireisnt View Post
    So how are PSA's LPKs? Haven't heard many complaints, but I haven't looked too closely either.
    I am not a huge fan of PSA based on wait times, customer service, etc.

    However, I will give credit where credit is due.
    Their LPK has a damn nice trigger. Amazingly so at the price.

    Their uppers are also amazing quality at the price.

    They are like that restaurant with ugly waitresses, a grumpy cook, and dingy setting that you go to because the food is so damn good plus a bargain.

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    Quote Originally Posted by friendlyfireisnt View Post
    So how are PSA's LPKs? Haven't heard many complaints, but I haven't looked too closely either.
    I've assembled two lowers with PSA kits.

    First one was a Tactical Innovation lower, and the roll pins were very tight and a pain in the ass, but I ended up getting them in.

    Second lower was a Rainier forged lower. After about an HOUR I finally managed to get the trigger guard and bolt catch roll pins 95% of the way in. 95% of the way in due to the fact that no matter how much I try to drive them in that last 5%, they wont move and the punch just goes into the center of the pin and gets stuck.

    So now I have a dinged up lower with roll pins that aren't all the way in.

    This combined with the fact that both my orders from them took 15 days to get to my house, I will spend my money elsewhere in the future.
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    We recently used a PSA LPK for my wife's first build/assembly, and the bolt catch pin was pretty tight. It wouldn't fit in to the usual roll pin starter for that part, and had to use the next larger, but it still went in with no real fuss. Even the trigger guard roll pin went in relatively smooth, and it was my wife's first time driving them in. That order was placed on Sunday, Oct 7, and was in my hands Monday, Oct 15th. I didn't think that was too bad with a fed holiday and a weekend between the dates.

    I've got another PSA LPK in a rifle I built later last year, it has a couple thousand rounds through it, no problems.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jet66 View Post
    We recently used a PSA LPK for my wife's first build/assembly, and the bolt catch pin was pretty tight. It wouldn't fit in to the usual roll pin starter for that part, and had to use the next larger, but it still went in with no real fuss. Even the trigger guard roll pin went in relatively smooth, and it was my wife's first time driving them in. That order was placed on Sunday, Oct 7, and was in my hands Monday, Oct 15th. I didn't think that was too bad with a fed holiday and a weekend between the dates.

    I've got another PSA LPK in a rifle I built later last year, it has a couple thousand rounds through it, no problems.
    Consider yourself lucky. Just curious, what lower did you use?

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    whats nice about them is you can get different grips included, including the magpul ones. so i dont have another standard grip from a lpk to throw into my parts box that will never get used.
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    Quote Originally Posted by HaydenB View Post
    Consider yourself lucky. Just curious, what lower did you use?
    Both builds were using SAA lowers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jet66 View Post
    Both builds were using SAA lowers.
    Copy that.

    My experience may have been a combination of my lowers being on the tight side and the pins being of the large side, and my order may have taken longer than average to ship, but all I know is it was a big hassle and at the end of the day I had a less than perfect end result.

    But it did happen twice, so I don't feel like taking the risk a third time. Just my $0.02

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    Not that all the triggers from PSA will feel the same, but the one I have is smoother than my ACT

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