Daniel Defense BCG! Is it Worth the Money in Comparison with Aero?

The carpet is a welcome upgrade, sir.

I just received a black nitride BCG from Aero and was looking for the items you mentioned in this video. Seems like they saw this and corrected their mistakes or lack of QC, because the one I just got has a similar looking stake job as the Daniel Defense BCG you reviewed here. I was pleasantly surprised for under $150.... Aero makes great products

I love Aero's products... usually my first choice for balance of quality and price.

Grey background is easy on the reviewer's eyes...keep up the excellent reviews KB! Thanks.

I own BCGs from both companies. Both are solid. If you wanted to save some cash and distribute it to another area of your build I'd go with Aero Precision.

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The BCG is the most important part of the rifle, when you are in the middle of nowhere or getting attacked by a zombie horde a broken-damaged extractor or bolt will ruin your day.

Another good approach to bring to these types of comparisons is to measure the quality. Put in the 3 bore gauges, measure the gas tube, pin protrusion and such. Adding these would be a much more quantitative assessment of the quality

Two thumbs up for the lighting, background, etc. It's perfect! I have 2 PSA bcg's. A Nib, and a bottom of the barrel that I paid $50 for. The cheap one felt pretty gritty at first, especially compared to the NiB. But guess what - the cheap one works just as good. Music at the end also gets two thumbs up!

I have both and they are both fine. The Aero is basically a Toolcraft which is rock solid.

The Daniel defense has always been known as a high quality bcg. In my eyes not worth the money but for sure high quality. Going forward I am done with nickel boron too much maintenance and polishing to clean. Black nitride and titanium nitride only for me. Per your recommendation!

Absolutely digging the carpet.

Good video, I run the BCM in “go to” rifle and PSA premium in others with no issues to date

I don't care how good a product is, I will not support companies that even remotely support more or tougher gun laws.

The carpet looks great. Very easy on the eyes, good sir👍🏽

Love the background and the content

How is it that I see people that can just through in that retaining pin for the firing pin with no problem. It never fails. I've always got problems getting it through. The background is great!

I’ve got a Daniel Defense, PSA, and BCM BCG. Both I bought years ago and they’ve been perfect. The DD is unmarked. It’s probably 7-8 years old. Truth be told the PSA has been flawless as well. You’re right about the DD BCG though. It was probably the tightest between all 3 when it was new.

Background good. I certainly wouldn't pay up for the DD BCG. I Got hooked on the XPB from Sharps, which is $30ish cheaper, and a real performer under severe duty. 8K rounds and counting on my original, and will be testing their Nickel Teflon Reliabolt in my new XM177E2 build from OG 'Nam parts including Chromed BC. I figure the Reliabolt will help any issues with no M4 feed ramps on the old receiver, which it has done, since I added it. In my experience, every piece of Aero Precision I've ever used, functioned flawlessly, and was of very high standard of quality. If given just those two choices, I'd go with the Aero, and add the money saved to my ammo budget.

Great review. I think after a while you will reach a point where the law of diminishing returns come into play because the average shooter will not need anything more than a quality BCG from Aero or PSA for that matter. If you want to pay the extra money, by all means you can do whatever you want with your money. Is it worth the money? Depends on the shooter.