Why?? Are the metal ones that ****ing heavy?? Can't be that much of a difference.
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polymer AR lower
- Thread starter smk1026
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Your right, they do have a place. In the garbage can. Even the air soft gun I bought my son is has an aluminum lower.
Lmfao! He'll either way I'm not buying one.
Once again, we find ourselves in perfect agreement! ;-) There's just no advantage to a polymer lower. The price difference is basically a few boxes of ammunition. What you give up in long term durability just isn't worth the few bucks it will save you.
Do you seriously think there is a quantifiable difference between polymer lowers? One of those didn't even survive shipping. One bad fall in the woods and that polymer lower is likely toast. And don't even think about mortaring it if you get a stuck case. Sooner or later, the polymer will give up the ghost and it will be long before a forged lower would even come close to breaking. Is it really worth saving less than a hundred bucks to have what is essentially a disposable lower receiver?
That is sum funny stuff rite dar!
lol...I used to carry around a big fat magic marker in my inside jacket pocket. It was my beta capsule. When I was in second grade, I actually tried to use it when a couple of 4th graders ganged up and were about to kick my ass. They took pity on me...or could no longer fight from laughing when I held it up and made the chwewewewewewew noise lol....hmmm speaking of...a few years ago, a friend got me a science patrol set with communicator, beta capsule and..I think a badge or something. I don't remember. It's boxed up somewhere in the basement for when I finish my mancave. YES! I have a real beta capsule now. I wonder if those punks want to take me on now! I'll see what I can do about getting you the discs. I might have a way where you don't have to return them...
I watched some videos on the new frontier poly lower it seems like a tough lower, but I don't like reviews from manufactures...for obvious reasons. They were selling complete 100% lowers for 114.00 personally. I like my alloy. I tend to run it hard and to me poly doesn't belong on a rifle but id be open to checking one out, before owning one of course.
I look at them the same way I do a Remington 710 or 770. I'd buy one for half of wholesale value so I know I could sell it quickly and make a few bucks for getting my hands dirty.
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Actually out the door these were about $480 summer of 2012 from a good guy on here. I dont like them and wouldnt own them, but for what they cost then that wasnt a bad deal for a plinker. They would still sell for that on here. To each their own.
