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Originally Posted by Sequential
GP/WA rifles are already good. Its WE that needs improving hence all the aftermarket stuff to fix a lemon.
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Aftermarket parts are actually usually what cause many of the performance issues in WE rifles aside from hop issues. That's the fault of the manufacturers of said aftermarket parts, not the fault of WE. Most classic example is people putting RA Tech trigger assemblies in WE trigger boxes, or even full RA Tech trigger boxes, and having nothing but problems. Or, using RA Tech carriers and/or nozzles and having cycling issues (been there myself). Funny how switching back to the stock bolt group made it function flawlessly. Again, this goes back to Non-WE parts not being 100% spec'd to WE. Fitment and alignment issues lead to performance issues.
WE parts are stupidly inexpensive and really, the only thing people really worry about breaking in a WE rifle is a nozzle. Considering I have seen a ton of aluminum nozzles break (including mine personally), I'd rather pay $20-25 for a plastic replacement than $90-100 for an aluminum one. Not to mention the fact that aluminum nozzles tend to have even worse consistency than plastic nozzles in terms of gas efficiency and muzzle velocity.
I will digress not to turn this into a "War Of WE". I'm very interested to see first hand accounts one ASC of how this bolt performs with stock nozzles in stock receivers, as well as with aftermarket nozzles in stock and aftermarket receivers. If it cycles smoothly and doesn't have a ton of added weight to cause a plastic nozzle to shatter, it would be worth grabbing in my eyes. If not, I'll stick to polishing carriers.