The Internet and magnifying affect of adverse posts does seem to have an impact. Plus, reports from one shooter aren't conclusive. You never know who's doing the shooting.
OTOH,when you see several similar reports of complaints, there's a trend. The biggest problem with a lot of these mid range semi-customs is that they mix some quality components together with crappy assembly,which is a real killer. Because you can build with the best stuff available but if it isn't assembled correctly,it won't shoot/work.It's the difference between great rifles and junk.
But the rifles are built to a price point below a full-on custom,which gets more TLC.
I always viewed these "mid priced" semi-customs skeptically because of this but that's just me. Seems they all have growing pains until they refine things and get their acts together.
Lots of savvy shooters out there. You can't sneak stuff past them.
