Yeah, I’ve built some nice stuff, but when you’re test-bedding chambering, barrel lengths, etc....it’s too expensive to use nice stuff, just to tinker, or find out you went the wrong way with the package. I use some palmetto stuff, selectively. I prefer Aero for bang vs buck on bare lowers/uppers.....and then they’re just carriers for really good barrels, bolts, etc. All of mine are frankenguns, and likely always will be. I can’t afford complete rifles from most I’d actually trust with the build QC, more than myself. That’s not because I know everything, but because I know enough and know where my knowledge/experience ends and others begins. I can afford to use really good components and build myself, with good QC. I can’t afford to pay someone like me or likely far better than me. LOL
