Hammer spring is correct.
I know still not the best picture. Have had 0 light primer strikes and legs are coming from bottom and resting on top
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Relyt, I appreciate what you're saying dude but you're right and you're wrong. Yeah, it's good to support local businesses. No, that "matched" lower and upper is not acceptable. Yes, your honesty and forthrightness rocks.
Do yourself a favor, move that grip out forward and get a good 2 point sling. I would also recommend taking a good basic carbine class.
Stay safe. Stop arguing here.
Not trying to argue. Just trying to state that I still enjoy my rifle. I've shot it more without a hiccup, the accuracy is still great, no malfunctions, and I'm making sure I don't clean to figure out this R85 thing.
If you knew me you'd realize I am completely into technology, new ideas and possible innovations. Your right. The unmatched upper and lower is unacceptable.
I've been to plenty of classes about shooting and tactics, active shooter scenarios etc. I just am now getting into the tweaking, building, and upgrading of rifles. I've done cars, 45s and this rifle now seems to be the new hobby.
And yes I took offense to people calling my new purchase garbage. The same anyone would be if they bought a new car and the first comment is that car is $hit.
As stated, due to a private message sent to me I have learned a ton on specs how to do specific things and so on.
Relyt, good on you, bro. Don't take the internet too seriously.
What he said. I am not proud that I chose the Anderson lower that I did, but I am damned sure going to make it run as good as I possibly can. Just because their name is trash doesnt mean my rig has to be. If your gun works for you, thats all that matters.
I too have purchased a anderson stripped, now that im not to elated about, but i believe it will be fine as im making A2 style with fixed buttstock, round handgaurd, and not switching from 223/556 ammo. I dont trust that crappy RF-85 B.S., guns have been cleaned and oil for decades and centuries, until i see OVERWHELMING evidence that proves to be superior to the status quo will not think otherwise. Thank you for the most informational review too. I hope in the future they improve standards to surpass customers expectations and become a affordable quality player in the game. I am too a cheerer for the underdog.
No but you people seem to be very unwelcoming to any new member who posts something they actually have a ton of knowledge about. I have an idea why not try to be welcoming and ask nice questions instead of trashing people who you don't even know anything about. It is amazingly rude and really how much do any of you people know about the weapon since none of you have used it. This site is very biased about certain things and with some quality research before people open their mouths maybe they wouldn't look like a*ses so much.
I just re-read the ENTIRE thread. People were not trashed, aspects of the company and their product had some sharp questions asked of it, deservedly so, and people have had questions put to some decisions that they've made, deservedly so.
Last post was in bloody March, and you want to post here for no better reason than to intentionally stir up some person-to-person nonsense, 7 weeks later....?
Nuh-uh.
Drop it.
A newbie - but joined recently b/c of the Anderson Manufacturing reviews. I think a separation of questionable tactics by one of their staff on this forum vs. the quality of their products is in order ...
I recently bought one of their stripped lowers while on vacation in Tennessee. SHOCKED! - beyond belief! - to see it priced less - by about 1/2! - than an e-ordered polymer lower from New Frontier Armory in NV. With the 10.00 transfer fee - 1/3 of what I pay locally - I could justify using it as a paperweight and get my money's worth.
35 minutes installing a quality LPK back home and pinning it to a 5.56 Stag Arms full upper, the fit is .... PERFECT! No difference - visual or functional - from the Stag Arms lower that was OEM-matched to the same upper brand new. I found ZERO indications of anything but the highest quality machining on all exterior surfaces - save but a miniscule "scuff" of milling chatter - un-noticed when first looking perpendicular at the area - and covered by the upper part of the hand grip when installed. Mag well appears to be cut by wire EDM - but not sure. Every magazine I seated - metal or Magpul P-Mags - fit like a glove.
I also make note of the "keyhole" forging mark on the Lower - on the "passenger side" rear trigger guard point - it's from Cerro Forge!!!
I have personal experience with several extreme-quality forging houses in the USA from my employment days - and Cerro - IMPO - never failed to impress - aluminum, brass or other materials. Not the cheapest - but their quality was consistently impeccable. My employer bought hundreds of thousands of "raw" forgings from them in my 30+ years there - assorted sizes for valve parts, etc. - and the net reject rate was in the 0.000x percent range ... (Similar parts - not requiring the strength of a "forging" - were always sourced from top-shelf die casting shops - and with the different process, "raw" aluminum die-cast parts were typically rejected in the 2-4% range ... )
I remember the small gun shop where I bought this stripped lower having 6 available on-the-spot. My mistake - in retrospect - was not buying every single one of them!!
Regards,
Oh, BTW, I think Anderson's "super-slick", no-lube needed coating claim is quite a stretch! Flies right in the face of everything science knows about the benefit of proper "lubrication" of high-heat, mechanical parts & assemblies. My respected, ex-military M16/AR15 gurus would no more run their rifles dry than they would drive their cars without engine oil. They might as well say their coating is made from compound of 'ol fashioned snake oil ... The gas rings on the bolt - IN PARTICULAR - take a ferocious beating!!! Personally, I micro-inject 15W-50 Castrol Syntec synthetic oil in the BC access holes - and all surfaces coated with this stuff are almost "like new" clean after ~2,500 rounds. Never *dripping* wet with oil, naturally - just well coated. Everywhere. In fact, I "juice" all of my rifles with synthetic oil at all metal-to-metal points - e.g., a "schmear" of synthetic wheel bearing grease where the BCG rides on the upper receiver surfaces - has served me perfectly well so far! (Fingers crossed!)