Stag, for as long as I have been interested in ARs, has been around but always in the background. For nostalgia, I would hate to see them go. After their relaunch they seem to have been less a manufacturer and more an assembler. This may have always been the case, but at that time, people cared much more about parts sourcing. Still, my first AR was a frenkengun with a Stag model 2 upper. It had an unlined 1-9 16" barrel and a commercial bcg, but it ran great and was more accurate than it should have been.