Thanks for the reply.
I've done an AR15 build, so I have the tools and the ability to put together a lower. For the price I figured that even if it absolutely sucks, I could upgrade the barrel and trigger group and still come out way ahead, but that was before I learned about the platform differences. What I meant by problematic is that from what I've read, it seems like there's no interchangeability between DPMS and Armalite, it might be hard/expensive to get Armalite parts or to upgrade it to any degree beyond the base quality, and of course if Armalite goes out of business or switches to DPMS, the Armalite platform might end up being unsupported. If that's not a problem, then I'd be willing to give it a shot, but if I'd end up having to spend a ton of money I'd rather just start with Aero or another DPMS brand off the bat.
