OK, go ahead and explain to me how all of those features mean something, why and how.
One instance that I will mention right off the bat is, I don't shoot M856 tracers in my AR15's, so why do I need a 1/7 twist? What is it about the 1/7 twist that means something other than shooting tracers? I have a 1/7 barrel, and it's simply not the greatest. I wish it were in 1/9. 1/9 or 1/8 would be best for ME, for the rounds I tend to shoot. Likewise, most people tend to shoot 55gr to 62gr bullets and that is why the 1/7 is not the greatest twist rate for me and many other people.
Dual heat shields would be nice if I had a F/A. But I don't, and none of the rifles being sold to civvies brand new right now are either... so why do I "need" dual heat shield handguards? I've put 1000 rounds downrange in a day and never felt like I needed dual heat shields. i.e. How is this as important as have a correctly stake carrier or a chrome lined barrel?
Similarly, M4 feedramps are nice in a F/A.... but I don't have a F/A... they won't hurt anything to have, but that doesn't mean that they are some huge upgrade that we all need to have in our AR15's.
4150 steel is nice... but it's not nearly as important as having a chrome lined barrel.
The CTR is twice the stock the standard 6-position stock is, but I guess since the 6-position stock is "milspec" I should just stick with that? If it's milspec, it should be more than good enough right?
That's just me criticizing the list itself and it's supposed "awesome mall-ninja features"...
Like I said, some of those things matter, a lot. Some mean nothing! Keep in mind, I like LMT's and CMT's in general (the CMT staking jobs can easily be fixed, it's a 5 minute job). Mostly because they are high quality AR15's. They take more precautionary measures than some of the others. I don't really love Bushmaster, DPMS, RRA, or Oly or anything else that is generally cheaper... They don't take as many precautionary measures.
I'm just saying that the list there seemingly makes a big deal out of some stupid things that don't matter and lists it right along with some things that do matter. That alone seems misleading. Sure, list the things that matter, but listing things that matter that are "milspec" and things that don't matter that are milspec is kind of stupid.
That is not to mention that some of the information on the list is straight up incorrect/false. If the list were 100% correct, I probably wouldn't think the list was quite as stupid, but why make a list of incomplete and false information??
I could go over every single one, but I just don't have the time right now... and to be honest, it would be kind of boring and painstaking... but just to name a few right off the bat, it mentions that some manufacturers do special runs of 4150 barrels in 1/7, etc... Stag does this, but they don't mention it on the chart. You can get H buffers for Stag's as well...
Also, as far as "reports of part not meeting spec", that's just silly, you could mark that for every single manufacturer of every rifle... Everyone has put out a lemon...
I could go on...
I understand the thinking that the list is suppose to be helpful to people looking to buy or know more about AR15's, but it's kind of useless unless you are (1) explaining why it's important for the part to meet that milspec requirement or exceed it, and (2) making it 100% complete and up to date.