It's totally friggin' random I swear. I've bought enough guns to get me through a decade worth of subscriptions and i've seen maybe 8 total issues in the last 4-5 years.
So much THIS. Steel is for **** guns you don't care about, and AK's lol. I wouldn't run it in anything I love, or anything i'm relying on to protect my family, property, or myself for an extended period of time.
I get it. Taking an L like that to move on from something that has just been a bad experience is always that last kick in the nads on the way out. Happened to me with my Saint Victor .308 - Which was also my first rifle.
Bought 7 or 8 Springfields since then and have had no issues with them...
The general consensus is all the Springfield optics are a big swing and miss. I'd invest in something else.
Check backorder planet for sales on the AOS optic plates.