Im sure your reasoning for wanting Armalite on the list is that is what you own, correct?I feel Armalite should make the cut too. (along with a few others, which I have not researched fully enough to vouch for based on "The Chart".)
They stake everything properly (the last gas keys I saw from them were staked so well that even though the picture posted was blurry, you could still see 2 very manly indents on either side of the screws. Looked like a Colt job.
Their barrels contain Vanadium (only if you get chrome lined, which most are).
They have M4 feed ramps
I am unsure about the extractor insert, but for $5 the spring/insert/crane ring will remedy that if it is incorrect.
The only thing they don't do is the archaic MP testing of everything. They do batch testing, which I belive even Colt is allowed to do and still meet the TDP on some things.
All this being said, they are priced decently and have rediculously awesome customer service.
PS. On the ring...friend of mine bought his wife a nice ring, cost him $10K. 1.2K 10x flawless. How many other members here can boast of such? (I am not married so I have no dog in this show).
I do spend $50 per oil change using oil imported from Germany becuase my car runs best with it (no BS there.). It is a pure base stock with no viscosity modifiers. Virtually no shear wear. (unlike the 15K mile EP Mobile 1 which I find to be pure crap based on wear analysis and oil usage patterns).
Here is my point in these two examples.
I bet your wife (if you have one, or when you get one) will enjoy a $2-3K ring just as much as my friend's wife likes her ring.
I bet your vehicle runs just as well as mine does using my imported oil.
I bet your Colt or LMT runs just as well as a LesBaer or a Noveske.
I also bet a lot of AR's will run just as well as the Colt.
Granted, there are some not-so good choices, but to say you can only find quality in the few AR's on the market that your listed is just a fallacy.
PSS. AR10's are doing well overseas.
This is not me excusing people's "well this is ALMOST as good" attitude, BUT! There comes a time when..."this is good enough".
I have yet to see someone with EVERYTHING done to their AR. I would imagine that would run $4-5K, what with a Noveske polygonal rifled/Chrome lined barrel, ect. ect.





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