Originally Posted by Dtech
I have worked with truck-loads of forged receivers, and have had my share of billet receivers through the shop. The billet receivers are softer, and as I said: "will probably get slopy in the pin-holes well before a forged receiver would"

If the billet receiver were better, there would be more of the mfgs. using them. The fact is that NONE of the main-stream makers are using them.


THey are made to tighter tolerances and the only reason why more dont make them is cost...Yes the Billet is softer. But I still dont see how you could even say probably. But hey thats me...

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