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There's just a LOT of AR rifle builders out there....and they all got stuck with extra parts after the rush to buy last year.
There are plenty of good new AR's to be had between $700-$900. The Delton just happens to be one of the lower priced new rifles available. I've never operated a Delton, but like a lot of companies that build AR's they source their parts from the two or three places that every other company does.
Lowers and uppers are forged, bolt and carrier group is likely from the same place that some bigger name gets it from just without MP or HPT testing. Barrel is chromoly steel, non-chromelined - but how many folks can really wear out a non-chromelined barrel? And when you do wear a barrel out, you can just get a better barrel. Everything else is nearly identical to a more expensive rifle. The magazine is probably crap, but so is the mag that comes with some other higher priced rifle.
Reliability shouldn't be an issue, not anymore than some other factory rifle. If it's a problem...hell, they're easy to cure.
If you don't want to spend the 670 for a Delton, get a CMMG bargain bin rifle....chances are, you'll get a CMMG upper and lower...and other CMMG parts - basically a CMMG rifle with a few scratches on it.
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