AR-15 GUYS, WHERE YOU AT??

[allmotoronly]

i have seen some of the top instructors say to buy factory guns, cause time and time again they see the home brew variety fail during courses.

What are peoples experiences. I dont doubt home brew can be just as reliable if not more reliable than a factory gun, but what skill level is required to achieve this?

Anyones home brew really been run hard against factory guns for comparison?

I put almost 3000 rounds through one of my home brew sun devil billet upper/lower AR's in one weekend and had less problems than my buddy who put 1000 rounds through his factory RRA AR. Granted, his gun was fresh off the shelf and mine was broken in, but he had two or three ftf's, and a problem cycling after 900 or so rounds without cleaning. I have close to $2000 in my setup, so I would have been disappointed if it wouldn't have made through 3000 rounds without a problem.

[Danny]

I put almost 3000 rounds through one of my home brew sun devil billet upper/lower AR's in one weekend and had less problems than my buddy who put 1000 rounds through his factory RRA AR. Granted, his gun was fresh off the shelf and mine was broken in, but he had two or three ftf's, and a problem cycling after 900 or so rounds without cleaning. I have close to $2000 in my setup, so I would have been disappointed if it wouldn't have made through 3000 rounds without a problem.

thats great. any cleaning or lubing in those 3k?