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Thread: Polymer Lowers, Yay or Nay?
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12 October 2014, 16:25 #16Member
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I did the jmt. Was fun and nerve racking to mill. I'm not too impressed with them when you can get a mil spec for 55$
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12 October 2014, 16:35 #17
I've seen one to many picture like that for me to trust one.
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12 October 2014, 16:40 #18
Sorry, the pic won't do, he wants real firsthand knowledge! How about that warranty? Was it 50/50, if it breaks you get both pieces?
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12 October 2014, 16:48 #19
I don't know why people keep trying to justify their polymer purchases.
The main argument that Polymer Manufacturers seem to make is that they are just as strong as aluminum ones. Well if they are just as strong, why am I going to possibly pay the same or more than an aluminum one to save a couple of oz's maybe?
Good aluminum lowers that are in spec are and have been under $100. There is zero reason to buy a Poly.
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12 October 2014, 17:34 #20Contributing Member
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How much weight do you actually save by choosing plastic over aluminum?
An ounce or two? Not worth it to me, especially when you're losing strength and durability.
If I want to shave weight I'll do it via the barrel and handguard.
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So that said, anyone wanna buy a poly lower? We'll start the bidding at 3 cents.
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12 October 2014, 23:13 #23
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12 October 2014, 23:20 #24
Since you already have the lower, why not just try it? Generally a 7.5" pistol isn't exactly the gun you have next to your bed when things go bump in the night, so for a range/fun gun it would be a great host for a lower that you know may have issues with. If/when is fails, have a replacement ready.
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13 October 2014, 13:07 #25Member
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13 October 2014, 13:26 #26
Since you do already have it and technically/legally it IS the gun, go ahead and use it. If I had it and it belonged to me, that's what I'd likely do even though I wouldn't choose to buy one.
Knowing now what has been provided for info for you, my recommendation is NOT to build a pistol from it UNLESS you put an adjustable gas block on it to bleed out gas so that just the amount necessary to have the action cycle gets into the upper receiver.
If you don't use an adjustable gas block building the gun, don't build a pistol with it.
If I had it (and selling it way out here in the middle of nowhere would be a bit of a pain in the butt..), I'd build a carbine/rifle with rifle length gas port. That would minimize the gas pressure going back to the bolt carrier and slamming into the buffer. I wouldn't ever want to really trust my life on the gun, but, that's how I'd build it. I'd likely even use an adjustable gas block even for a rifle length gas system if I had to use a polymer lower receiver.Freedom is NEVER Free. We have to work to protect it and even be willing to die to protect it.
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13 October 2014, 13:27 #27
In my perosnal experience they aren't worth it. The last gun craze back during the election I bought 3 ati omni lowers. One went to my buddy who did the ffl transfer, my little brother got one, and I took the third. I got mine all put together and on an upper then put it in the safe. A week later, I took it out of the safe to go shoot it and it was broke clean at the extension. Sent it back to ati, they sent me a new one and the threads for the buffer tube were extremely sloppy and the upper I had wouldn't mate to the lower at all. Sent it back then they sent me another one. And if it wasn't my buddy handling the ffl transfers then I would have been out enough money to have gone with a forged or even billet to start with but all I could get at the time was poly. Ended up giving the ati to a friend and my brother and ffl buddy never messed with theirs. After looking on ati's website, they changed the design around some. I don't see any problems building a 22 on a poly lower but I wouldn't stake my life on one. Just my personal experience, and I'm sure there are other manufacturers out there who make a much better product.
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13 October 2014, 20:15 #28
I bought 2 New frontier LW-15 poly lowers for pretty cheap $100 for both. I was thinking of building one as a dedicated .22LR for a beater.
I was thinking of trading the other for an 80% lower.They reek of cheap & sucky to me.My 2¢
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13 October 2014, 20:22 #29
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13 October 2014, 20:45 #30
I'm with Viper, if you already have the poly lower, I'd just shoot the piss out of it, and report back.