>>64463593
Nigger all steel alloys as specdby by SAE and fucking AISI, and cerified by fucking ASME, is 4140 whether fucking PSA, Daniel Degense, fucking Boeing, god damn Locheed Martin, or my hapless fucking ass guys it.

Making steel isnt some magical lost fucking art, its fucking idiot proof, and if it wasnt, manufactuers wouldn't be fucking using it as the blanket barrel steel material, let alone making or selling pencil barrels, let alone fucking dimping them, or drilling them for cross pins.

The same goes for the fucking tool steel that goes into BCGs. Theres a reason why theres like 5 OEMS for BCGs, because Toolsteel is a bitch to work with, and BCGs requires specific machinery, tooling, and tempering procedures to not explode.

>>64463608
You fucking realize "mil spec" isn't some fucking marketing bullshit? You fucking realize that if the parts weren't in fucking spec, they wouldn't fucking work in your gun? Do you have any fucking proof for Fudd fuckery you're pulling out of your ass, or are you another one of the clowns without an Engineering degree that is about to try and lecture someone WITH one on how manufacturing, tolerances, and fucking OEM manufacturing works? Because news flash shit for brains. The screw holding your fucking pistol grip onto your lower is the finest machined piece of metal on your fucking gun.

>>64463825
The manufactuers who make AR15 OEM parts don't even consider themselves manufacturers of gun components, because the firearms industry isn't as big as you have deluded yourself into believing pit of sheer ignorance.