Cheapest Milspec AR15 Stripped Lower...

[petrey10]

Who got the cheapest/best deal on a milspec stripped lower?

I am trying to start a budget build and thought I would ask the experts!

 

[Kwanger]

You just missed the best deal going...Palmetto State Armory had them recently at $49.99 each. Still a very full respectable price at $79; very good quality lowers. They periodically have sales, worth keeping an eye on.

 

[Al Thompson]

Yep, PSA.

 

[Z-Michigan]

PSA at $50

Very close runner up is Surplus Ammo & Arms at $60 or so.

Next up would be Aero Precision and Spike's Tactical, the former usually $80 or less and the latter $80 at AIM Surplus.

Aero Precision does the machining of Surplus Ammo and Spike's lowers, last I knew, although each company can choose different details on the machining. Aero Precision does high quality machining.

 

[CJS06]

I just finished a build with a PSA stripped lower that I got for $49.95. Even at the normal price of $79.95 they are a great deal. I am not positive but another forum it was said that Aero does the PSA lowers as well. I have used Spikes as well and for the price will continue to use PSA.

 

[Canuck-IL]

Not sure who "Delaware Machinery" is but R'Guns has their lower for $65 ... see bottom of page
http://www.rguns.net/
/Bryan

 

[Fishbed77]

Ditto to Palmetto State Armory - very nicely finished stripped lowers.

 

[Al Thompson]

According to the owner, PSA uses Aero Precision.

 

[nastynatesfish]

+ for aero precision

 

[gotigers]

Palmetto state armory sale is over. PSA regular price is $79.95. Spikes at Aim surplus are $79.95, free shipping. Surplus Ammo and Arms has their lower at $74.99, they have the Aero lower for $79.99.

 

[browneu]

I have two surplus arms and ammo lowers with no issues. The only complaint which is minor to me is that the lower doesn't have a flared magwell.

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[Z-Michigan]

Palmetto state armory sale is over. PSA regular price is $79.95. Spikes at Aim surplus are $79.95, free shipping. Surplus Ammo and Arms has their lower at $74.99, they have the Aero lower for $79.99.

Ironically, the SAA lower sells for only $59.95 at AIM Surplus when it is in stock there:

http://www.aimsurplus.com/product.a...o+LOW15+Stripped+AR+Lower+Receiver&groupid=53

 

[gotigers]

Ironically, the SAA lower sells for only $59.95 at AIM Surplus when it is in stock there:

http://www.aimsurplus.com/product.as...ver&groupid=53

next time that sale pops up, i will order one. thx

 

[HOLY DIVER]

i bought a PSA upper and i'm very impressed i got a week off work coming up think i'll make the 2hour trip 2 columbia and pick up a lower 2 match. good reason 2 take my old harley on a little trip!

 

[mshootnit]

so then are there any other good sales still going on? Or is it pretty much 80-95 bucks all around?

 

[Kwanger]

Aero Precision on Gunbroker from seller with good feedback: $57.99

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=243651584

 

[Nefarious79]

LRB Arms for $69
http://www.wideners.com/itemdetail.cfm?item_id=8913&dir=700|863

 

[mshootnit]

thanks for the tip picked one up off gun broker! now for the rest...

 

[carbine85]

PSA or Spikes is probably the cheapest I've seen.
A "Mil Spec" lower is a class 3 weapon, so there's no such thing as a Mil Spec semi auto lower.

 

[Z-Michigan]

A "Mil Spec" lower is a class 3 weapon, so there's no such thing as a Mil Spec semi auto lower.

Not exactly. There is no design feature of the lower itself (excluding the FCG parts) that is not allowed as a civilian, semi-auto, title 1 firearm. It's perfectly legal to have a marking for the full auto position. Silly, perhaps, but legal. It's only when you try to install full-auto parts that you break the law (or, in the eyes of the BATFE, if you merely possess full-auto parts and a lower into which they might be installed). Many civilian lowers are made so they are incompatible with full-auto parts (high shelf), but others are made with a low shelf and are compatible, and this is perfectly legitimate - someone might want to buy a pre-1986 registered drop-in auto sear (RDIAS) and install it in their new lower, and if they do so in compliance with the NFA that's fine.

Now, you won't find a military surplus lower on the civilian market for a variety of reasons, both that the US Govt would never surplus something like that to civilians, but also because of the "once a machinegun, always a machinegun" rule interpreting the NFA. But the actual lower is not different in its design from a perfectly legal civilian market lower that has a low shelf and auto markings.

 

[Fishbed77]

FYI - Palmetto State Armory has stripped lowers in their store that they are selling for 10% off (making them $72). I haven't seen this deal online, but thought I would toss it out for anyone that might be passing through the Columbia area.