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Thread: Best place to buy small parts: detents & springs, etc. ??

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    I'm not freaking out. I'm just expressing my point of view. I asked where to get these parts at something more like wholesale prices. Seems like a lot of the replies are either way off topic discussing quality or inferring that I should just ante up & pay the $2/ea for some kind of quality assurance.

    My assertion is that the very best detent pins ever made cost <$0.01ea to make. I'll take 100 for $0.20ea if someone will sell them to me like that and there'd be a reasonable profit margin in it for the dealer. That's what I'm looking for.

    ETA: And what is this ethereal "Top Grade" quality detent pin you speak of? I bet you'd never know the difference even if there was one. It's just not that kind of part. Even if there was a quality difference (which you haven't proven there is) it's the type of part where it only makes sense to even consider when you're calculating mean time to failure for a quantity of like the entire U.S. armed forces. Statistically speaking for any given individual the margin would be insignificant. "Top Grade" detent pins. OooooKaaay.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 0reo View Post
    ETA: And what is this ethereal "Top Grade" quality detent pin you speak of? I bet you'd never know the difference even if there was one. It's just not that kind of part.
    I was speaking generally, as what I said was: 'I'd bet if you can't see that part, it's most likely not top-grade.' See how I didn't isolate any specific part when I said that? You're damn right I wouldn't know the difference, which is why I buy those parts from manufacturers/distributors I trust and have gotten quality components from in the past. Ones without a tracking record for shitty parts.

    I was drawing a correlation between not readily visible parts to the consumer not being top-of-the-line. Barrel steel, bolt material, key staking, etc. To the uninformed eye these are 'hidden' and not easily discernible. So...thinking critically one would assume that if THOSE parts are not up to snuff...well other 'hidden' parts in the lower might not be the best of quality either.

    Frankly I don't give a shit what you use, you don't need advice if you want to go to the cheapest places to get stuff...they're easy to find.

    Complete pin/detent package $7.50
    http://www.bushmaster.com/products.asp?cat=501

    or from another quality manufacturer
    http://www.del-ton.com/ar_15_lower_s/84.htm
    Last edited by munch520; 08-26-11 at 11:29.

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    I want the best I can get so I would prefer parts from companies that follow the "TDP" as would many others. Bushmaster, DPMS, Oly etc... Do they have military contracts? They do not sell their products to soldiers, maybe they choose not to cater to the "TDP" crowd because the market is not as big as the Gander Mountain, Cabellas, Brownells market that JoeBob and Timbob buy their rifles at. Maybe they choose not to follow the "TDP" because their targeted customers have no idea what it is. What I'm saying is, their parts are only inferior when held next to "TDP" guns, on the rack at Gander Mountain they are something to behold and they are being bought every day and may or may not be functioning well!

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    finally...thanks
    Last edited by munch520; 08-26-11 at 11:29.

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