04-08-2021, 10:54 PM
As far as I can tell, there are basically 3 speeds.
-Basic upper - where there's no difference between a cheap Anderson and more expensive Spikes, or whatever.
-Tight Upper - of which BCM is the best known. It's basically a standard spec upper, but they run their fit such that a 0.999" standard barrel extension is going to be TIGHT. In theory this is more accurate. I don't think it's a bad thing, but once you put 60 ft-lb of torque on the barrel nut, I'm not convinced it's super important. That said, given the choice, I kind of prefer this route (other route is to run a 1.000" barrel extension btw)
-Premium feature. Which tend to be the billet, or otherwise exotic configuration; which has cool personal preference points, but otherwise not functionally any different.
In general, when it comes to recievers, I find your basic Anderson is as good as anyone else, for a lot less cost - and know from a few manufacturers that Anderson tends to OEM their same lowers for some of the boutique brands. Nothing wrong with the Poverty Pony. But again, for near the same price, I hve grown to prefer BCM, for the tighter fit
-Basic upper - where there's no difference between a cheap Anderson and more expensive Spikes, or whatever.
-Tight Upper - of which BCM is the best known. It's basically a standard spec upper, but they run their fit such that a 0.999" standard barrel extension is going to be TIGHT. In theory this is more accurate. I don't think it's a bad thing, but once you put 60 ft-lb of torque on the barrel nut, I'm not convinced it's super important. That said, given the choice, I kind of prefer this route (other route is to run a 1.000" barrel extension btw)
-Premium feature. Which tend to be the billet, or otherwise exotic configuration; which has cool personal preference points, but otherwise not functionally any different.
In general, when it comes to recievers, I find your basic Anderson is as good as anyone else, for a lot less cost - and know from a few manufacturers that Anderson tends to OEM their same lowers for some of the boutique brands. Nothing wrong with the Poverty Pony. But again, for near the same price, I hve grown to prefer BCM, for the tighter fit