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    Quote Originally Posted by Sean W. View Post
    Made by FN but to PSA's specs.
    That sounds so sinister!

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    Quote Originally Posted by thx997303 View Post
    Which is 4150 chrome lined, 5.56 chamber and either button rifled or cold hammer forged. (Machine gun steel, whatever that is FN, and double chrome on some)

    Given that people have been getting good accuracy, and at least on the mid length, the gas port dimensions are the same as bcm, I'm thinking their spec is fairly similar to what FN does as standard.

    Seriously guy, if they were to some imagined crap spec, FN wouldn't let PSA advertise FN barrels. It would be terrible business. They have a name to uphold.

    I'm not saying for sure it's the same as anything else, etc.
    What I am saying is that there is no evidence that PSA specs their barrels poorly.

    Anyway, said my piece. Not trying to turn this thread into an argument.
    A lot of people try to claim that the FN barrel sold by psa must be inferior to the FN barrels sold by the more expensive companies, basically saying it's the same as rejected second hand parts or at minimum similar to a raw forged lower that still requires a lot of work to finished.


    That doesn't make sense to me, there seems to be zero evidence, and the top industry expert I talked to didn't believe there is different quality grades for that item

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    Quote Originally Posted by thx997303 View Post
    Which is 4150 chrome lined, 5.56 chamber and either button rifled or cold hammer forged. (Machine gun steel, whatever that is FN, and double chrome on some)

    Given that people have been getting good accuracy, and at least on the mid length, the gas port dimensions are the same as bcm, I'm thinking their spec is fairly similar to what FN does as standard.

    Seriously guy, if they were to some imagined crap spec, FN wouldn't let PSA advertise FN barrels. It would be terrible business. They have a name to uphold.

    I'm not saying for sure it's the same as anything else, etc.
    What I am saying is that there is no evidence that PSA specs their barrels poorly.

    Anyway, said my piece. Not trying to turn this thread into an argument.

    You are certainly not a gourmet chef just because you have access to gourmet ingredients...

    Psa has proved this time and time again, hence why we have threads like this. They have an earned history of utterly stupid mistakes and poor service they have to get past.

    I will say that it does seem that psa is finally getting their shit together for the most part as compared to a few years ago. Haven't head a report of carbine gas tubes in middie uppers in a while

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    We have 4 of their uppers, all FN barreled, they get used hard in multigun matches. They have all ran flawlessly and I would buy more if I had a use for them.

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    Oh yeah, there was what? 4 of those carbine tubes in mid gas guns? And they fixed the issue and fired the employee responsible, and began test firing every upper. That one needs to be filed under crap happens. Yeah it's dumb, but it improved their product in the end.

    And really, who could have seen something that dumb coming? That makes me wonder if the carbine tube even reached the reciever from the gas block. I'd bet not, but don't know.

    But it really just brings the point home, psa specs good parts, and have gotten much better at putting them together in recent years. This is a good thing.

    Are they Olympic, Vulcan, etc? No. Are they colt, bcm, etc? Parts wise, I'd say yes, assembly wise, not yet. But they have potential.

    I have a desire to see PSA become better. The prices we've been paying for ARs is ridiculous, and should PSA succeed in becoming equivalent to the bigger guys, we all win.
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    ^ parts wise they are sometimes better (FN barrel, and some 'cool' companies don't even use a capernter bolt)

    The battle zone Vegas testimony definitely increased the street cred for PSA, extensive torture testing, and they performed very well

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    Has anyone tried their 10.5" uppers?
    “It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.” Mark Twain

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    Man, I got railed on this forum a couple months ago for suggesting PSA CHF premium as a good option for a guy asking about a "first AR build."

    Almost Like I suggested a 79 ford pinto as a daily driver. Guess people are coming off their high horse. I got a few 1500 dollar carbines. one of my psa is my go-to right now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JG007 View Post
    ^ parts wise they are sometimes better (FN barrel, and some 'cool' companies don't even use a capernter bolt)

    The battle zone Vegas testimony definitely increased the street cred for PSA, extensive torture testing, and they performed very well
    Yeah I think it is primarily the BFV testimony.

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    I am a Colt guy, I have never sold a Colt and for the first 12 years owning ARs all I would buy is Colt. A few years ago I wanted to build a AR but could not locate a Colt stripped lower for a reasonable price. Picked up a Palmetto State Lower and a rifle kit, put it together shot it had no problems, Still are not having problems.

    In fact one of my Colts a MT6601 has had more issues then all my other guns combined.

    Does that prove that Palmetto State has a better rifle. No

    Just not a large enough sample size.
    Last edited by Colt guy; 10-17-15 at 10:11.

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