That is my belief as well...the learning curve was pretty harsh for them, which in my opinion primarily relates to their need to non-US source everything they don't make in house. They were stuck in some cases going with parts sources that turned out to be unreliable, and as a result the guns didn't run reliably.
ETA: they also had clear organizational problems in terms of getting the guns assembled correctly, and in terms of keeping parts batches separate, and so on. There were evidently a number of big ####ups happening simultaneously at the shop there, so even a good supply of quality parts would not have ensured a reliable gun.
My impression is that they have the bugs fairly worked out at this point. I always said I would wait until they'd built a thousand rifles before I got one. They have now shipped 1100, and I am getting one.
Mine will have the previous generation lower (because ages ago I'd asked for a specific serial number and they kept it for me) but what they are describing as the "4th gen" of everything else.
On the basis of information I have gotten from people who've beaten on the gen 4 stuff a bit, I think it will be pretty good. We'll see. I would certainly like to see them succeed.
