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Is New Frontier a good lower receiver??
Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2013 12:38 am
by x007x
Hello, I don't have any experience with New Frontier. I am building a new AR, and these are still in stock. Is New Frontier lower receivers reliable and good?
Thank you.
Re: Is New Frontier a good lower receiver??
Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2013 1:35 am
by OldCannon
x007x wrote:Hello, I don't have any experience with New Frontier. I am building a new AR, and these are still in stock. Is New Frontier lower receivers reliable and good?
Thank you.
I've sold hundreds. People love 'em. They must love 'em, cuz they keep coming back to buy more! (And New Frontier backs everything up with a lifetime guarantee).
Re: Is New Frontier a good lower receiver??
Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2013 5:34 am
by jmra
Love mine.
Re: Is New Frontier a good lower receiver??
Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2013 12:10 pm
by x007x
Polymer might be great, but I can get it myself. To me it's like an ehhhh feeling, because its the only lower I see in stock for under $100. Lol
Re: Is New Frontier a good lower receiver??
Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2013 12:29 pm
by baldeagle
Glocks are polymer. Nuff said?
Re: Is New Frontier a good lower receiver??
Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2013 12:53 pm
by RoyGBiv
I still like mine.
Admittedly it's got less than 100 round through it, but, feels pretty solid.
For what you'll pay today, you can sell it for not much less if you decide to move on to aluminum when the market calms down. Small risk.
Re: Is New Frontier a good lower receiver??
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 9:14 am
by v-rog
I purchased a NF complete lower recently and mated it with a DPMS AR-15 AP4 A3 Flat-Top Conversion Upper Assembly 22 Long Rifle 1 in 16" Twist 16" M4 Contour Barrel Chrome Moly Matte with GlacierGuard Handguard, Flash Hider, 10-Round Magazine The two mated perfectly, no gaps.
The one problem I ran into was with the polymer fire control group/polymer hammer. It didn't strike hard enough for the 22 rounds to consistently go off and I had dozens of light strikes with 5 different types of ammo and two different types of magazines. I'd have to reload the light-strike ammo and reshoot it for it to properly fire. I've since installed a ALG Defence trigger group and I will be testing it very soon.
Re: Is New Frontier a good lower receiver??
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 1:55 pm
by OldCannon
v-rog wrote:The one problem I ran into was with the polymer fire control group/polymer hammer. It didn't strike hard enough for the 22 rounds to consistently go off and I had dozens of light strikes with 5 different types of ammo and two different types of magazines. I'd have to reload the light-strike ammo and reshoot it for it to properly fire. I've since installed a ALG Defence trigger group and I will be testing it very soon.
Right. New Frontier points this out on their website and offers a new hammer group for 22lr uppers for about $10.
Re: Is New Frontier a good lower receiver??
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 4:23 pm
by maverick2076
I've built two AR's on polymer lowers. One was on a complete New Frontier lower, and the other one was a stripped ATI lower with a PSA lower parts kit. I preferred the ATI, due to the better trigger feel from the PSA LPK and the less obmoxious rollmark. However, the New Frontier lower functioned perfectly well, saves a significant amount of weight over aluminum, and is really affordable. I would use one again.
Re: Is New Frontier a good lower receiver??
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 5:49 pm
by v-rog
I just got back from the range after replacing my New Frontier Lower poylmer fire control group with a QMS (ALG Defense trigger group & JP enterprises 4.5 spring kit). Absolutely no light strikes or FTE with the new trigger group- 100% functional! The difference between the old polymer group and the new kit is like night and day. I'm sold.
Re: Is New Frontier a good lower receiver??
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 9:35 pm
by v-rog
OldCannon wrote:v-rog wrote:The one problem I ran into was with the polymer fire control group/polymer hammer. It didn't strike hard enough for the 22 rounds to consistently go off and I had dozens of light strikes with 5 different types of ammo and two different types of magazines. I'd have to reload the light-strike ammo and reshoot it for it to properly fire. I've since installed a ALG Defence trigger group and I will be testing it very soon.
Right. New Frontier points this out on their website and offers a new hammer group for 22lr uppers for about $10.
Oh, they know about the problem...and they are charging to fix it...makes perfect sense.
Re: Is New Frontier a good lower receiver??
Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 7:44 pm
by CDH
The difference in cost between a NF poly lower and an entry level forged aluminum receiver is trivial. Stripped AL receivers are showing up again. IMO it just doesn't make sense to go cheap in this case.
Re: Is New Frontier a good lower receiver??
Posted: Fri May 10, 2013 8:09 am
by nvald1982
I would take a look at franklin Armory ar platform. Pretty good I just bought lower
Re: Is New Frontier a good lower receiver??
Posted: Fri May 10, 2013 8:26 am
by RoyGBiv
v-rog wrote:OldCannon wrote:v-rog wrote:The one problem I ran into was with the polymer fire control group/polymer hammer. It didn't strike hard enough for the 22 rounds to consistently go off and I had dozens of light strikes with 5 different types of ammo and two different types of magazines. I'd have to reload the light-strike ammo and reshoot it for it to properly fire. I've since installed a ALG Defence trigger group and I will be testing it very soon.
Right. New Frontier points this out on their website and offers a new hammer group for 22lr uppers for about $10.
Oh, they know about the problem...and they are charging to fix it...makes perfect sense.
I don't see $10 as a major gripe for converting calibers on something designed for .223/5.56x45. I can certainly see where a consumer would prefer the option of purchasing a 22lr-ready lower.... But for $10... in this business.. that probably doesn't cover their internal cost for production, warehousing and shipping. Seems very reasonable.