Quentin Defense US Military Edition billet lowers [Archive]

Quentin

01-25-12, 19:06

Has anyone tried one of the new Quentin Defense military edition billet lowers? They have four editions: US Army, USMC, USN and US Air Force. I just ordered the US Army edition.

BTW, I am in no way affiliated with Quentin Defense, except as a customer, even though my screen name is Quentin (my middle name).
Here are links and pictures of all four:

US Army:

http://quentin-laser.com/store/images/USArmyReceiver001.jpg

http://quentin-laser.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=2&products_id=225

US Marine Corps:

http://quentin-laser.com/store/images/USMCReceiver001.jpg

http://quentin-laser.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=216

US Navy:

http://quentin-laser.com/store/images/USNReceiver002.jpg

http://quentin-laser.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=2&products_id=218

US Air Force:

http://quentin-laser.com/store/images/USAFReceiver001.jpg

http://quentin-laser.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=2&products_id=217

And while searching for previous threads I found this one that goes into detail on QD billet receivers:

https://www.m4carbine.net/showthread.php?t=56065

ggp2jz

01-25-12, 19:36

I like that. I may have to pick up an Air Force one to do a remembrance build in memory of my grandfather

mattw82

01-25-12, 19:41

No U.S. Coast Guard?

Smash

01-25-12, 19:51

No U.S. Coast Guard?

They made it. But it was much smaller and everyone forgot about it.

Kidding. ;)

mattw82

01-25-12, 20:00

Ha! Sounds about right actually.....

The_War_Wagon

01-25-12, 20:21

According to Jason, the USCG lower comes out next week.

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r191/Renschler/USCGLower.jpg

ta da. :D

5pins

01-25-12, 20:34

Let us know what you think when it comes in.

mattw82

01-25-12, 20:43

Thanks for the info, looks nice!

Quentin

01-26-12, 01:09

Glad to hear there soon will be a USCG edition too. Thanks for that info The War Wagon!

Eurodriver

01-26-12, 05:31

I'm trying to think what I would do with a usmc lower. I would have to treat it like shit, put the least amount of money in it yet still expect it to perform better than anything else, and I'd have to make sure some higher ranking lower didn't steal my lower to make it police call.

The price is right. Maybe ill start an SPR build.

mkmckinley

01-26-12, 05:49

Kinda cool, who's dealing them?

jet66

01-26-12, 07:26

Those look pretty nice. I've got a few USAF family members that might like rifles for Christmas...

I just don't know if I'm capable of giving them away after I build them. :o

ICANHITHIMMAN

01-26-12, 08:09

What is the Coast Guard?

thecolter

01-26-12, 08:55

What is the Coast Guard?

If I remember right, I think they fall under Sea World...

j/k

Anyways... I wouldn't mind building something with one of the Army lowers though. I kinda wish they were a standard forged lower for possibly a M16A4 or M4 clone build. It would be something cool to have for when I finally decide to get out of the Army (10 years this July).

Quentin

01-26-12, 14:24

Kinda cool, who's dealing them?

I ordered directly from QD. Not sure if anyone else is carrying them but don't think many have been made so you'd likely have to deal directly with QD.

The status on Monday was my order is on hold as they're waiting on a batch of lowers to come back from anodizing. I may order their stripped billet upper to match but first want to see how my Daniel Defense upper looks on it.

MistWolf

01-26-12, 15:00

ForTehNguyen

01-26-12, 20:49

the price is not bad for the design of the lower. Gonna show this to some of my USMC buddies. USMC logo looks kinda weird without the latitude lines on the globe. Should be able to etch those in if the US Army and Navy logos have the stripes.

Need to have all the special forces logos for each branch too: Delta, Rangers, Force Recon, SEALs, AFSOC

Smash

01-26-12, 20:55

It was the Coast Guard that landed our troops on the beaches during WWII, something I didn't find out until recently- http://www.uscg.mil/history/articles/CGPacWar.pdf

My service was with the USAF and my sons have followed my footsteps. I like the new USAF logo, kinda cool

My dad had a buddy who signed up for USCG in Vietnam era because he thought he'd be safely along the shores of the US. They sent him to run around rivers in Vietnam.

Abraxas

01-26-12, 21:00

My dad had a buddy who signed up for USCG in Vietnam era because he thought he'd be safely along the shores of the US. They sent him to run around rivers in Vietnam.

Don't they call that poetic justice?

Smash

01-26-12, 21:08

As a person that signed up during a non-draft time period I can see thinking that's shameful. However, even if you do something like that but serve honorably and follow all orders passed to you then I can hold nothing against you.

And you deserve the right to buy one of these lowers.

Heh.....See the tie in here?

5pins

01-27-12, 09:20

I think the Army should have a cool saying like “Semper exspectans”

Quentin

02-09-12, 02:48

My lower finally came in. Looks real good, I'm pleased with it.

Had a computer crash so slow getting these pictures posted. I'm very pleased how it turned out.

http://i829.photobucket.com/albums/zz211/Quentin68/DSCN1285a.jpg

http://i829.photobucket.com/albums/zz211/Quentin68/DSCN1288a.jpg

http://i829.photobucket.com/albums/zz211/Quentin68/DSCN1297.jpg

http://i829.photobucket.com/albums/zz211/Quentin68/DSCN1294.jpg

http://i829.photobucket.com/albums/zz211/Quentin68/DSCN1300.jpg

digdug18

02-09-12, 09:22

What is the price of the lowers?

