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Id be warry of modifying anything that has been speced, designed, and fielded for over 60 years. If the magwell breaks your sol
To each his own though. try it on a cheap lower and test it, let us know how it holds up to serious testing
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I understand being conscious of weight when you're building something to not end up with a brick, which I have had and it's not the most fun, but hacking stuff to save minuscule amounts of weight is beyond me.
Ya, I was also looking at it from the cosmetic approach though
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Well that's just as foolhardy as drilling holes for no reason. Innovation comes from tinkering and wondering "what if". Just because something has been fielded for decades, doesn't mean it's unable to be modified or rethought.
The key is to use your head and make smart cuts in smart places.
The recoil load goes from the front lugs to the receiver extension, it has to pass through the magazine well, at least the top half inch of it.
If you look closely at the rear lug hole on the upper, it is machined elongated abut .020", so it doesn't take any of the recoil load.
Plastic lowers crack where the bending stress is the highest, right at the angle for the horn for the extension....
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I've funneled mag wells, blasted, then Cerakoted, but haven't cut holes in the mag well. I don't see many problems arising from doing so if someone wanted to personalize.
What I would recommend for someone wanting to do this is start with an 80% in the white, do all the mods you want that don't affect upper interface or structural integrity of the RE tube boss, or the support for the FCG pins, and have a blast with your sculpture.
If you're a gifted machinist or slept in a Holiday Inn Express with your handheld rotary tool management degree, it should turn out nicely. Anodize and Cerakote afterwords to match your upper and be done with it.
A water jet would probably be the best
machine to do this.
Come up with a design. I am sure you can
find a company willing to do it.
Let us know how it turns out.
Cheers, Stainless.
https://unique-ars.com/product-categ...guards/page/2/
The above company makes custom cut
hand guards for the AR-15 with a water
jet.
Maybe they would be willing to take on
a lower project.
A hex pattern would look really cool.
Cheers, Stainless.
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