I will disagree with you on calling the Gen 2 Billet AK junk. It passed the AKOU 5000rd test. While no manufacturer was perfect, the Gen 2 Billet AK’s were good guns. The purist crowd rightly called for forged, so we decided to move to forged. This is where the Gen 3 began, forged components.
In regards to what you are calling a “chip” like Robski is seeing. I believe what you are referring to is the wearing in of the bolt and trunnion. Once it reaches a certain point, everything will polish over, and the wear will stop.
I will be coming up with a detailed clean and clear explanation of each generation of our AK, along with videos done on different variants by folks like Robski. Basically a definitive history of our AK’s until now, and the difference between each. I will have this out by 5pm on Friday. I am going to work with our lead AK engineer to have as much detail as I can.
Here is the thread it will be posted in. PSA AK Products - #4 by Josiah_PSA I will rename the thread “The Definitive History Thread of PSAK’s”.
ETA COB on Friday