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Originally Posted by JaPes
IMO, the cost cutting:
- Integral Trigger Guard - one less assembly operation
- No Forward Assist - less assembly, less part cost
- Heavy Barrel - no profile cuts in the barrel means less manufacturing cost
- Melonite Treated Barrel - less complicated manufacturing process
- Magpul Polymer Rear Sight - less expensive than metal
- Handguards - no heat shields
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The only real things on that list that I think qualifies as skimping are the rear sight and the handguards. Of course changing things like that is part of the fun of owning an AR15.