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    Question good affordable upper receiver/lower parts

    What's the best equipment out of these brands for the money? I'd like a good cost affordable fitting lower and upper.

    DPMS
    Stag
    Armalite
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    Bushmaster
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    are you talking stripped receivers? whatever's cheap.. of those you listed, you'll find a price spread of over $75, depending where you shop.

    these are the uppers i buy: http://www.bravocompanyusa.com/Upper...%20-m4%203.htm

    and i just shop gunbroker for cheap lowers, or grab them when on sale elsewhere. brand doesn't matter, just pick the rollmark you like best. i hate animals, myself. stay away from vulcan.

    ETA: for future reference, a topic like this should go under "AR General," not technical. technical discussions involve techniques, specs, etc... technical things.
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    Sorry about the wrong forum post. Yep I'm talking a stripped upper I'm going to build up myself and a stripped or possibly assembled lower depending on how much money I can save.

    I was looking at the one a while back on BCM same as your link but it's been out of stock for a while. With it not being BCM branded I'm not sure about it. Their factory lowers look good but I don't see a stripped lower of theirs.
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    for what it's worth, i've built about 10 uppers off the upper i posted above. they're perfectly good uppers.

    the laser t-marked versions are available right now.. only difference is the T-marks are white and anodize-thick, instead of machined into the metal. otherwise identical.

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    Any of those would be ok for a lower. As for an upper, i'd look elsewhere.
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    Quote Originally Posted by lethal dose View Post
    Any of those would be ok for a lower. As for an upper, i'd look elsewhere.
    What would you suggest? Something like Colt, LaRue, Daniel Defense, or VLTOR? Besides DD those are a little more than I wanted to spend.
    "If force can take away liberty, force is necessary to preserve it. It is the hatred of violence alongside the willingness to use violence that preserves liberty. In order for us to live as free men, we have to hate the violence that takes away liberty, yet at the same time, we must embrace the violence that preserves it. That is the paradox our founders appreciated and made work for over 200 years."

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    DD is good stuff. Look at LMT or bcm. Also, this topic has been extensively covered, my man. Dig up some old threads and read. The mfgs you listed are generally thought of as sub standard.
    Last edited by lethal dose; 06-11-10 at 08:09.
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    sqwerl,

    Buy a Daniel Defense barrel from BCM and one of their M4 upper receivers. Get an armorer wrench and slap it together. That will cost you roughly 330.00 with barrel nut, slip ring and gas tube. Then you can go from there. I purchased a stripped DD lower from Grant a while back for about 119.00 and it is an excellent lower to use for a build. It also has a nice flared magazine well.

    Quote Originally Posted by sqwerl View Post
    What would you suggest? Something like Colt, LaRue, Daniel Defense, or VLTOR? Besides DD those are a little more than I wanted to spend.



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    Quote Originally Posted by bkb0000 View Post
    are you talking stripped receivers? whatever's cheap.. of those you listed, you'll find a price spread of over $75, depending where you shop.

    these are the uppers i buy: http://www.bravocompanyusa.com/Upper...%20-m4%203.htm

    and i just shop gunbroker for cheap lowers, or grab them when on sale elsewhere. brand doesn't matter, just pick the rollmark you like best. i hate animals, myself. stay away from vulcan.

    ETA: for future reference, a topic like this should go under "AR General," not technical. technical discussions involve techniques, specs, etc... technical things.
    For the stripped upper receivers, bkb0000 suggestion for a bcm m4 flat top is excellent and my choice as well. A ways back, I bought the exact stripped upper as linked above to swap out with a colt a2 from a 6520....finish, fit and price were perfect for my needs

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    Like iraqgunz, I love dd lowers. The flared magwell is nice and (if you're into cosmetics) the finish is top notch.
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