Remember, Rainier is not a manufacturer, they source products where they get the best value for their brand, and in the case of last year, where they can get product, period.
Everyone was in a rush to get whatever they could in 2013. They sold a .308 bolt as a Rainier "match grade" product last year that had tool marks all over it acting like a file was raking through the upper. After a few people started returning them Rainier changed the product name to "762 Industries," Including on my previous invoices in their system, which I didn't particularly like, nor their insistence that the product was perfectly fine, but they honored the return. It's an example, but it reinforced the point in me that they don't always have control of the quality of the final product. In that they can inspect it in house, sure. Beyond that I don't know. certainly not in the 762I case.
They run a good shop, they've been fast and helpful, and I continue to do business with them. As a business owner I appreciate how John Hwang presents himself, at least in print and video. I just keep in mind if I buy one of their house branded parts, where did it come from?
It's not like it's just them. Look at Midway and their AR Stoner line. Or any other distributor with a house brand. Who knows where these things are coming from sometimes. The consistency in quality is all in just how closely the distributor oversees the final product.


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