It’s not always about the quality of the metal on a gun
It’s not always about the quality of the metal on a gun because these days many firearms are made of material other than metal. If we are talking strictly about AR15 rifle, much of what keeps a firearm running is how the parts were put together and operator maintenance. I have yet to see an AR15 go down because it was not clean, most of them went down from bad magazines, screws that were not staked on properly, stocks that were not tightened all the way and extractor springs that should have been replaced thousands of rounds earlier.
Guns go down more to lack of maintenance and monitoring of anything that can be tightened or screwed down. Not all AR15 upper receivers are the same quality and there has been some major improvements in machining. Spikes Tactical Mid length uppers are probable the best bang for the buck and they have now become our number one complete upper receiver. There are so many variations with AR15 uppers now and many of the differences are really personal tastes. Just like Legos, sometimes it’s really just about what you want to build.