3958

02-09-12, 09:24

That lower looks great. I bought my dad (22 years in the Navy) a stripped lower last year for veterans day, and had his name, rate, USN logo, and the gunners mate insignia hand engraved on it. It looks awesome, and he loves it. I just wish these lowers were out last year... Maybe it can be a fathers day present this year. I don't think he would mind another lower...

Quentin

02-10-12, 00:11

What is the price of the lowers?

about $160

Unicorn

02-10-12, 21:16

Locutus

02-10-12, 21:20

The Navy's motto: "Honor, Courage, Commitment"

Unicorn

02-10-12, 23:20

The Navy's motto: "Honor, Courage, Commitment"

Those are their core values, and often used as a motto, but they don't have an actual official motto.

BH321

02-10-12, 23:24

They really should have put the Army's motto on there like they did with the other services.
"This we'll defend," as it's on the Drill Sergeant and MP badges, and on the Dept. of the Army emblem.
Hell, the Navy and Air Force don't even have an official motto I don't think.

Not a bad price for a billet lower with engraving.

In 2010 I believe the Air Force adopted "Aim High ... Fly-Fight-Win". I also believe they've used "Above all" and "No one comes close" in the past and may still do so. I personally believe that the Latin equivalent of "Specta alte" (A phrase attributed to Cicero and meaning to have high aims) would have been nicer, but that is just me.

SANDMAN23

02-10-12, 23:35

That looks really nice! Did they add in your service dates or did you have that done else where?

Unicorn

02-10-12, 23:38

In 2010 I believe the Air Force adopted "Aim High ... Fly-Fight-Win". I also believe they've used "Above all" and "No one comes close" in the past and may still do so. I personally believe that the Latin equivalent of "Specta alte" (A phrase attributed to Cicero and meaning to have high aims) would have been nicer, but that is just me.

You're correct. My mistake, I was looking at outdated information and didn't double check.

Quentin

02-11-12, 00:44

That looks really nice! Did they add in your service dates or did you have that done else where?

I had Quentin Defense laser etch that information for me. They charged $25 which isn't bad at all.

SANDMAN23

02-11-12, 01:00

I had Quentin Defense laser etch that information for me. They charged $25 which isn't bad at all.

Thanks for the info! Not bad at all and it looks great! I will be ordering one for my next build. It will make a really nice memento to pass down to my boy.

Sgt_Gold

02-11-12, 11:28

I'd be interested if they used the actual Department of the Army seal. I'm so sick of the officers cap device.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/Seal_of_the_US_Department_of_the_Army.svg

snackgunner

02-11-12, 11:39

USMC logo looks kinda weird without the latitude lines on the globe. Should be able to etch those in if the US Army and Navy logos have the stripes.

I was thinking the same thing.

viperashes

02-12-12, 09:59

ZoneOne

02-12-12, 11:01

No U.S. Coast Guard?

Not trying to start an argument, but isn't U.S. Coast Guard part of DHS now and not the Military?

Or am I mistaken?

Regardless, the lowers do look nice.

Locutus

02-12-12, 11:08

Not trying to start an argument, but isn't U.S. Coast Guard part of DHS now and not the Military?

Or am I mistaken?

You are technically correct, but the Coast Guard has been patrolling foreign shores as well as our own and have taken as much or even more risk than the Navy throughout our history, including in the Gulf, so it's a distinction I would never make.

JSantoro

02-12-12, 11:27

Or am I mistaken?

The mistake made is that the question is somehow relevant to a discussion of stripped lower receivers.

You can post on M4C, so I'm gonna go out on a limb presume that you have internet-based search engines at your disposal....?

EDIT: The part I forgot to mention, and should have, my bad...there's no realistic way to expect many to remember how many threads we've had threads devolve in the past because of folks' willingness to show off how far they're willing to split hairs over who the CG belongs to, at which time, and under what conditions. Would rather not see it, outside of General Discussion.

mvician

02-12-12, 11:47

Originally Posted by ForTehNguyen
USMC logo looks kinda weird without the latitude lines on the globe. Should be able to etch those in if the US Army and Navy logos have the stripes.

updated engraving on the EAG

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f240/mvician/401608_10150494694191906_112305141905_8872423_317445274_n.jpg

original engraving

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f240/mvician/006-3.jpg

Locutus

02-12-12, 11:58

updated engraving on the EAG

Excellent! I wouldn't have given a plug nickel for the earlier etching - this is a sign that they are listening.

Locutus

02-15-12, 20:26

Excellent! I wouldn't have given a plug nickel for the earlier etching - this is a sign that they are listening.

Then again, maybe they're not listening. I left a message on their website on Sunday asking if they can do my name and service years like Quentin's and if they could give me a custom serial number and they have yet to even acknowledge my question, let alone provide an answer...

ForTehNguyen

02-15-12, 23:00

Marine Corps one looks 100x better now

snackgunner

04-27-12, 19:28

Has anyone else bought one of these Quentin Defense military edition billet lowers? How do you like them?

Im thinking of picking one up.

And can anyone point me in the direction of the lower with the updated engraving of the EGA? Im only seeing this one on their site:

http://quentin-laser.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=2&products_id=216

updated engraving on the EAG

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f240/mvician/401608_10150494694191906_112305141905_8872423_317445274_n.jpg

original engraving

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f240/mvician/006-3.jpg

Eurodriver

04-27-12, 19:50

I too would like to know if I order one will I get the old or new version?

snackgunner

04-28-12, 10:39

I called them up. They said they no longer have the older version of the Marine Corps lowers. So the only ones they sell now on their website is the updated version with more detail to the EGA.

I guess they just havnt updated the picture on the website where you order.