Mark,
With all due respect I think your question(s) are perhaps a little self-interested. The very nature of these forums depends on both providing input to, and obtaining input from, other members of the shooting community. I agree that there are many variables that come into play when determining how much credence to give the information one receives (here), but that's the way of the online world. One has to discriminate, pick their sources and make intelligent choices regarding "who to believe".
Why do we trust that you know what you're talking about...? We do so, because you've proven that you do. I don't know you, but I have read your posts and over time have formulated an opinion regarding your level of expertise. And there are many others here amongst us who also know what they're talking about. Those of us who have been around awhile develop a sense for who those people are. The mechanism is the same here as it is in the real world... some people you trust and some you don't.
Where your new-to-the-market products are concerned, you (obviously) have a financial interest in seeing them sell... an interest which has an impact on ones reliance upon the information you provide regarding the quality of the product. Now, please don't misunderstand, I am
IN NO WAY suggesting that you would sell us "a bill of goods" that wasn't as described... but your "the salesman", and your product in this case is new to the market, and in addition to that, the major component of the assembly is manufactured by you. In cases such as this, third party input / reviews are your best opportunity to inform and impress.
If I might make some suggestions. Perhaps you could do some testing for us. Throw one of your completed uppers on a lower and take it out to the range and show us what it can do... give us a range report, document performance with metrics such as pics of your best 100 yard target from both your match barrel and a standard barrel (using the same loads) etc. Ask the clients who have purchased both the barrels and the uppers to provide you with testimonials and share them here. Let us know who manufactures the upper receiver. Provide as much detail as you might be willing to give about the other companies involved with you in the production of the barrels. You mention in your original post for these barrels in your vendor forums (when asked where the barrels are from) that some of the work is done in the US and some of it is done here in Canada but stop short of saying by whom. This info would go a long way.
Thanks Mark,
Dave.
Uppers are headspaced and test fired... correct.
They are NOT built with RRA upper receiver (RRA's upper receivers do NOT have M4 feed ramps). We source Mil-Spec Upper Receivers that have M4 Feed Ramps.
I have no problem with the idea of asking others for feedback on the product... but I am curious by what standard do you judge that feedback if/when you get it? How do you know if the feedback is honest (regardless of whether it's good or bad)? How do you know if the person giving the feedback knows what they're talking about... or knows how to assemble the product properly (assuming they assemble their own finished upper using our barrel)... or what standard they use when testing the fnished product... or what ammo... etc.?
It's not hard to screw up test data (either intentionally or unintentionally) and it's not hard to make something look good or look bad... again either intentionally or unintentionally... so how do you judge what to put faith in and what not to?
My point is... even if someone posts that they have one and that it is great... what does that really mean and how do you determine if their opinion is worth anything?
Mark
