I don't buy into the "just as good as" idea either.
I think I'm hearing you say that the difference between an $800 AR-15 and a $1500 one is about always going bang rather than about fit and finish. I think you're saying that buying a Colt or LMT is about buying a "real" AR-15, not an over and beyond one, and that $800 versions are in fact sub-standard, corners cutting, examples of the blueprint.
My Remington 700 always goes bang, never mis-feeds, and shoots sub MOA with good ammo. It's been on many hunts and never lets me down in the field. True enough, it isn't a Dakota Arms or Cooper, but it is still a "real" rifle, made to blueprint and cutting no corners with regard to the fulfillment of its design. I think you're saying that no one makes a Cooper-level AR-15: that a Colt or LMT AR-15 is just a "real" AR-15, and Stag, etc. are sub-blueprint.



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(Now I need to think about how to discuss this with my wife . . . )

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