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MA, USA
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Posted: 12/6/2020 10:48:40 PM EST
Hi everyone, lately I’ve noticed an uptick in people praising FCD and the bits they manufacture. I’m wondering if this praise is worth it. They seem to make very slick looking parts and charge a premium for them. They also have a spiffy logo, which seems to draw the AR crowd! Are they flavor of the month or the real deal?
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AZ, USA
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Posted: 12/6/2020 11:20:14 PM EST
[#1]
Totally worth it. Roger Wang makes really great stuffs.
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Posted: 12/6/2020 11:45:08 PM EST
[#2]
Duffy is a respected member here, they are GTG!
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AZ, USA
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Posted: 12/7/2020 12:42:22 AM EST
[#3]
They are G2G... but you can absolutely get comparable quality for less.
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Posted: 12/7/2020 12:44:30 AM EST
[#4]
FCD is legit.
Roger runs a tight ship for sure. |
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TN, USA
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Posted: 12/7/2020 1:02:47 AM EST
[#5]
Willingness to pay is by definition subjective. Their quality is beyond dispute and they intentionally prioritize function over form.
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Posted: 12/7/2020 6:55:48 AM EST
[Last Edit: RustedAce]
[#6]
Really nice stuff.
Selector, forward assist, and port cover are all FCD on this: 
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Posted: 12/7/2020 7:07:13 AM EST
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The FCD bolt catch is magical
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Posted: 12/7/2020 7:18:51 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Jonny1904: Totally worth it. Roger Wang makes really great stuffs. This. Well thought out parts. |
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Posted: 12/7/2020 7:27:08 AM EST
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I can’t say enough good things about Roger and FCD.
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OH, USA
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Posted: 12/7/2020 7:28:12 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SDMF_Rebel: The FCD bolt catch is magical FCD small parts are as good as they get. |
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Posted: 12/7/2020 7:32:50 AM EST
[#11]
Buy one and find out.
Otherwise, enjoy your Glock MOS plate w/ no front/rear fencing that will eventually shear your RMR mounting bolts off. |
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CO, USA
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Posted: 12/7/2020 9:13:01 AM EST
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I've had FCD parts since they hit the market. The more they release, the more I buy - I now have a 12.5 that is completely built out with FCD products aside from a Hodge barrel and KAC 3 prong. Roger is extremely deliberate in every design and material aspect. You can get stuff that may work just as well for you, but I believe his parts have no equal.
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Posted: 12/7/2020 9:31:25 AM EST
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I love their stuff and the quality exceeds my expectations. I have their parts on several ARs and now they make RMR plates for the Glock too.
Well worth the money for sure. |
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GEO
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Posted: 12/7/2020 9:45:57 AM EST
[#14]
i like their stuff, its gucci parts, and i love gucci parts
 everything ive bought has been great quality, great finish and works as advertised. |
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MD, USA
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Posted: 12/7/2020 10:50:06 AM EST
[#15]
Yes, yes they are.
Chad School of the American Rifle |
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Posted: 12/7/2020 11:51:02 AM EST
[#16]
Roger is awesome, and his products are amazing. FCD is hands down my favorite small parts company.
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CA, USA
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Posted: 12/7/2020 12:39:01 PM EST
[#17]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RustedAce: Really nice stuff. Selector, forward assist, and port cover are all FCD on this: https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/47980/FullSizeRender-1607296.jpg  That 3rd pin.. |
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Posted: 12/7/2020 12:57:55 PM EST
[#18]
The only lower parts I’m not buying from FCD for my pistol build are the trigger and selector.
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Posted: 12/7/2020 1:52:49 PM EST
[#19]
@Duffy
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Posted: 12/7/2020 3:16:04 PM EST
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I dont own any FCD, but I did ask a question on their website one evening and within 5 minutes I had an email answer...so that is not bad....I have emailed other companies and never got an answer....
