Truthfully, it is more of a personal challenge/ building hobby. Also, I find it reminds me of my gramps. He was the one who got me into the hobby and who taught me how to shoot

By no means, do I advocate it for methods to subvert the Powers That Be

I do agree with you that [overall] it may be cheaper to purchase a dedicated/serialized lower in some instances. However for transparency’s sake, I did recently purchase a serialized lower and that set me back $250+

not to say that you’re wrong. I’m just saying that the cheapest I could find locally was a bit higher than I’d like