I have no worries about the unit that Boku tested, I read that thread when it started, but the quality of one unit does not, in my mind, justify complete trust in an entire range.
You hit it right on the head "orientation of the lobe retaining plate is unimportant.", if something so arbitrary, and so blatantly OBVIOUS to the eye is ignored on the advertising photo, then I worry about the checks that go into the entire range.
Once when my older brother was young, he bought a "red rider" air rifle. it fell apart, and the cause was obvious; the people in the factory were lazy, and used their drill head to tighten the nuts onto the bolts without properly threading them first, thus stripping the threads. Does this guy do the same? who knows, certinly not me, and untill I could have complete confidance in the fact such shortcuts, or lazyness, does not take place, I would not trust that piece of gear.
another note on consistancy of quality:
did you see the thread where smoe dude used his truck to test his aliens? they were fucking bomb-proof, shattered the friggin granite. how about the one where the guy used his home testing kit to snap one way below it's rating?
the one Boku tested is fine, as is the one you are using, it would seem, however, I would not feel confidant that the one I recieved was.
Maybe I'm paranoid, or maybe I'm just smart, or maybe I'm a predudist dickhead who doesn't trust sat-state production quality. Who knows.
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-MagnuS