If I was not buying Radian, I would be buying FCD for sure. I am so deep in Radian and my OCD will not let me out of the room |
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USA
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Posted: 12/7/2020 3:16:12 PM EST
[#21]
If FCD makes it I’m buying it. Period.
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Posted: 12/7/2020 3:29:33 PM EST
[#22]
They ship fast too.
Now if they would just get the neutral bias BHO back in stock so I could order it.... |
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Posted: 12/7/2020 3:43:57 PM EST
[Last Edit: Duffy]
[#23]
Thank you everyone for your kind words!
Many of you remember the company I co-founded in 2009 which I left in late 2014 to start FCD. From day one, all I wanted was to keep my head down and do what I'd been doing in my previous gig, I wanted to make a difference to folks that use their firearms for defense, and duty, as a tool. Our products, website, and logo all reflect the subtle, moderate, all business and no drama or flash philosophy. Shiny trinkets don't help users, designs that facilitate already proficient users and make them more so by intelligent design does. Our logo (Cygnus) is meant to be simple and not calling attention to itself, I didn't want it to be in anyone face that shouts "look at me!" Our products are designed and made for work, not for show. The simple and elegant design language applies to all our products, function over form, and form follows function. Our products are expensive, not because we can (probably) command it. Made in the USA with all US sourced material isn't cheap, not that I'd use patriotism as a reason to sell things, even though it is one of the biggest reasons we do everything in the US, you can feel good about that we contract US shops, who in turn employee fellow Americans. Profit goes to the good American people deserving of your support, not foreign countries, especially not ones hostile to America. FCD is an R&D shop, we contract all of our products to competent and honest shops around the country to produce, many of them in TX where we're moving to in a week. We go into great detail on each products origin, material, and coating, you can see we over build where it benefits the users, and ignore things that we deem unimportant (our opinion) like light weight and aesthetics. So happens purpose built hardware usually looks pretty good, I can assure you we spend maybe 1% of the R&D on the design's looks, we usually just let the functions dictate how the final product looks. Aesthetics is nice, but ultimately doesn't do anything important for the user. We're grateful for our customers and shops we partner with, thank you guys for your friendship and support 
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AZ, USA
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Posted: 12/7/2020 3:45:56 PM EST
[#24]
Roger is great. He makes quality products and you would be hard pressed to find a company with faster order processing and customer service.
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MD, USA
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Posted: 12/7/2020 3:47:36 PM EST
[#25]
I like to call him Uncle Roger. :)
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MO, USA
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Posted: 12/7/2020 3:50:06 PM EST
[#26]
They make some great stuff. I like ‘em
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Posted: 12/7/2020 3:54:39 PM EST
[#27]
I'll send you fried rice recipe
 I take the chance whenever possible to credit Chad Albrecht of SOTAR for the improvements we did on our castle nuts. Chad, you'd be happy to know we gauge every one of the CNFs coming off the Swiss machines, no spot checking, but every one, to ensure they pass class 3 gauge. We don't do many a thing folks ask of us, sometimes it's just out of our core competencies or unrelated to our mission. Advice from Chad isn't something one should ignore, we didn't, and we have a superior product in so doing. We make everything in small batches, we don't MIM or cast anything, the downside (expensive) is easily offset by our ability to quickly make changes as needed. |
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Posted: 12/7/2020 4:18:46 PM EST
[#28]
Hey Roger- Love the products
