Quote History Originally Posted By sunnybean:
This is the kind of potential issue that pushed me to buy two spare op rods that are still NIB.
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Good for you.
Maybe next time it won't be the op rod.
You know my point. You can buy a replacement ar15 gas tube, gas block, handguard, barrel, bcg, etc literally anywhere that sells gun parts.
Good luck finding any of those for a 516 at the same places.
It's the same for the sig 556 and a bunch of other specialty designs. You're at the mercy of the oem company or a machine shop for parts.
That's not a deal killer for any of you obviously because you like the 516 so much you just buy 5x every part. But it was for me because that seems ridiculous to me.