Least expensive quality AR-15 Lower??

cwinn

February 27, 2003 11:01

Can anyone reccomend to me the least expensive quality AR-15 lower recievers? I want to build my own varmint rifle and i think i can save some money buying a lower, then a heav barrel upper. Im talking about complete lower recievers here, not stripped.

I dont know a whole lot about building one myself, but as i understand it if i buy a complete lower and complete upper all i have to do is put them together and i have a rifle, right? If not, then what else is required Thanks!?

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  nmyers

  February 27, 2003 14:12

  There ARE some differences. Most importantly, the front hole on a Colt upper won't match the front hole on most other brand lowers (and vice versa); there is a bushing sold to compensate for this.
  
  The primary reasons I recommend against the build-your-own approach are: the finishes won't match, if you have any problem with functioning you have no one to go to for warranty service, and you will get substantially less for a Mixed Parts Mongrel when you want to sell it.
  
  Neal

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  cwinn

  February 27, 2003 15:17

  Thanks Neal, i never thought about the finishes and resale value.

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  gurn

  February 27, 2003 15:44

  I just got a Stinger Arms AR lower for $89 delivered. They are forged lowers and the black color matches my Rock River just fine. Those are stripped. It's not hard at all to put the parts in though.

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  Rafter-S

  February 27, 2003 19:19

  I would have to agree with Neal on this one. Unless you are a skilled gun-builder, it's best to avoid trying to assemble your own. And even if you did, you won't save that much.
  
  I suggest you brown-bag-it for lunch for a month or two, and forego the beer on weekends. Then you will have enough money to buy a first class rifle.
  
  Respectfully,
  Rafter-S
  
  "What is truth? No wonder jesting Pilate turned away. The truth, it has a thousand faces -- show only one of them, and the whole truth flies away! But how to show the whole? That is the question."
  --Thomas Wolfe, "You Can't Go Home Again" (1934)

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  cpermd

  February 28, 2003 18:26

  I have built on every lower ever made including some 80% that I finished and many billets I have machined on my Bridgeport.
  I have made lowers from ForgeCraft waste chunks.
  Right now the Stinger,Rock River and Olympic forged can be bought for less than $100 and are MilSpec.
  cpermd

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