Ok Captain Hook....I'll work on my "bad form". I'm a former marine and regrettably use the f word like and & the....without malice. Everything I've said has been true, first of all. Secondly, I fully stated that the company offered to replace my gun. I'm not bad mouthing anyone. I just have a bad taste in my mouth. And yes, a lot of this is cosmetic, but STFW????, I paid for a product, I don't like it, and I'm sharing my consumerialistic dislike. Half the SME's on here have said DD rifles display small issues & mine was one of them.
If a Glock or Sig shipped with a broken spring & cosmetic issues, everyone would hop right on the QC bandwagon with their pitchforks chanting "Shoulda got an HK"...do it with an AR apparently & it's no big deal.