LKB,

I used to make an effort at golf. I was crappy at it. On one particular outing, a friend said, “You and I need to go to a golf store or a sporting goods store, and get you some new clubs.” I was intelligent enough to respond, “My clubs are NOT the limiting factor in my game, I assure you!”

So it is for most firearms. Sure, Jerry Miculek probably can outshoot some of his guns (and he get high-end guns for free), but . . . most folks can’t. I have a Ruger 10/22. I don’t consider it particularly a “tack-driver”, but . . . it is WAY more accurate than I am. When I was younger, I got into shooting precision long-range, and bought a very expensive long-range rifle. In retrospect, while I LOVE the rifle, I would have been better off with a decent Remington 700, and saved a few grand. My fancy long-range, precision rifle is capable of amazing accuracy . . . and I can’t shoot as accurately as a decent Remington 700 is capable of.

ANY of those options listed (and the S&W M&P option, or a couple of others) are capable of more than I am, and would work fine for plinking, home defense, or a weekly range day to maintain competence. Someone once told me that “it’s a poor workman who blames his tools”. I believe that is correct.

Sure, I’d love to jump on a Noveske, or Daniel Defense, or Wilson Combat, or some other high-priced option, but . . . the PSA would work just fine for 99.999% of what I do, and I could have fun with the extra money.

Are they as good as a LaRue Tactical, Noveske, or Wilson Combat? Of course not. Would I want them for a competition gun I’m running hundreds of rounds through it every month, or to issue to a soldier for a combat mission in extreme conditions? No.

Can you get them cheap and then improve them with a better trigger, etc.? Yup. Are they good enough for probably >90% of our needs? Yup.

As a bonus, it would probably retain the best resale value out of this group, if you’re into that sort of thing (selling of your gunz).