I'm aware!! But you never know when someone does that with a saw then runs into problems then unloads a clean one that they were prying with and throwing around.
True, big reason I avoid the homeowner saws all together, pro saws are just built better.
029-039s etc are mostly plastic with the bar bolts being in plastic, at least on one side, that **** is just stupid.
As I've said my saws get the crap clobbered out of em daily, and they hold up to it. Spend a little extra money on a decent saw and never fear.
That said, I have a stack of parts that have come of my poor ole ms260, I was hoping to someday put together an entirely roached saw of nothing but broken parts, sadly after 12-14 years of hard abuse, being run over, dropped from 80' up a tree, thrown off cliffs (on purpose, or not), rained on, stepped on, hit with axes... the meat of the old girl is still good, just starting to get tired is all. Still starts 3rd pull, but is weak, and rattly...