Awesome news to hear you are leaving commie California and heading to a free state |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 12/7/2020 4:46:07 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Duffy: Thank you everyone for your kind words! Many of you remember the company I co-founded in 2009 which I left in late 2014 to start FCD. From day one, all I wanted was to keep my head down and do what I'd been doing in my previous gig, I wanted to make a difference to folks that use their firearms for defense, and duty, as a tool. Our products, website, and logo all reflect the subtle, moderate, all business and no garnishment or flash philosophy. Shiny trinkets don't help users, designs that facilitate already proficient users and make them more so by intelligent design does. Our logo (Cygnus) is meant to be simple and not calling attention to itself, I didn't want it to be in anyone face that shouts "look at me!" Our products are designed and made for work, not for show. The simple and elegant design language applies to all our products, function over form, and form follows function. Our products are expensive, not because we can (probably) command it. Made in the USA with all US sourced material isn't cheap, not that I'd use patriotism as a reason to sell things, even though it is one of the biggest reasons we do everything in the US, you can feel good about that we contract US shops, who in turn employee fellow Americans. Profit goes to the good American people deserving of your support, not foreign countries, especially not ones hostile to America. FCD is an R&D shop, we contract all of our products to competent and honest shops around the country to produce, many of them in TX where we're moving to in a week. We go into great detail on each products origin, material, and coating, you can see we over build where it benefits the users, and ignore things that we deem unimportant (our opinion) like light weight and aesthetics. So happens purpose built hardware usually looks pretty good, I can assure you we spend maybe 1% of the R&D on the design's looks, we usually just let the functions dictate how the final product looks. Aesthetics is nice, but ultimately doesn't do anything important for the user. We're grateful for our customers and shops we partner with, thank you guys for your friendship and support Nice! Where in TX are you moving to? |
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Posted: 12/7/2020 5:10:54 PM EST
[#30]
Midlothian
Folks at SOLGW and HDSI would like us to go further south (San Antonio) but my wife has family in Dallas, so we opted for something like we have in CA, out of the big city but still close enough to access all the services afforded by big cities. |
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Posted: 12/7/2020 5:12:35 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Duffy: Midlothian Folks at SOLGW and HDSI would like us to go further south (San Antonio) but my wife has family in Dallas, so we opted for something like we have in CA, out of the big city but still close enough to access all the services afforded by big cities. Congrats on the move and keep up the good work! I enjoy getting packages from the Well Trained Shipping Monkey.
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Posted: 12/7/2020 5:41:39 PM EST
[Last Edit: C6H12O6]
[#32]
I love FCD stuff.
I just wish the mag buttons were available in OD & tan and that the tan EPC & tan trigger guards I have weren’t so whitish-tan. And I wish I could/would have bought more ABC v1 & v2. |
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Posted: 12/7/2020 5:47:15 PM EST
[Last Edit: Duffy]
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Posted: 12/7/2020 5:48:36 PM EST
[#34]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Duffy: EPC will both be the new FDE we've been using with TGF since summer this year https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/781/Capture_JPG-1719828.JPG Oh I’m gonna be all over that. And for the record the light tan stuff works 100%. |
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Posted: 12/7/2020 6:24:00 PM EST
[#35]
Excellent Products. well made , practical, and worth the money.
I wish more companies were as GTG as FCD. |
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MA, USA
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Posted: 12/7/2020 8:32:43 PM EST
[#36]
Hi Roger,
It seems like you are deserving of all the praise you get! I’m happy you’re not the latest fad to come into the AR market. I’m admittedly new to the platform, so I don’t have too much background into its history regarding parts suppliers. Anyways, expect an additional order sometime soon! |
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Posted: 12/7/2020 8:59:23 PM EST
[#37]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TSpork: That 3rd pin.. Cola Warrior CEO pay allows you those type of perks |
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Posted: 12/7/2020 9:05:06 PM EST
[#38]
Yes, 1000% worth it. Superb parts.
