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The end plates or the castle nuts?
At least as of when I bought mine, the Bravo Company castle nuts are the exact same ones that Colt currently uses and the end plates are at least of similar quality to Colt's from a visual inspection.
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The castle nuts started deforming in the wrench slots at about 25 ft/lb using the BCM wrench and Snap On torque wrench I've used on dozens of telestock installs and the end plates were a very sloppy fit in the BCM RE's slots.
Not to mention of the 3 BCM REs, one was way out of spec and would actually have a significant portion of its threads project
into the lower when installed (tired on multiple lowers to eliminate possibility of an out of spec lower).
I've never had that issue with a Colt castle nut but to be fair I've only installed 2 and the Colt end plates are much more refined looking and fit almost perfect in RE slots.
For REs I use LMT when I can get them, I like the lipped ones POF too, usually install them with Vltor castle nuts and end plates but Damage Industries hasn't disappointed yet either.