longdayjake
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$275 for a complete lower seems pretty reasonable. How much is the lower you're speaking of.
$164.99 and shipping is never more than actual cost to ship. $275 was reasonable in 2009 but today it is too much.
$275 for a complete lower seems pretty reasonable. How much is the lower you're speaking of.
If $275 is a "ton" of money for a lower, then the AR15 should not be on the map, period. In fact, that price point is pretty much the standard for a quality complete lower. The DPMS lower parts kits used in the Surplus Arms lowers are garbage, and I wouldn't advise anyone use them on what might be called upon as a fighting carbine. Broken pins, out of spec pins (sizing), and fractured hammers stand out in my mind as far as what I have seen from DPMS in the last decade. The Tapco RE used likely wouldn't withstand the first attempt of mortaring out a stuck cartridge. As for their uppers, the bolt group lacks MPI of HPT, and the barrel is of their own spec of 416 stainless and 1:8 polygonal twist rifling. I would much rather go with something that is known to be closer to specs of what the M4 actually is.
If not, there's always the S&W M&P Sport as a factory built rifle with a lifetime warranty for $600. It has a S&W LPK (of course) which is known to take being run hard, HPT/MPI bolt in a carrier group with properly staked gas key, castle nut properly staked to Mil-Spec receiver extension tube, and F marked F height FSB. While the bbl is only 4140, it is 5R rifled, and Melonited inside & out; which makes it far more durable than unlined / untreated chrome moly.I have to agree with Ugaarguy on this one. IF, and thats if, the OP is willing to build his own rifle from parts, that is a better way to go. I would still stick with the aero precision stripped lower and upper though.