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Are the cast receivers a problem? Would that be a make or brake on buying a DSA? Wondering because I'm shopping for a FAL
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It's not so much them being cast that's the issue (IIRC, FN Type 3s were cast), it's that DSA's in-house production, forged or cast, has tended to be out-of-spec and that that problem has been getting worse with their latest production, which is all cast. Sometimes it can be rather bad, like post-ABNI Entreprise receivers and such from what I've heard. Coonan's gone downhill on the QC as well. Those two are the only games in town, so they can get away with it to a degree.
The older forged receivers were made by LMT. They used actual blueprints (DSA still has and uses them, but somehow gets it wrong) and maintained a high standard of QC. Existing unused receivers carry a premium now. I believe these have a different serial prefix, allowing them to be more readily identified.
For my latest build I ended up getting an IMBEL. My build will end up costing less than DSA's cheapest FAL.