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    V Seven Enlightened Lithium AR15 Aluminum lowers

    Exclusively available first at Rainier Arms: https://www.rainierarms.com/v7-enlig...um-lowers-ar15

    Be one of the first to get the V7 Enlightened lowers with our Special pricing

    MSRP- $359.00

    Sale price-$323.10

    V Seven Weapon Systems:

    ENLIGHTENED 2055 LITH/ALUM AR-15 LOWER RECEIVER


    BILLET AR-15 LOWER RECEIVER
    CONSTRUCTED FROM ADVANCED 2055 LITHIUM/ALUMINUM
    TYPE III HARDCOAT ANODIZE
    WEIGHS 6.4 OZ
    SHIPS WITH QD ENDPLATE (7075 T6)
    ADVANCED 2055 LITHIUM ALUMINUM ALLOY IS LIGHTER, STRONGER, MORE RIGID & CORROSION RESISTANT THAN STANDARD 7075 T6
    MIL SPEC COMPATIBLE
    MADE IN THE USA
    100% LIFETIME WARRANTY
    FFL Required Before Shipping.


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    Looking forward to seeing this in person. Tracking says it arrives Monday.

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    Any idea if they are going to make uppers from this stuff?

    Thanks,

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    Looks like they were on the right track then pulled off a huge fail with that trigger guard design.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bzdog View Post
    Any idea if they are going to make uppers from this stuff?

    Thanks,

    -john
    Yes, I believe they have an upper in the works.

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    I dig the looks of this, wouldn't mind having one and a matching upper.

    Because I need another receiver set and all...

    Would consider swapping for my umbrella set on my current set up. Hell its being reworked anyways.
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    Okay so the obvious question is why?

    Why is this more expensive than Noveske Stihl cryptonite?

    Why NOT Titanium? They make everything else in Ti.
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    At that price I would expect ambi controls.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Joelski View Post
    Okay so the obvious question is why?

    Why is this more expensive than Noveske Stihl cryptonite?

    Why NOT Titanium? They make everything else in Ti.
    Because Titanium is heavier, heavier than aluminum, and definitely heavier than Aluminum Lithium.

    As for price, I never machine Aluminum Lithium so I'm not sure how easy or hard it is (tooling/machine time/whatever), but pretty sure it's not a cheap alloy. I read about it being used in fighter aircraft several years ago, kinda wondered when or if it'd hit the AR market.
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    I actually think the price is good for what it is.

    Titanium is 3x the cost: http://www.vertexops.com/mobile/prod...-ti-lower.htm=

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aragorn View Post
    Because Titanium is heavier, heavier than aluminum, and definitely heavier than Aluminum Lithium.

    As for price, I never machine Aluminum Lithium so I'm not sure how easy or hard it is (tooling/machine time/whatever), but pretty sure it's not a cheap alloy. I read about it being used in fighter aircraft several years ago, kinda wondered when or if it'd hit the AR market.
    It's much harder to machine than standard aluminum alloys. DLC or polycrystalline diamond toolings are pretty much the minimum for machining. The Al-Li alloys are pretty amazing. Much less dense but structurally stronger.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aragorn View Post
    Because Titanium is heavier, heavier than aluminum, and definitely heavier than Aluminum Lithium.

    As for price, I never machine Aluminum Lithium so I'm not sure how easy or hard it is (tooling/machine time/whatever), but pretty sure it's not a cheap alloy. I read about it being used in fighter aircraft several years ago, kinda wondered when or if it'd hit the AR market.
    But 7075 AL-Li isn't aerospace alloy, really, and it has its own flaws that Ti doesn't have. Sure, a firearm won't exploit those weaknesses, but Neither will plain old 7075 AL. So, it better be a hell of a lot lighter, because they took away the whole exclusivity thing by including that horrid trigger guard. It doesn't fit the design any better than a snorkel hoodscoop fits on an Enzo.
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    Quote Originally Posted by fledge View Post
    I actually think the price is good for what it is.

    Titanium is 3x the cost: http://www.vertexops.com/mobile/prod...-ti-lower.htm=
    You can also buy muzzle devices for under $40. That's a significant chunk of Ti, so that price is set by the maker, to which I ask; who the hell is Shepherd Firearms? How many insanely overpriced Ti lowers can an unknown maker sell? It's all about the name. Noveske gets a $100+ premium for their roll stamp on a USGI lower.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Joelski View Post
    You can also buy muzzle devices for under $40. That's a significant chunk of Ti, so that price is set by the maker, to which I ask; who the hell is Shepherd Firearms? How many insanely overpriced Ti lowers can an unknown maker sell? It's all about the name. Noveske gets a $200+ premium for their roll stamp on a USGI lower.
    To be fair, Noveske Forged Lowers are $175

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    Fixed it. Gibson does the same thing with the Les Paul. The basic designed hasn't changed in 60 years, but throw on a new color, do a different sunburst finish, or add new-fangled tuning machines and it's another $5k guitar that shouldn't cost more than $1,800.
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