Cureforcancer
.223 Rem
Anyone familiar with anderson lowers? Quality? Went out to my local ffl with the intention of getting a spikes....came home with 2. The anderson was only 35 bucks. I could not pass it up. Are they crap?
Anderson lowers quality?
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SubOhm
.40 S&W
mil spec = mil spec
anderson is a good value.
anderson is a good value.
GUNSICK
6.5 Creedmoor
They are like an ugly chick when your horny, it works. I'm more refined lol!
Magnus
6.5 Creedmoor
It's a good lower. Anderson makes lowers for some of the big names out there. I have my new build, haven't shot it yet but it's light and feels great on the shoulder. What area did you get the lower??
I like my Anderson lower! Got it from @Rescuestuff.
The only issue I have ever had with Anderson lowers is the pistol grip screw hole is not threaded all the way through. I had to shorten the pistol grip screw by 1/4 inch on both Lowers I put together.
Anderson lowers are the Glock of AR lowers. No frills and they just plain work.
Cureforcancer
.223 Rem
One of the gun Gods has spoken. I take your word for it. At least it was only 35 bucks lol.
$35?!?! Where did you find it that cheap? I have 3, love them. No complaints at all.
Cureforcancer
.223 Rem
Webyshops but in store only. Online they have them for 50 i think
BDinPutnam
.475 A&M Magnum
At that price point I might have bought them all and resold.
Cureforcancer
.223 Rem
Hell these SOB,s down here are CHEAP . They all wanna nickle and dime you. Texasguntrader is full of A-holes.
Magnus
6.5 Creedmoor
I don't know about you but I was almost out of the door to get a few, in NY.
I have no experience with them, but they are fine. They'll do the job. I wouldn't have an issue buying one.
Where is this store????
Cureforcancer
.223 Rem
My best was Big Dog Arms last year on opening firearms weekend. I walked out the door with an Anderson lower for $55.
Prometheus
.177 BB
It's hard to go really wrong with a lower (other than a DIY plastic one), since the job of the lower is basically just to hold the trigger group and other related parts in proximity to each other. The "mil spec" parts tolerance are in some cases as liberal as .020" deviation on some dimensions, compare that to nearly all modern VMC (Vertical Machining Centers- the backbone of automated/CNC production) being capable of .00020 (two ten thousandths) in precision and .001" in accuracy all day long.
What you are getting from practically ANY manufacturer today actually exceeds the "mil spec" of the original Colt drawings and even the more modern TDP by a significant margin. And they are all forged or machined from billet, I don't think you can even find a cast lower in today's marketplace. So rock on with whatever lower you get, there is no such thing as a "junk" lower, the current glut of offerings has essentially removed those from the marketplace. Unless you are buying something really crazy like a lower from China that you found on eBay for $20 from a company that makes airsoft parts. And hell,that might even still work.
What you are getting from practically ANY manufacturer today actually exceeds the "mil spec" of the original Colt drawings and even the more modern TDP by a significant margin. And they are all forged or machined from billet, I don't think you can even find a cast lower in today's marketplace. So rock on with whatever lower you get, there is no such thing as a "junk" lower, the current glut of offerings has essentially removed those from the marketplace. Unless you are buying something really crazy like a lower from China that you found on eBay for $20 from a company that makes airsoft parts. And hell,that might even still work.
dwa12479
.338 Win Mag
No trouble with any of mine. My only rule is no polymer.
Cureforcancer
.223 Rem
Omni hybrid? I seen those....i hear ya. I like plastic parts and plastic pistols and all but a AR lower? Not feeling the idea either.
Morts
22lr
No issues with the one I got.
Prometheus
.177 BB
The point subject to the highest stress is the fillet area just forward and below the buffer tube ring. I have a finite element analysis of it somewhere, I may be able to dig up if you are interested in such things. I was at the design-to-part show two years back and saw a sample part that was very obviously a metal plate (aluminum I think, may have been zinc) with a polymer overmold, and most definitely an AR buffer tube ring with the plate, about 1-1/2" x 1" flat but contoured to the profile of a lower. so there is at least, and probably more, vendors making composite lowers with integrated metal reinforcements. The Omni (which I just looked up) appears to have the internal threads of the ring in an aluminum bushing, which I'm pretty sure the one I saw did not have. Plastic in theory is fine, either Nylon 6 like a Glock or carbon or kevlar FRP should be OK, although I share your sentiment and will probably always prefer aluminum personally.
HiMom47
22lr
I agree with what everyone else said. Anderson lowers are great for the price. Only thing is- they take a shorted than normal grip screw. So go with the Anderson LPK or see if your local shop carry shorter grip screws. Mine did.
Prudii
.357 mag
I bought quite a few when I saw them at a low price while back, just getting around to building a AR now. 