1) Does anybody have experience with drop in free floating rails? I am looking forward at Project AR Upgrade Phase 2 and this Troy rail looks like a good option. If anybody has experience with Troy rails or another drop in free floating rail please chime in.
2) Does the brand of a stripped lower receiver actually matter? I'm talking just the big piece of metal all the stuff goes in and on. I saw a big post on ARF that basically said they are actually made by 3 manufacturers.
3) Does anybody have experience with fall/ winter gardening in the Southwest? If so please either leave your contact info or PM me at theotherryan@yahoo.com.
Thanks in advance
2) Does the brand of a stripped lower receiver actually matter? I'm talking just the big piece of metal all the stuff goes in and on. I saw a big post on ARF that basically said they are actually made by 3 manufacturers.
3) Does anybody have experience with fall/ winter gardening in the Southwest? If so please either leave your contact info or PM me at theotherryan@yahoo.com.
Thanks in advance
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i've used just about every brand lower out there. pretty much no dif. i shy away from the polymer ones though, bad reviews on the net. can't remember the brand but one had tiny setscrews in the takedown pin and pivot pin holes. threw me why i couldn't get the detent in until i realized. haven't had any problems in the last few years even with the cheap ones.
@7:36, Thanks.
One of the most important criteria on the lower is the roll mark.
Seriously.
I have an Aero Precision lower on my BCM upper and they fit very nicely with no wiggle, if that matters to you...
I killed a mini peach tree in the SW recently, if that counts.
Chris, Yeah I am much more about function than form. If I stumble into a BCM lower that would be great but if it is something else that's fine too.
I live in southern AZ at 5000' altitude and have tried winter gardening a few times. Root vegetables (beets, carrots, rutabegas)have done well for me. If you have the inclination, I suggest simple cold frames or a make-shift green house. Both will need attention because one day we're at 70 degrees and the next at 40 and then back up to 70. If you want to invest in a better cold frame, the ones with the thermostatic lifter would make sense. I mostly use baby pools or 5 gal buckets.
I have owned the following lower receivers as a civilian (Colt, DPMS, Eagle/Armalite, Bushmaster, Nodak Spud and Charles Daly) and used the following while working for Uncle Sammy (Colt, Hydramatic and Harrington & Richardson).
If there was a dime's worth of difference between any of them as far as durability or suitability was concerned, you couldn't tell it by me.
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The nice thing about AR lowers is that the function is generally equivalent, it is a non-stressed part, so you can pick based on form instead!
I got the Aero precision because it is a nice empty "canvas" that I can later get engraved with something cool like an Alaska flag or slogan. I also collect lowers from regional armories where I've lived. They're not that expensive, they all have unique rollmarks, they're all functionally identical, and it never hurts to have an extra few lowers salted away.
Monsoon Matriarch, Thanks.
H and Chris, That is what I thought. Thanks for taking the time to reply.
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