Originally Posted by
GH41
At that price point you have to wonder where the parts came from.
Smith shields run under 250.00 there all the time, wonder where the parts come from?
When you look at the AR and modern manufacturing, pretty much everything in the upper, minus the barrel, is a comparatively easy CNC process.
I didn't bother to look up the specifics on the upper, but I'd bet you 1) aren't getting a C-158 bolt, and 2) aren't getting a chrome-lined barrel. Probably not going to be a difference for most average shooters.
Take all that and a business model that stresses low prices and sales quantity and you can get prices like that.
What do think that ToolCraft, for example, has in a BCG? IDK. Some vendor or another always has ToolCraft C-158 BCG's for somewhere between $89 and $100, and that is with them taking their slice of profit out of the price.
Plus, the gun business is pretty flat right now, so folks are cutting deep to get sales.
Notice, at no time did I say PSA was top quality. But, IMO, PSA is acceptable quality for the AVERAGE user, and with massaging, perfectly adequate for hard use.
Last edited by 26 Inf; 06-11-19 at 10:37.
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