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Thread: Forged vs. billet?
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7 January 2011, 19:25 #16
Weight of many monolithic uppers is a comparative drawback, though not much of one. Were LMT to ever roll out a modular-railed (attachable rails to a round handguard) version of their MRP, then they wouldn't be able to keep them in stock.
Billett recievers have little functional appeal - I still have two sets, but I think those days are behind me. They are visually stunning rifles, and shoot very well, but my most accurate rifle uses a lowly forged upper, and both of my billet lowers are tighter in the magwell than my forged units, and have little added flaring as well.
I really like my billet units, but when I see guys spending money on those parts and then skimping on BCG components, then that makes me wonder and worry.S/F
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