Yeah, over seven hundred bucks is brutal, I feel that pain.

My buddy's PSA had the gas key come loose after maybe 800 rounds, just from a couple carbine classes. That's a staking issue you basically never see on a properly built upper. I mean, it's fine for the range, but telling people there's no real difference ignores how those small QC steps add up when things get hot. Idk, maybe it's just me but calling them all the same feels like advice from someone who's never had to clear a malfunction on the clock.

Yeah, my mate found a single car key in a field once. He spent weeks, @nathankim, making up a whole life for the guy who lost it. The story in his head was way better than the truth, which was just some bloke who got too drunk at a barbecue.