upper/lower tests...?

[mat10x]

along the lines of barrel testing...do companies that make forged uppers/lowers like LMT, CMT etc...test their uppers/lowers in some way? or are they all pretty much the same in terms of strength and thickness? ie, is a noveske/CMT/stag the same as a LMT or Colt upper/lower or any forged brand for that matter...?

thx.

[MBRMan]

Pretty much all the same.:(

MBR

[markm]

There is testing done.

If you dig up one of those "Book of the AR15" magazines... I can't remember what year... but..

There was an article on Armalite's AR production. The do some sort of testing/inspection on the forged platters that they put into the production of their receivers. I can't remember the exact process they go through, but there was some level of quality check.

[MBRMan]

Wow...So much for "First hand information" on this site. They're pretty much all the same. Of course they're inspected, but among quality suppliers they're pretty much all the same.

MBR

[markm]

but among quality suppliers they're pretty much all the same.


Indeed. Stick with any good company, and you shouldn't have a problem or anything to worry about. I can't remember if Armalite was doing destructive testing on the platters or not off the top of my head.

Strength and thickness are probably less of a concern than accurate machining anyway.