Or a complete OEM for $350+ more!
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Yeah, but when entire cities burn to the ground and the undead start taking over the Colt lower will still be worth more money at resale. :D
Most lowers have no Forge mark. I would spend my time more productively and worry about the assembly, etc...
I realize this thread has a little hair on it, but I just stumbled on it searching around-and I'm glad to see this. One less thing I have to think about.
My new (made in October) Colt AR-15A4 doesn't appear to have any forge mark at all on the lower receiver, unlike my other 6 or so Colts which all have the keyhole mark. I was beginning to wonder. Strangely though, it does have the F marked FSB.
I'm guessing Colt has more than one supplier for various parts and they must just grab whatever's handy that meets specs.
What I do know is that I'd forgotten how nicely a 20" barrel fixed stock rifle handles and come to shoulder.
556Cliff wrote-
"I could have got quite a few Anderson lowers for that."
That is what I have a problem with. Look it's your money. blow it on what you want, be it guns, hookers, or blow. But for the life of me I cannot see why someone would rather have multiple Anderson lowers instead of 1 Colt lower. Buy the best you can afford, even if that means only 1 AR-15. Less problems, less parts breakage, less drama. People get wound up about parts. Well it's not just the parts that are important. It's QC, it's assembly, it's all the processes that are in place at Colt, BCM, LMT, Knights, etc that insure that the weapon leaves the facility in spec. Trust me, Anderson does not have the same level of QC. Pull all the needed parts from either Colt's or FN's (govt contracts ONLY!!!) assembly line and hand them to some schmuck that makes $10 an hour and you will likely get a POS. Sure every part may meet spec, but will Billy Bob Dolittle ensure that the rifle meets the rest of the TDP? Probably not.
As for forging marks, some lowers have them, some don't. No biggie.