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Posted: 12/7/2020 9:16:50 PM EST
[Last Edit: Duffy]
[#39]
Thank you
 I consider fads, either creating or following them, to be a poor business model. The difference between a white shirt with pin stripes vs a plain white shirt isn't a functional one, it's aesthetics, or fashion. Fashions change, folks that chase after the quick buck fads offer either create or follow them till the fads die, and another begin, so goes the cycle. The biggest problem is many of these trends aren't created for the user's benefit. That said, some are decidedly huge steps forward, red dot sights on pistols, for instance, is changing things for the better. Others like chasing an arbitrary weight, are far less so. So we make things we want and use, they're not flashy, they're made for work, not for show, and we rarely get noticed by publications and influencers. Instead, we're known in some circle for doing what we believe to be the right things for the users, and we're content with that, we're proud also grateful to be able to serve those difference makers, the ones that carry firearms for duty and defense of their loved ones, those that serve our nation, federal and local governments and communities. |
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CO, USA
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Posted: 12/7/2020 9:52:38 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By everready73: Hey Roger- Love the products Awesome news to hear you are leaving commie California and heading to a free state Making good stuff is good, getting the Eff out of CA even better ! |
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AZ, USA
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Posted: 12/7/2020 11:02:06 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Duffy: Thank you I consider fads, either creating or following them, to be a poor business model. The difference between a white shirt with pin stripes vs a plain white shirt isn't a functional one, it's aesthetics, or fashion. Fashions change, folks that chase after the quick buck fads offer either create or follow them till the fads die, and another begin, so goes the cycle. The biggest problem is many of these trends aren't created for the user's benefit. That said, some are decidedly huge steps forward, red dot sights on pistols, for instance, is changing things for the better. Others like chasing an arbitrary weight, are far less so. So we make things we want and use, they're not flashy, they're made for work, not for show, and we rarely get noticed by publications and influencers. Instead, we're known in some circle for doing what we believe to be the right things for the users, and we're content with that, we're proud also grateful to be able to serve those difference makers, the ones that carry firearms for duty and defense of their loved ones, those that serve our nation, federal and local governments and communities. RHF in 13.7, couple of LPD's, and a few more EPC's will be what I'm after |
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Posted: 12/7/2020 11:17:58 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Duffy: Midlothian Folks at SOLGW and HDSI would like us to go further south (San Antonio) but my wife has family in Dallas, so we opted for something like we have in CA, out of the big city but still close enough to access all the services afforded by big cities. @Duffy Moving company, machining, shipping, the whole shooting match out of CA to TX? That sounds good |
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Posted: 12/7/2020 11:50:20 PM EST
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We don't own or run machines, most of the shops that make our products for us are in TX, some in CA, MI, OR and SC. The business and family are moving and taking all of our assets to TX
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TN, USA
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Posted: 12/8/2020 12:29:16 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Duffy: We don't own or run machines, most of the shops that make our products for us are in TX, some in CA, MI, OR and SC. The business and family are moving and taking all of our assets to TX |
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ME, USA
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Posted: 12/8/2020 10:56:57 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Duffy: Our logo (Cygnus) is meant to be simple and not calling attention to itself, I didn't want it to be in anyone face that shouts "look at me!" You must be into astronomy? Make any telescope stuff? BTW, just got some cam pins. B |
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Posted: 12/8/2020 11:49:42 AM EST
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Impeccable timing on this thread. I was just considering purchasing a handguard. Now I can buy with confidence.
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Posted: 12/8/2020 12:02:00 PM EST
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Yes, they're Gucci. Yes, they're pricey.
I dare you to order a part and use it and not think "yeah, that's nice." |
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UT, USA
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Posted: 12/8/2020 12:27:34 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Lumpy196: Yes, they're Gucci. Yes, they're pricey. I dare you to order a part and use it and not think "yeah, that's nice." I recently needed a new castle nut and wasn't happy with the ones I had. Found it on sale for just a couple bucks more than anyone else's run of the mill castle nut so figured I'd try it out. It's a really nice castle nut. Unfortunately that lead to a whole box of FCD stuff. The bolt catch was the hardest for me to justify when I like ones such as the $10 POF, but I finally broke down and ordered one. The forward assist without the rim on it should be a pretty drastic upgrade, as I've tried to rip fingernails off in the past. |
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Posted: 12/8/2020 12:42:44 PM EST
[#49]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MDGunSmith: Yes, yes they are. Chad School of the American Rifle Good to see you here! |
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GA, USA
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Posted: 12/8/2020 12:52:22 PM EST
[#50]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MDGunSmith: Yes, yes they are. Chad School of the American Rifle Chad! Keep pumpin out the Youtube vids man! Love your stuff. |
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