Seems Brownells has become a larger player and more politically active. They were my go to for a while when their 10% coupons showed up regularly. Never had an issue and scored some amazing deals.
I have zero complaints and grateful to see them in the fight. Pete is a freedom guy and donates to those causes. They just donated $50k to fight the California magazine bans in the 9th circuit.
https://www.ammoland.com/2020/09/bro...magazine-fight
If I want Chineiusm crap parts like $4 castle nut, I will go to Primary Arms or PSA.
I suspect some folks FrankenARs are half airsoft... I am not a hater of Chinese manufacturing, but asking a professional gunsmith-oriented supplier to get into a race to the bottom on commodity import prices is self defeating.
That said, Brownells continues to my go-to for a vast majority of orders. I have used them more over the last 3-4 years, when I realized a few percentage points more in price pays off. They ship timely, they take back orders and if you have a problem, you call in and talk to an American who grew up speaking English. I get that slightly elevated price back, many times over, if I return an item.
Now, I wish Brownells would get the MP5 bolt springs I have been waiting for in stock... for a year. My guess is that isn’t on them, but waiting for the OEM to ramp production in a pandemic.
Brownells is my first stop for this reason. Between dealer pricing and edge shipping I’m fine throwing them money if they have what I need.
As others have noted their stocking items seem to have decreased and I hope they turn that around at some point.
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I did not say they were out of stock, I said they no longer listed it in their catalog, using their website
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Like I said 67 handguards and 1 castle nut.
I just ended up using BCM for a rifle length receiver extension, spring, and buffer.
Supply is so low on AR items now the only place I could find a MOE rifle stock was the Magpul site itself.
As for the ‘large outfits’, I seem to be ordering more from Brownell‘s now than I do from Midway.
I said I was using their catalog, not the *&^%$#*( internet )
I continue to use them. Never had an issue and they have good shipping, great CS and many good brands.
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