CWulf
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They are no longer shipping lowers to Massachusetts as evidenced by the second round of group buys
Yeah, that's true, but I thought OP might be in NH by his tagline...
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They are no longer shipping lowers to Massachusetts as evidenced by the second round of group buys
They are no longer shipping lowers to Massachusetts as evidenced by the second round of the group buy
They are no longer shipping lowers to Massachusetts as evidenced by the second round of the group buy
Any reason why they stopped shipping to MA? I would think that a lower wouldn't have any problems, even with the AWB.
i totally get the idea of using it with a 22lr upper, but it escapes me why anyone would put that on a proper .223 or, AR10 build. i hope ar10 plastic shit does not even exist, it better not.My nephew got to take it out with a .22lr upper on it and he loved it.
Hmmm. Interesting. I can't figure out why they didn't make some sort of adjustable stock mount instead. This is 2022. I have mixed feelings about hte permanent pistol grip as well. I like having the option to remove one, but do I ever WANT to remove it?? No. Not really.
i saw those, and i like the larue one better. but, it is a personal preference thing. a larue fandom for me, anyway.I have a couple of AR's that had Magpul furniture on them. I picked up a DDM4A1 and liked the furniture so much that I replaced the Magpul stuff on my other ARs with the DD parts.
Larue stuff is good, I built one for my wife using ultimate upper kit. Personal preference indeed.i saw those, and i like the larue one better. but, it is a personal preference thing. a larue fandom for me, anyway.
Polymer frame handguns don’t have an issue with trigger pins walking out. And there are a number of military carbines with polymer lowers. KE Arms claims mil-spec fire control groups will work just fine. But if you use a cassette-type drop-in trigger, they recommend one with it’s own retention clips. The receiver is slightly thicker at one of the trigger pins and therefore standard anti-rotation pins/pins with screws on the ends won’t work.i totally get the idea of using it with a 22lr upper, but it escapes me why anyone would put that on a proper .223 or, AR10 build. i hope ar10 plastic shit does not even exist, it better not.
i would also think the trigger pins will not stay on those holes for very long, it has to develop play as holes will eventually be pushed out of shape.
and also do not get it - for how long will be handle buffer tube stress - if used in a proper .223? looks like a total BS to me, to be honest.
It was all done strictly for durability and to prevent weak points in the receiver. I think it was a smart decision. Other rifles with polymer lowers don’t have to worry about a section coming up in-line and behind the action and potentially creating a narrow section of polymer.Hmmm. Interesting. I can't figure out why they didn't make some sort of adjustable stock mount instead. This is 2022. I have mixed feelings about hte permanent pistol grip as well. I like having the option to remove one, but do I ever WANT to remove it?? No. Not really.
an interesting statement, i cannot truly see how it can be true, but, ok.KE Arms claims mil-spec fire control groups will work just fine
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in none of polymer pistols you'd have a bolt smacking like that straight at the hummer that itself sits on a rather stiff spring and all that sits on a pin that get stressed down into the frame through this process. …
Strength.Hmmm. Interesting. I can't figure out why they didn't make some sort of adjustable stock mount instead. This is 2022. I have mixed feelings about hte permanent pistol grip as well. I like having the option to remove one, but do I ever WANT to remove it?? No. Not really.
??Forged vs billet polymer. The latter is stronger...
How often have you seen a forged lower fail?Forged vs billet polymer. The latter is stronger...
Polymer lowers if done right are fine. Even though a little different than AR15, FN Scars have polymer lowers and not an issue. Sure they can break but they can take a lot, a lot of abuse.
Reportedly the KE Arms folks did a lot of design and testing in order to ensure durability of the buffer tube. This was addressed on one of the InRange videos, IIRC.I don't disagree, but would toss out there that the SCAR lower has no buffer tube. That's a critical point of failure in a polymer AR lower. With a scar, the upper just sits on top of the lower with no parts of the lower protruding into the upper space going perpendicular to the direction of the action. So the stress points are mainly the front pin hole and the rear tab section that slots into the stock. I'm assuming it would be easier to reinforce those sections over a buffer tube housing.
Reportedly the KE Arms folks did a lot of design and testing in order to ensure durability of the buffer tube. This was addressed on one of the InRange videos, IIRC.
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billet polymer?
I'm not sure what you're trying to say here.
We don't "forge" plastic, we injection mold it. We don't tend to talk about machined plastic as "billet" since that's mostly a term that's been glommed onto by the commercial firearms industry for marketing purposes. A billet is just a chunk of material.
When talking about aluminum lowers, forged parts are generally stronger than "billet" (often, extruded) parts. The commercial preference comes from the fact that the CNC process makes it easier to quickly produce new, complex designs - allowing them to add flared mag wells and custom trigger guards without expensive investments in custom tooling. That extra machine time is costly though, so they pass that on to the customer via premium marketing.