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Cerro makes Anderson lower forgings. Colt gets some of their lower forgings from Cerro. The majority of the finishing of the receivers is done with automated equipment, so, it's kind of hard to screw that up. If that lower is good enough for Colt, it will serve you well, just without the logo.
Here is another company that has Rifle Kits for reasonable price.I want to buy a AR 15 parts kit, looks like there are some available from PSA. This will be my first AR build, and I want to get a kit with everything but the lower right now, then save for a good lower reciever. Does anyone have any suggestions for other parts kits that are currently in stock? Thanks everyone!
This is the type I was thinking of, with everything but the lower. Wondering if any one has used these, or if there is a similar priced higher quality option.
Agreed. The milling work is what set companies a part. Some might batch test smaller quantity vs larger quantity and it's where QA/QC comes into play.Who cares if they come from the same forgings, it is the machine work that counts. Anderson quality is known to be hit or miss, same with PSA.
Nice almost paid $50 for the Wheeler set.You will appreciate having a set of these when driving in a roll pin on the side of the receiver.
$10.99 at harbor Freight.
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Harbor freight has some bits that will work as starter punches.A roll pin starter set comes in handy when you first start driving in the roll pin without deforming the end of the roll pin.
Those Harbor Freight centering punches are great for finishing up drifting the pin into place.
I use a smaller centering punch to drift the pin flush inside the hole, or to drive one out.
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Make sure you have a nice big clear plastic bag open in front of the lower while you try and get that pesky spring and follower into the front take down pin.
If it is so hard to screw up, then why are so many lower tier lowers, out of spec?
Do you have any examples where an Anderson lower (the stripped lower) was out of spec? Just before Shotgun News went out of business and became Firearm News, they had an article on who built what lowers and the quality thereof. Anderson had the same receiver as mid tier lowers and Anderson receivers were all well within spec. Bear in mind, this applies to the stripped lower. I do see differences in the lower parts kits, but I've read of people getting out of spec parts on CMMG, DPMS and Spikes. Anderson does have questionable parts in the lower (except their rounded trigger works decent if you ever use one of those junk Chiappa lowers in 22 LR (most AR hammers cause those cheap uppers in .22 LR to jam).
Which lower did you go with on this build?I've used them. After the build I have had absolutely zero problems with them. The ONLY problem i had was one (1) FTF (fail to feed). At that round wouldn't chamber in any of the other rifles we brought.