Stag's parent company is CMT which is a casting/production company that makes the castings for many of the major companys. They are said to make some of colts stuff and all of the new S&W stuff. Major manufacturers are hesitant to admit they don't make the stuff they sell with their own name stamped on the side. I am unclear but apparently some mfgs do the finish machineing and finish work and some have CMT deliver finished parts complete with name stamps and they just assemble the parts. I have read that S&W even sends warantee guns back to STAG so my guess is the S&W units came from CMT/STAG completely assembeled .
So yes the Stag Guns/parts are very much top tier in the world of ARs
My gunsmith got a crate or two of cosmetic second lowers from Stag (his shop is in New Britain Ct ,Home of Stag) I looked through the box,couldn't find but a couple little marks in the whole box. My smith was selling them for $75 each out the door and many of them had front takedown pins and bolt stops installed. I messed up, I only bought one! This "second" has a better fit and finish that any of my Bushmasters .(I like the bushmasters just fine,the stag is just better)
