building a light ar?

[propellerhead]

I had one from http://www.yhm.net" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;. As stated above, I bought the upper first then the lower a few weeks later. It cost me much less than their website price. Ask you FFL first if you know one personally. They often get discounted prices for being an FFL.

[OldCannon]

Here's a few torture tests by the NFA guys on these new lowers:

This the first one bangs the heck out of the fire control group (the test unit is pretty cool)
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This second one shows how the poly lower stands up to the same kind of pressures that would cause an aluminum lower would fail:
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This last one is them just giving an assembled system a good, old fashioned functional beating
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[texasmusic]

They should have taken the lower to the same pressure the Aluminum one was seeing. They only matched deflections... the old aluminum one was seeing a lot more force.

[PeteCamp]

I am skeptical of it - not because it is polymer, but because there is no mention of where it is made. All polymer is not alike. Remember the old maxim: If it looks too good to be true, it just may be. Until I had proved it personally, it would be fine for a range toy, but there is no way I would bet my life on it. The mil-spec lower is just not that much more expensive or heavier.

Edit: Absolutely no disrespect intended to OldCannon here.

[OldCannon]

I am skeptical of it - not because it is polymer, but because there is no mention of where it is made. All polymer is not alike. Remember the old maxim: If it looks too good to be true, it just may be. Until I had proved it personally, it would be fine for a range toy, but there is no way I would bet my life on it. The mil-spec lower is just not that much more expensive or heavier.

Edit: Absolutely no disrespect intended to OldCannon here.

None taken. People didn't trust Glock polymer frames either

The fact that NFA backs their lowers up with a lifetime defect warranty says a lot about their faith in the product. I know that a poly lower won't be for everybody, just like for pistols -- something different to suit all needs. What I _do_ think is that this is a quality product at an absolutely rock bottom price, and I'm proud to be able to offer them. I don't take any offense at all if you just can't bring yourself to move away from aluminum.

[OldCannon]

Sorry to resurface this thread, but just wanted to say the order for 25 of these went out today. Everybody that has PM'ed me already gets priority at getting one!