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I have several items from PSA to this point that I have absolutely know failures with and the blem lowers that I have purchased are great. In fact my FFL dealer is a gunsmith and all of the lowers that he has seen that are "blemished" have blown him away from the standpoint that there is nothing detectable that is wrong with them. that said one does have a slight blem in the anodizing, but takes especially close inspection to find. The BCG and upper that I regularly use shoots steel without issue and is quite accurate. The premium parts seem to be the best.
I say buy and do so without concern.
i assembled a frankengun 9mm with PSA lpk, blem upper, stock kit, upper parts kit.
(the rest was DDLES and CMMG).
trigger is gritty & heavy, but the parts have all been 100% so far.
notably, the LPK and stock kit went into a billet lower and everything assembled easily and has stayed put.
as mentioned previously, do pay attention to the specifics like materials, etc. as they sell both "milspec" and commercial quality parts. the differences in the descriptions are often subtle.
Last edited by jmk; 10-20-13 at 22:43.
I've used one of their blem upper receivers and it was a great deal. It has a square forge mark and I couldn't even tell why it was considered a blem.
I've also used one of their LPKs and it was fine, but the LPK my buddy got from them had an out of spec trigger that required some minor filing in order to fit into his Aero Precision lower.
I've got a PSA LPK in my billet lower 'mutt' build. Everything fit just as it should and it has been 100% reliable.
Trigger has some creep, but is smooth and breaks cleanly enough. Will probably replace it with an ALG ACT but I'm in no rush as it is usable.
Last edited by ColtSeavers; 10-20-13 at 23:21.
Seems most for the lowers coming from PSA have "LW" serial numbers which would indicate that they were manufactured by LW Schnieder. So my next question would be is how these lowers are rated when compared to Colt and BCM if all use the same material's and coatings?
We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.
They're fine for what they are. I've had a PSA rifle I built and the tolerances on the lower were a little right but close enough.
Let's stop the speculation. Ask PSA directly.
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When asked directly PSA will not say "exactly" who makes some of their parts.
PSA says on their website that their hammer forged barrels are made by FN. But for some of their parts kits, they will not say.
As for the opening post, I built my wife a PSA hobby gun. We live in a rural area and have chickens, and plan on getting some sheep and cattle. I built her a PSA 16" carbine to take care of bobcats or coyotes.
She likes her rifle.
Before you buy anything from PSA read the description. They have a standard bolt carrier, and then they have the premium bolt carrier. Which seems to run across the board with PSA parts.
Now that PSA added PTAC brandname to their site, be sure to read and understand the full description before you buy.
Last edited by ~kev~; 10-21-13 at 10:13.
And, again, the natural follow up to these threads (and there have been several in the last 2-3 years) is...
...what other company explicitly states who their suppliers/manufacturers of their parts are?
I'm amazed that so many people interpret "they won't say" when it comes to PSA to mean that they have something to hide. There are other well respected names in the AR business who don't manufacture their own parts in house, and will also not say who actually does the making (usually due to contractual obligations that dictate), and yet it doesn't seem to get anyone's ire up when they offer the same answer (not that anyone seems hard over to ask, anyway).
Let the parts' quality (or lack of quality) speak for itself. PSA's stuff has been out there since 2011 or so, and there has been more than enough opportunity for those parts to have been used and abused, and for reports of failures to show up.
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