QC? What QC?

A guy bought a Colt model 6920 with that level of QC on the lower. Colt's command a higher asking price because of the brand, so you'd think you would be getting more for your money.

Here's a pic, from the same guy, of a Colt that's not messed up:



The Arfcom thread is here: http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=3&f=118&t=452686
19 pages and climbing.

UPDATE: A picture of a "non top tier" maker's product in the same area. In this case, Anvil Arms, who has shown consistently outstanding quality on all of my non-retro builds. The retro builds are Nodak-Spud lowers, also pictured.

Anvil Arms:

Nodak Spud:

The Cool-Aid drinkers have taken the position that this will not affect function and that anyone who places any stock in cosmetics is something less of a person for it.

One question I have not seen asked: "Is it SUPPOSED to look like that?" Please note, I am NOT asking, "Is it allowed to look like that?" or "Is this level of finish still within spec?"

Towards page 19, someone speculated that Colt is having problems making spec on commercial guns because of the labor costs and that it could not produce commercial product at all without the huge law enforcement and military contracts it currently enjoys. The assembly workers at Colt are UAW, and that's not a group known for being low cost.

It was pointed out, correctly, that Winchester could not economically make the controlled feed version of the Model 70 with today's realities. Winchester was using the same UAW at their plant and it was labor costs that drove them into the ground. Interestingly, when told that Winchester could not support the costs the UAW refused to make concessions. Fabrique National bought Winchester and closed that plant. Go unions!

The core issue that forced Winchester into bankruptcy over labor costs was a rider in the UAW contract that stipulated that certain models would all be made in a particular plant. Winchester could not move production where the labor was cheaper or hire less expensive labor.

Another example of forgetting that jobs are the side effect of a successful business. Make a business unsuccessful and you will eliminate the jobs.