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Posted: 6/24/2012 6:25:50 PM EDT
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So i purchased a DD BCG and what I ended up with was a very nice SA BCG from DD. Now I would prefer a FA carrier, but it really doesnt matter much to me as long as it functions just fine. I could not find much information on it and was mostly wondering how well these were made. Were these made from the same quality material they now make the FA BCGs with?
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Where did you get this? I can't find any reference to DD SA BCGs on either the DD website or after (admittedly scant) googling. I believe where he's getting this from is that DD has offered a FA M16 BCG that I've seen a few times available on online retailers. I can't personally say what makes it different from their typical BCG's, but I have seen them, and they were always pricier in comparison to their current BCG's seen available at this time. Mind you, this was several months ago, as any DD BCG has become damn near impossible to find new since then. |
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Where did you get this? I can't find any reference to DD SA BCGs on either the DD website or after (admittedly scant) googling. I believe where he's getting this from is that DD has offered a FA M16 BCG that I've seen a few times available on online retailers. I can't personally say what makes it different from their typical BCG's, but I have seen them, and they were always pricier in comparison to their current BCG's seen available at this time. Mind you, this was several months ago, as any DD BCG has become damn near impossible to find new since then. All Daniel Defense offers far as I can tell is the M16 carrier. I am like the previous poster and don't quite understand. I didn't know DD ever offered SA BCG's. They only list one on their site and it's an M16 FA carrier. |
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Where did you get this? I can't find any reference to DD SA BCGs on either the DD website or after (admittedly scant) googling. I believe where he's getting this from is that DD has offered a FA M16 BCG that I've seen a few times available on online retailers. I can't personally say what makes it different from their typical BCG's, but I have seen them, and they were always pricier in comparison to their current BCG's seen available at this time. Mind you, this was several months ago, as any DD BCG has become damn near impossible to find new since then. All Daniel Defense offers far as I can tell is the M16 carrier. I am like the previous poster and don't quite understand. I didn't know DD ever offered SA BCG's. They only list one on their site and it's an M16 FA carrier. Yes, if you solely look at their current site, they also don't currently show that they've produced a chrome BCG as well...yet I personally own two of them. I believe these different BCG's that have been spoken of are USGI, and were listed as and sold as such. And as said, the couple times I've run across them online...they were always listed as sold out, and also always listed at a higher price than the other DD BCG listed (which is the typical DD BCG listed on most retailers currently...though as also mentioned, out of stock next to anywhere). |
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From a quick search it appears that DD originally offered an SA carrier with their rifles but have since switched to FA only. So if the OP got his BCG from another retailer it might have been old stock. Yeah, I saw that too. http://3gn.ar15.com/archive/topic.html?b=3&f=118&t=526707 OP, did you purchase yours from a private party or was this from a shop? |
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I purchased this from a local guy i know who received 3 of these recently from his aimsurplus.com order. All 3 are SA carriers. Doesnt bother me at all they are SA as long as they have the shrouded firing pin. Im mostly curious as if these are made of the same material as the current FA carriers.
The BCG itself looks to be very well made, i may try amd get pics up once i get off work. |
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I purchased this from a local guy i know who received 3 of these recently from his aimsurplus.com order. All 3 are SA carriers. Doesnt bother me at all they are SA as long as they have the shrouded firing pin. Im mostly curious as if these are made of the same material as the current FA carriers. The BCG itself looks to be very well made, i may try amd get pics up once i get off work. Yeah, I wouldn't be losing sleep over it either. I would have been perturbed, though, if I had ordered it from a dealer as a FA BCG. |
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The BCG from Daniel Defense is Mil-Spec. ^^^ This terminology can get really confusing. I don't know how long it is going to take before people realize that mil spec is not great. If you have a crappy trigger it is bc it is mil-spec... if you have a geissele or something, that is nice.... because it is not mil spec. everyone knows mil spec does not exist in the civilian world unless you are running stolen parts... parts can be made to the military standard but they are not mil spec. The difference between the f/a and s/a bcg is primarily the weight. Your bcg is going to be made out of the same material whether it is s/a or f/a so the only real difference lies in the weight of the assembly with the f/a being slightly higher than that of your s/a. The heavier weight allows for more reliable extraction of cartridges and slows down bcg as it travels which will increase its lifespan to a certain extent. The rifle's design originally called for the f/a group and that is what you should use IMO. That being said.... the DD bcg is a f/a style bcg so it is not really an issue for you. |
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I purchased this from a local guy i know who received 3 of these recently from his aimsurplus.com order. All 3 are SA carriers. Doesnt bother me at all they are SA as long as they have the shrouded firing pin. Im mostly curious as if these are made of the same material as the current FA carriers. The BCG itself looks to be very well made, i may try amd get pics up once i get off work. Buy new carriers from BCM. |
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I purchased this from a local guy i know who received 3 of these recently from his aimsurplus.com order. All 3 are SA carriers. Doesnt bother me at all they are SA as long as they have the shrouded firing pin. Im mostly curious as if these are made of the same material as the current FA carriers. The BCG itself looks to be very well made, i may try amd get pics up once i get off work. Buy new carriers from BCM. Why? Personally, I'll take anything from DD over anything from BCM. |
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The BCG from Daniel Defense is Mil-Spec. ^^^ This terminology can get really confusing. I don't know how long it is going to take before people realize that mil spec is not great. If you have a crappy trigger it is bc it is mil-spec... if you have a geissele or something, that is nice.... because it is not mil spec. everyone knows mil spec does not exist in the civilian world unless you are running stolen parts... parts can be made to the military standard but they are not mil spec. The difference between the f/a and s/a bcg is primarily the weight. Your bcg is going to be made out of the same material whether it is s/a or f/a so the only real difference lies in the weight of the assembly with the f/a being slightly higher than that of your s/a. The heavier weight allows for more reliable extraction of cartridges and slows down bcg as it travels which will increase its lifespan to a certain extent. The rifle's design originally called for the f/a group and that is what you should use IMO. That being said.... the DD bcg is a f/a style bcg so it is not really an issue for you. I'm not sure you are clear on what "mil-spec" means. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Military_Standard |
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The BCG from Daniel Defense is Mil-Spec. ^^^ This terminology can get really confusing. I don't know how long it is going to take before people realize that mil spec is not great. If you have a crappy trigger it is bc it is mil-spec... if you have a geissele or something, that is nice.... because it is not mil spec. everyone knows mil spec does not exist in the civilian world unless you are running stolen parts... parts can be made to the military standard but they are not mil spec. The difference between the f/a and s/a bcg is primarily the weight. Your bcg is going to be made out of the same material whether it is s/a or f/a so the only real difference lies in the weight of the assembly with the f/a being slightly higher than that of your s/a. The heavier weight allows for more reliable extraction of cartridges and slows down bcg as it travels which will increase its lifespan to a certain extent. The rifle's design originally called for the f/a group and that is what you should use IMO. That being said.... the DD bcg is a f/a style bcg so it is not really an issue for you. I'm not sure you are clear on what "mil-spec" means. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Military_Standard Hey it says on there website. 100% mil-spec. |
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I purchased this from a local guy i know who received 3 of these recently from his aimsurplus.com order. All 3 are SA carriers. Doesnt bother me at all they are SA as long as they have the shrouded firing pin. Im mostly curious as if these are made of the same material as the current FA carriers. The BCG itself looks to be very well made, i may try amd get pics up once i get off work. Buy new carriers from BCM. Why? Personally, I'll take anything from DD over anything from BCM. Does DD sell carriers only? |
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