Stripped AR Lowers

[spectra]

I will speculate that they are not blems. I and a few friends have several of them. Of the two that I know were used in builds this week there have been no problems.

I have also purchased a few Andersons and they all were mint when I got them. One lower I mated up to a Mega Billet upper and it matched perfectly. People don't like the horse but for 39.99 I will take it Plus the horse has gotten a little smaller on the new stuff they have.

 

[IronMonster]

This is the flaw on the Ares Armor lowers, you can see they ran a tool into the mag well lip. I bought 4, they are all exactly alike.

 

[B5Ben]

PSA sells blems that maybe 1 out of 5 has a small scratch to it.A friend bought a box of 10 and never did see what the blem was.
So I believe most blems are cosmetic.Have never heard of a blem being machined wrong.
YMMV

I cant see them selling somethign with a hole in it or big gouge or something major but I just ordered a BLEM PA-10 lower from PSA today. I am hoping I am not going to regret not spending an extra $40 for the non-BLEM. I'm sure it will be fine and hopefully not noticeable, but I still have this little voice in my head barking about it.

 

[IronMonster]

Id be willing to bet that you wont even be able to tell what the blem is.

 

[eldbillbo]

calling them blems is a gimmick . Tell me why the only thing you can buy from some of these companies are blems . They had to come up with a excuse for selling them so cheap without pissing off their customers that paid much more them prior to the flood . where were all these blems when we really wanted them . some companies in order to call them blems would send a employee into a room of parts with a hammer and said to tap each one so we can call them a blem.

Its a big Joke but Enjoy it while you can I'm just looking forward to the blem .22 bricks

 

[jluck]

I just went through about 30 Anderson "blem" lowers, The only blemishes were from poor packing on the last order of 17. A few nicks in the finish. No biggie too me.

 

[Stomper]

The leading edges on an AR were BORN to be worn!

 

[balline36m3]

I've bought a psa blem upper and haven't been able to find the blem. Know a few others with the same experience

 

[mjbskwim]

I just went through about 30 Anderson "blem" lowers, The only blemishes were from poor packing on the last order of 17. A few nicks in the finish. No biggie too me.

Eldbillbo,maybe this is the reason,so they can hurry up the packing and not worry so much about wrapping them good
And I have heard that if the batch has one blem then that batch is blems,so you may not get the blemished one from the batch
Inoknow....

 

[jluck]

We have at least 50 more coming, Will report. The Anderson LPK's have had some problems with being incomplete though.
A call was made to the supplier about the poor packaging so we'll see if that changes. A few of the guys that ended up with some of the last order weren't happy with any imperfections.

 

[IronMonster]

We have at least 50 more coming, Will report. The Anderson LPK's have had some problems with being incomplete though.
A call was made to the supplier about the poor packaging so we'll see if that changes. A few of the guys that ended up with some of the last order weren't happy with any imperfections.

Guys buying $50 lowers want perfection? I guess that does not surprise me. I have a Anderson lower that has one of the trigger guard ears broke off. I bought a $30 Stark pistol grip with a built in trigger guard and it works great, and covers it up. You wouldn't even know unless you looked real close. Still I could not find a buyer for it for $35 including the $30 grip. I gave up and use it on one of my rifles and its fine.

Personally I have fixed many "imperfections" with a bit of flat black spray paint.

 

[jluck]

Guys buying $50 lowers want perfection? I guess that does not surprise me. I have a Anderson lower that has one of the trigger guard ears broke off. I bought a $30 Stark pistol grip with a built in trigger guard and it works great, and covers it up. You wouldn't even know unless you looked real close. Still I could not find a buyer for it for $35 including the $30 grip. I gave up and use it on one of my rifles and its fine.

Personally I have fixed many "imperfections" with a bit of flat black spray paint.

I know...I know.

There even less than $50....

FWIW, I REALLY like the ones with integrated trigger guard. They seem much beefier.

 

[B5Ben]

I agree. I would prefer if they just molded a winter trigger guard in and call it good. You can get them but wish t was standard.

 

[spectra]

I just picked up a Anderson with the trigger guard and I like the looks. Now if the Anderson upper would just flow with the lower it would be a perfect world The Mega billet lines up better.....

 

[drewp]

Still I could not find a buyer for it for $35 including the $30 grip. I gave up and use it on one of my rifles and its fine.

Personally I have fixed many "imperfections" with a bit of flat black spray paint.

Id buy it for $40!!!!.

 

[IronMonster]

Come get it

 

[drewp]

Come get it

Come get it

If i make a trip up there i will

 

[pyromancer]

Anderson stamps their blems as blemished where the hand guard goes. So the reseller kind of has to tell you if they are blems. That being said I bought two Anderson blems about a year ago and I could not find any blemishes on them other then the stamp.