I can't load imgur as they block vpns so I'll take your word on it, thx for tracking this info down tho so we can log it. Personally I can't use a PNW regular flash hider – I run cans on everything so that woulda cost me more to remove than it was worth and isn't a cost benefit to me but opposite, gonna cost me $ to have D.wilson take it off and put on something useable so depends on your scenario there. I remember that deal, was a great price but picking outliers is hard, a bit like that Midway DD deal. I picked up my non BFH ELW 14.5 MCMR-13 in Nov 23 for around $611 and the BFH was def another ~$100. I grabbed mine mainly to get the MK2 upper and had been seeking a while, wanted to see if it mitigated gas better, adding the SFMB PNW was a solid deal out the door, that was solid for the times. A year and a half ago is in line with my "~2 years" remark of this roughly being the same price. We're past the point of looking at prices from years ago imo, unless this economy bottoms out and we have bigger fish to fry, but I'd be happy to go find some receipts from when I was getting 556 for $0.16cpr if people want something to cry about. Personally I don't see $50 as a huge difference today, while I realize a lot of people pointed out the hike as all brands did and hey it is money, in todays dollars it just is meaningless to me personally - you gotta look at the last year and decide for yourself. This identical upper, as yours was PNW, was never in the "550-650 range" recently is the truth. Cost of inflation, I've made a lot more on investments since then to offset so who am I to complain about the $50. I'm more pissed about Taco Bell raising their base BRC to like $4, of the once I've gone there since that 9/23/23 deal was posted and was outraged haha. Aero wanting $100+ for a base M4E1 these days, it's across the board and we need to look in today dollars for deals.

Taking in the value of the BCM BCG at ~$200, that'd put the midway DD deal pretty in line with this one at current price, and from what I recall that was a top DD deal I wouldn't count on seeing again, like the PSA deal for $1000 LWRC. Compare that LWRC deal to anything including this BF, and if you didn't get it then you can wait til your face turns blue this Nov. Midway and their games too, you get a 20% coupon to work that's awesome, they aren't worth my time to play those games personally and cycle 8 accounts hoping one works. My BCM upper is the only I own that I purchased pre assembled and only because they don't sell the MK2 by itself, otherwise I've built all ~15 or so of mine myself, so I'm the wrong market really for people wanting these prebuilds for a name brand roll mark haha Other than a Geissele, and I'm no fan of Bill but nicest out of the box rig I've shot was a G$ sadly, made things like an LMT feel like a PSA – if I see one of their uppers on a good sale I might bite, but it'll be a lot more than this price esp. with G$ BCG. In the name brand game, they stand alone.

Long story short, I'd jump on this deal at $769 including the BCG and still don't see a 16" DDM4V7 (if you got the coupon to work, which is 1% probably of people trying) as a "better deal". If you're in the market for a name brand prebuild upper. Also nothing noticeable as a "blem" in what I received from BCM, and really comes down to how they run. I've put a lot down the pipe and would be happy with this price, fwiw.