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May 27, 2012, 10:10 AM | #26 | |
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The weight of a bull barrel isn't analogous to the weight of a stainless receiver, vs. an aluminum receiver. Fact is, in my humble opinion, there just isn't any cogent reason to craft an AR receiver out of stainless steel. |
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May 27, 2012, 11:35 AM | #27 |
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Here get this:
http://www.joeboboutfitters.com/New_...a-stripped.htm |
May 27, 2012, 12:05 PM | #28 | |
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In the end the difference in mass wasn't enough to overcome the difference in price and I passed. Jimro
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May 27, 2012, 12:16 PM | #29 |
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Steel is for mall ninjas.
Tier 1 Delta SEAL Recon Operators shoot Titanium ARs http://nemoarms.com/worlds-titanium-...o-arms-100000/ Derp |
May 27, 2012, 03:30 PM | #30 | |
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May 27, 2012, 03:56 PM | #31 |
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Now you are trying to twist my words to agree with you when I clearly wrote "I disagree."
If the cost were the same I would have bought stainless steel in a heartbeat. But the cost for the bare reciever was still two hundred over a complete lower. I make more money now, so that might not be such a problem, but I'm not in the market to build another match rifle. Jimro
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May 27, 2012, 04:32 PM | #32 |
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Was just twisting your words to make a funny, not to challenge your conclusion about ss receivers. I do agree that you made a cogent decision not to spend the extra money for the ss receiver. I'd also assume that you're using a lead stock insert and other methods of increasing weight?
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May 27, 2012, 04:40 PM | #33 |
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My lead stock insert has been backordered since Custer was a Corporal, so I've been using home made weights that I made by inserting lead bullets into balloons for my buttstock. When I shoot out my current barrel a front lead sleeve will get put under the NM freefloat tube (the barrel sleeve weight is never backordered). Eventually I'll have to figure a way to fill the pistol grip with lead too.
I may not be a good enough shooter to see the difference between a few ounces on the target, but once you add a couple pounds of lead it gets a lot easier to keep the rifle on target (once you get their with NPA). Jimro
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May 27, 2012, 05:49 PM | #34 |
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If you've got money to burn, a titanium lower would be way cooler than one in stainless steel. Or, at the other end of the spectrum, why not make one from wood -- how cool would a one-piece lower and butt stock be?
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May 27, 2012, 05:54 PM | #35 |
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Plenty of reasons stated not to make the lower out of Stainless ... but I find myself wondering why they wouldn't make one out of a glass filled polymer. You might need an aluminum insert where the buffer tube attaches, but I'm thinking that would be it.
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See post #27 for link to poly lower reciever.
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May 27, 2012, 11:08 PM | #37 | |
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May 27, 2012, 11:38 PM | #38 |
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I figured post 27 was a link to a SS lower and didn't even follow it.
That is interesting, but I am a little surprised that they didn't do an insert in the buffer tube thread. Anyway, I guess when you can get an aluminum stripped lower for $79, there just isn't much you can do to improve on it price-wise. I got used to buying complete Mausers in nice condition for $39 ... now everything looks SOOO expensive Saands |
May 28, 2012, 11:04 PM | #39 |
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the AR is already too heavy for a steel receiver. Stay back from those prairie dogs they carry the plague and can kill you.
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September 6, 2012, 02:08 PM | #40 |
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Stainless lower
When I built mine it was for service matches. The stainless lower put just under a pound on the weight of the rifle plus lead in the butt got the total to around 13 pounds. Also it is where it adds weight, low. This rifle produced my first perfect scores in the rapid fire stages as it did not move under recoil. Besides, back then the bare receiver was under $100 so I thought why not. Still have that rifle and would not part with it.
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A SS lower would be of benefit on a bench gun with the added weight. I think the cost would hamper sales. |
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September 7, 2012, 08:15 AM | #42 |
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Just my opinion, but if someone built stainless lower's and uppers for around $200/per, people would buy them - I would particularly like to see them on an AR-10. Plastic is for toys; Aluminum is for beer; Steel is for war.
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September 10, 2012, 09:51 PM | #43 |
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If they were stainless steel, could we still refer to them as EBR's?
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September 10, 2012, 09:56 PM | #44 |
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Only reason to make stainless-or even blued steel-receivers and uppers for thr AR-15 would be to entice us members of SNM-Sons of Neanderthal Man-who turn up our noses at aluminum firearms.
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September 10, 2012, 10:59 PM | #45 |
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I want it made out of D2 tool steel, then blued and powder coated, then por15'ed and then gun coated that way I know for sure it will last me when the entire world explodes...
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September 10, 2012, 11:11 PM | #46 |
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I recall when Brownell's sold them,IIRC,they weighed 12 oz.
Seems like if folks bought them they would still be there. |
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Well, yeah, they'd be heavy- and I guess that's a big evil for the run and gun guys- but there's still some of us old farts that do silly things like buy lead weight kits for high power competition rifles.
I personally like a balanced AR in the 8lb to 9lb ballpark. That's the glory of how the AR grew and evolved- the basic meat and taters of the things don't have to only make one group of folks happy.
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September 12, 2012, 10:56 PM | #49 |
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There are stainless available WHOLESALEing for 369$
however, I would suggest to move past that entirely and come to the world of titanium.
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I'm sure Red Jacket or Gunsmoke will make them...
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