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  • Lost Spurs

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    They're ok, goid for the price. I wouldn't make one an SBR, or use one in a build i plan on defending myself with

    I've seen more than a few that were just incomplete, no detent holes, one had the BHO rollpin hole closed up on one side, one had the trigger pins mislocated, another had a safety detent spring hole that was a bit off, enough to cause binding.

    Just because something comes from the same place, doesn't mean its made to the same specifications
    Challenge accepted on a SBR out of a poverty pony. My super shorty 556 is just such a gun.

    Some guys would not make a SBR out of a century clone either.

    The other one is a spikes in 300blk with a can under the handguard.

    I probably had (boating accident) a couple other SBR and SBS builds on un-conventional hosts. I have a vintage browning A5 that is fixing to get the saw at one point.
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    Challenge accepted on a SBR out of a poverty pony. My super shorty 556 is just such a gun.

    Some guys would not make a SBR out of a century clone either.

    The other one is a spikes in 300blk with a can under the handguard.

    I probably had (boating accident) a couple other SBR and SBS builds on un-conventional hosts. I have a vintage browning A5 that is fixing to get the saw at one point. View attachment 222549

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    Didn’t you hear they are junk, and it will surely fall apart and blow off your hand any time now!!
     

    Lost Spurs

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    Anderson. Keyhole casting mark = Cerro forge poured the juice into a lower.

    Daniel Defense... keyhole casting mark... you be the judge.

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    Mike_from_Texas

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    Challenge accepted on a SBR out of a poverty pony. My super shorty 556 is just such a gun.

    Some guys would not make a SBR out of a century clone either.

    The other one is a spikes in 300blk with a can under the handguard.

    I probably had (boating accident) a couple other SBR and SBS builds on un-conventional hosts. I have a vintage browning A5 that is fixing to get the saw at one point. View attachment 222549

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    Same here. This one is built on an Anderson lower. And it’s a 2 stamper.

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    zackmars

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    Anderson. Keyhole casting mark = Cerro forge poured the juice into a lower.

    Daniel Defense... keyhole casting mark... you be the judge.

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    Theres a bit more to it than that
     

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    navysooner

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    They can be out of spec, but Anderson will replace them if they are. I have one I can’t put drop I’m trigger packs, but geissele triggers work just fine. They work as any other lower.
    Buuuut with the price they are after shipping and ffl fees I’ve seen plenty of stores at least around me with Aero lowers in stock for the same price as buying an Anderson online, shipping it, and paying FFL fees.

    people that bitch to much about Anderson stripped lowers paid to much back in 2015 and couldn’t sell them off for the prices they paid. Or they are trying explain paying to much for another companies over priced stripped lower.
     

    V-Tach

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    I have sold a boat load of Anderson lowers over the years, and yes...have a couple of Anderson personal built lowers on rifles in the collection.....not one complaint..........
     

    London

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    Now that Hesse/Vulcan seems to be gone forever, they're bottom of the barrel. Even PShitA is probably better. Their tolerances are all over the place and they consistently fail guage checks.

    Check out School of the American rifle on Facebook or Instructor Chad on youtube if you want to get deep into what is good vs bad rather than listening to garage AR assemblers telling you theirs is fine because it looks just like an expensive one to the naked eye. It's a deep rabbit hole.
     

    HCS

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    I have only built one AR with an Anderson lower and it works fine, especially for the price I paid.

    three of my AR's are all older Colt's, one is a Rock River, two are PSA's (one AR-10 with PSA upper in .308 and one AR-15 with CMMG .300 blkout) and lastly the Anderson lower w/ Rock River upper

    had no problems with the PSA's or the Anderson, so I really can't complain.

    I also put together a PSA for my son and he has not had any issue's with it

    not saying their the greatest but the typically work without breaking the bank, I have had several new Colt handguns that had to be returned for factory warranty work in order to properly function, they pretty much all have good ones and bad ones roll out the door occasionally, it's a roll of the dice
     

    Charlie

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    Charlie,

    I'm currently toying with assembling an AR pistol with the assorted "junk box"/leftover circa 1970 Colt's parts that I have "ratholed".

    Please tell me about your pistol. - What length barrel??

    yours, satx
    I bought one a couple of years ago (+/-) and it worked fine for a 300BLK pistol. Back then I only paid $25 for it from a friend. Been working fine ever since.
     

    imntxs564

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    What is the consensus on the quality (or lack of it) relative to Anderson Manufacturing AM15 multi-caliber stripped lower receivers?

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    What is the consensus on the quality (or lack of it) relative to Anderson Manufacturing AM15 multi-caliber stripped lower receivers?

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    I went with the Stripped Anderson AM15 Multi Cal also about 3 or 4 yrs ago for my M4 Shorty Build and it's still on it. I've never had to change it out and for it's low cost I've never had Any Problems with it and I shoot it a lot. Lot of people underestimate it.
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    London

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    Anderson. Keyhole casting mark = Cerro forge poured the juice into a lower.

    Daniel Defense... keyhole casting mark... you be the judge.

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    Forgers don't do the finishing work.

    Anderson is cheap for a reason. Their finishing work is extremely sloppy compared to higher end brands. You might not think that matters until your pins start walking, your buffer retainer has your BT clocked all wrong, you discover your anodizing is very shallow, or pin holes weren't even drilled in the first place (yes I have seen it).

    Companies like Anderson and PShitA are the reason anti-walk pins and these exist:

     

    imntxs564

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    To me what Really Sucks are the Kits you buy if your building your own. I must of gotten a Really Good AM15 Lower and as much as I Shoot it not one problem, but in the beginning after I finished and started to Shoot it I knew right away I had to replace that Cheap Matte Finish BCG and replaced it with a Spikes Nickel Boron and the Trigger was really bad and I replaced it with a Geissele SSA-E 2 Stage Trigger that's the Only 2 things that Were bad...Oh I've also tried different Types of Buffers.
     

    London

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    To me what Really Sucks are the Kits you buy if your building your own. I must of gotten a Really Good AM15 Lower and as much as I Shoot it not one problem, but in the beginning after I finished and started to Shoot it I knew right away I had to replace that Cheap Matte Finish BCG and replaced it with a Spikes Nickel Boron and the Trigger was really bad and I replaced it with a Geissele SSA-E 2 Stage Trigger that's the Only 2 things that Were bad...Oh I've also tried different Types of Buffers.

    Parkerized BCGs are better than NiB. Many NiB BCGs end up with tolerance issues due to the width of the NiB. It's also easy for mfgrs to mess up the process and end up with a flaking BCG.

     
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    imntxs564

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    Parkerized BCGs are better than NiB. Many NiB BCGs end up with tolerance issues due to the width of the NiB. It's alao easy foe them to mess up the process and end up with a flaking BCG.

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    Back in the Early to Mid 80's when we made the switch from the A1 to the A2 you can see the finish differences in the BCG and even now when you build your own AR or M4 you lose the weight of the BCG in the S/A one and that I think that's when you see so many Manufacturers started making them. You are correct though they did start selling more of the Parkerized finish but there is also alot that look Blued or Polished. I know that the F/A BCG were heavier and you started seeing a completely different style of them also.

     
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