01-01-2014, 01:11 AM
I can tell you why. Freedom Group shut down sales of individual components to Joe Blow. LAR is right here in the Salt Lake Valley, and they make about 85% of the entire market's upper and lower receivers. When I say "make", I mean they get the forgings, then machine them, and have them anodized before being sent out to Bushmaster, DPMS, Remington, and other AR15 companies.
Whenever they would have blems, they would sell them to individual customers for like $48 per. When Freedom Group took over, they ordered the shop people to grind blems up, and turned off the faucet for individual sales. It makes perfect business sense that they did that too, because Freedom Group has interests in selling rifles through DPMS, Bushmaster, and Remington.
If discriminating customers like me only want select quality components, like LAR receivers, that is one less rifle sale in their minds, even though I would never buy from them anyway since I have different standards for QC than Freedom Group does.
Whenever they would have blems, they would sell them to individual customers for like $48 per. When Freedom Group took over, they ordered the shop people to grind blems up, and turned off the faucet for individual sales. It makes perfect business sense that they did that too, because Freedom Group has interests in selling rifles through DPMS, Bushmaster, and Remington.
If discriminating customers like me only want select quality components, like LAR receivers, that is one less rifle sale in their minds, even though I would never buy from them anyway since I have different standards for QC than Freedom Group does.