
Originally Posted by
DreadPirateMoyer
With that said, I take a very large disagreement with the claim that those are apples-to-oranges comparisons. Every single one of those modifications can induce failures or make the rifle run less optimally. A bad trigger can lose its second stage, lose its adjustability and malfunction, not reset properly during rapid fire and cause a delay (like Wilson Combat TTUs have been reported to do), and can lock up the safety so it cannot be engaged, and that's ignoring breakages from crappily-made parts. Bad buffer systems can induce bolt bounce, cause short strokes, or exacerbate recoil, or in the case of those pneumatic turd-buffers, simply break and fail to function at all. Bad magazines can cause double feeds, failures to feed, and are usually the #1 culprit for a malfunctioning gun that would otherwise work properly. Deviating in any way from the standards (mil-spec trigger, carbine buffer system, aluminum magazines with mil-spec followers) could create any number of malfunctions in the firearm, yet we still do it because most of these upgrades make the firearm function better if we use quality parts (Geissele SSA, VLTOR A5, Magpul PMAGs). The LMT enhanced BCG falls into that same category. Messing with the BCG can induce malfunctions just like messing with the trigger, buffer system, or magazines -- yet all of them have room to be improved over the standard, and all of us generally deviate from the standard for that reason. Attempting to improve the function of an already-reliable rifle with the LMT Enhanced BCG is not irrational or unreasonable, and follows the same philosophy many of us follow in other aspects of our rifle's construction.
Your last point is very valid. Let's hope the OP jumps on the DD BCG to try to isolate the problem.
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