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rooster2412
08-07-20, 21:39
Heard a rumor today at a gun shop about KAC discontinuing the SR-15 lower receiver ? Anyone have knowledge of this ??
ColtSeavers
08-07-20, 21:43
Heard a rumor today at a gun shop about KAC discontinuing the SR-15 lower receiver ? Anyone have knowledge of this ??

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R0CKETMAN
08-08-20, 05:16
Heard a rumor today at a gun shop about KAC discontinuing the SR-15 lower receiver ? Anyone have knowledge of this ??

IF....... it would be the stripped lowers I’m thinking


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MeanCarbine
08-08-20, 05:52
Heard a rumor today at a gun shop about KAC discontinuing the SR-15 lower receiver ? Anyone have knowledge of this ??

This part let's you know the answer to your question.
sidewaysil80
08-08-20, 06:33
Standby for here-say:

Was picking up a rifle from my Knights dealer and when I inquired about getting some stripped lowers, he said they’re discontinued. He was placing an order through KAC and tried to add some of said lowers to it. They apparently told him they’re discontinued. Something about a lot of them coming back for issues relating to being out of spec and/or something about magazine fitment. The shitty part is I just spent $400 on one (I know, I know...it was an impulse purchase) and really hope it’s unaffected by fit issues.
Walker_Texasranger
08-08-20, 07:35
Hmm. I’ve noticed some dealers online getting regular restocks of complete uppers but complete lowers have been OOS for months. I was used to seeing regular restocks of those too. Makes me think there may be credibility to the rumor.

Well damn, what cool complete lower am I supposed to get now? Forget LMT because they are impossible to get.
Corse
08-08-20, 08:32
Hmm. I’ve noticed some dealers online getting regular restocks of complete uppers but complete lowers have been OOS for months. I was used to seeing regular restocks of those too. Makes me think there may be credibility to the rumor.

Well damn, what cool complete lower am I supposed to get now? Forget LMT because they are impossible to get.

I doubt it’s the real SR15 or SR30 lowers. (I just bought a complete SR30 lower). I think it would be the non Ambi stripped lowers.
RHINOWSO
08-08-20, 09:10
Heard a rumor today at a gun shop about ....

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GH41
08-08-20, 17:01
I doubt it’s the real SR15 or SR30 lowers. (I just bought a complete SR30 lower). I think it would be the non Ambi stripped lowers.

Exactly. How can they call them SR lowers? I said it when they first started selling them... I cannot believe KAC did it. Whoring out the roll mark so Bubba could make believe he had a Knights rifle.
Defaultmp3
08-09-20, 13:54
Well damn, what cool complete lower am I supposed to get now? Forget LMT because they are impossible to get.LWRC, Radian, ADM, and MVB are completely ambi lowers that I can think of, LWRC and MVB being forged, ADM and MVB being in stock that I know of.
ColtSeavers
08-09-20, 13:57
LWRC, Radian, ADM, and MVB are completely ambi lowers that I can think of, LWRC and MVB being forged, ADM and MVB being in stock that I know of.

Add Battle Arms Development to the ambi list.
Defaultmp3
08-09-20, 14:24
Add Battle Arms Development to the ambi list.I didn't include BAD because it's not full ambi, as it lacks a right side bolt lock; if you're okay with missing that, a lot more options open up.
ColtSeavers
08-09-20, 15:00
I didn't include BAD because it's not full ambi, as it lacks a right side bolt lock; if you're okay with missing that, a lot more options open up.

Huh, my apologies then. Could you tell me what the latch above the magazine release is for on their 'ambi' lower?

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jackblack73
08-09-20, 16:23
Huh, my apologies then. Could you tell me what the latch above the magazine release is for on their 'ambi' lower?



It's a bolt release, but not a bolt hold open.
ColtSeavers
08-09-20, 16:40
It's a bolt release, but not a bolt hold open.

Thank you.
Defaultmp3
08-09-20, 21:56
Thank you.Yep, bolt release, no bolt lock. I'm deeply biased because I love being able to lock open the bolt with my right hand trigger finger, because I've had to clear a lot of malfunctions while running away from the fuzz (Simunitions suck in rifles, always see if you can't get some UTMs), but one could slap on a BAD Lever and gain that capability, though obviously there are lots of detractors of it, and I'd never recommend it to anyone (I have AXTS AX556 lowers on all my AR-15s, and a MARS-H my SR-25 upper). Definitely a bit of a niche role, though, the vast majority of my uses are for administratively locking back the bolt easily, rather than any kind of malfunction clearance under the clock. Still, IMO a right side bolt lock is a lot more useful than a right side bolt release, since it's pretty easy to hit the left side bolt release after you reload, especially if you have one of the ones with a larger paddle.
Failure2Stop
08-09-20, 22:13
Heard a rumor today at a gun shop about KAC discontinuing the SR-15 lower receiver ? Anyone have knowledge of this ??

Discontinued the TDP style "non-ambi" lowers.
"Standard" KAC lowers are still in production, supply is just way behind demand.
Failure2Stop
08-09-20, 22:19
Exactly. How can they call them SR lowers? I said it when they first started selling them... I cannot believe KAC did it. Whoring out the roll mark so Bubba could make believe he had a Knights rifle.

Original SR-15's were TDP style, non-ambi. So we call them "SR-15" because that's what they are, just like a whole lot of original-issue SR-15s and 16s.
We did it due to a large voice asking for original pattern SR-15 lowers to reproduce old-school KAC stuff, and for those that A: didn't care about ambi features, and B: didn't want to pay for the Ambi (E3) complete lowers.
While the outcome of the project went awry, I have no qualms with the "why" of it.
ColtSeavers
08-09-20, 22:22
Yep, bolt release, no bolt lock. I'm deeply biased because I love being able to lock open the bolt with my right hand trigger finger, because I've had to clear a lot of malfunctions while running away from the fuzz (Simunitions suck in rifles, always see if you can't get some UTMs), but one could slap on a BAD Lever and gain that capability, though obviously there are lots of detractors of it, and I'd never recommend it to anyone (I have AXTS AX556 lowers on all my AR-15s, and a MARS-H my SR-25 upper). Definitely a bit of a niche role, though, the vast majority of my uses are for administratively locking back the bolt easily, rather than any kind of malfunction clearance under the clock. Still, IMO a right side bolt lock is a lot more useful than a right side bolt release, since it's pretty easy to hit the left side bolt release after you reload, especially if you have one of the ones with a larger paddle.
Thank you as well, and I apologize if I came across as going for a 'Gotcha' moment, I was truly confused (a bit too easily) as to WTH the lever was for then.
Defaultmp3
08-10-20, 01:13
Thank you as well, and I apologize if I came across as going for a 'Gotcha' moment, I was truly confused (a bit too easily) as to WTH the lever was for then. Not at all, it's just that far too often I see people forget that most ambi lowers lack a right side bolt lock (and there are a few marketed as such that don't even have a left side magazine release).