I think the main reason you only see billet is that its not worth the money to set up forgings. The equipment cost for the forging setup is higher than you'd think, and there isn't enough volume of 308 lower sales to support it from any one manufacturer.
The forged upper is fine, and partially its more reasonable to forge because the "mold" is much simpler. I think. I could be entirely wrong here as well :)
she's pretty local to me. Once Shadow Ops builds some complete rifles rather than parts, I'll end up bringing them over to her to do video reviews on :)
I'm sort of on the fence. Should they stay and fight instead? by withdrawing to friendly states only, it seems to me that over time the # of unfriendly states will just continue to grow as douches out of their couple of big cities will pass ludicrous laws that have no real effect on crime.