Sometimes cheap crap is good enough. More than good enough to buy my cheap plastic storage containers, some tools, etc. garage journal has whole threads dedicated to which harbor freight tools are good vs crap.You shop at harbor freight don’t you?
Where your life may depend on it, buy good stuff. Search harbor freight jack stand recall.
Going to the range once a year is one thing, depending on it to save your life...
I’d take a larue, jp, Daniel defense, noveske, lmt... any day over psa, and over colt most days. Or, build my own out of known high quality parts.Would a LaRue be worth going up to $1400?
Upper for $792 https://www.larue.com/products/larue-ultimate-ar-15-upper-kit/
Complete lower $599 https://www.larue.com/products/larue-5-56-complete-lower/
that being said, gunbuffer, Kurtm, and many other current/former 3gunners know far more about the ar15 platform than I ever will. You would do well to listen to them.
I highly don’t recommend vltor stocks if you have facial hair. The are like epilady’s for men.