Dlask 80% AR lowers

The newer Dlask 80% recievers are forgings, as are the newer AR rifles from them. The first ones were 356 castings and poorly done. New ones are quite nice. Would make a nice winter project, but the buffer tap is quite pricey, I think around 80 bucks! I might try and do one up this winter with a nice custom serial number.
 
NaOH said:
The Dlask one I saw was out of spec. QC hasn't been one of their better qualities when it comes to AR's.
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I bought an 11-5" barrel from Dlask and I had to realign the FSB because it was way off center. My rear sight was completely adjusted to the left.
 
the actual work shouldn't be a big deal with the equipment I have. If the the new ones are forgings that is good. I quess the only deterrent would be the registration. Can anyone confirm at what stage of the process this has to be done? thanks for all the great info and please keep it coming.
 
badboybeeson said:
well the big issue is its a soft casting and not a forgeing.
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That's bull.
Dlask AR 80% is forging.
Very long time ago, they made few partial-machining receivers
(more like 25%, not 80%) out of castings,
so that a company back east could cross-check its tooling
and its first article inspection.
Although never intended for the market,
it may be possible that very few of those found their way on the market,
but they were less than 5 pieces anyway.



badboybeeson said:
Ihave had my hands on a few of them and the specs are way of , some up to 40thou different to other castings.
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If you had your hands on a few as you say, then I think
you can not make the difference between cast and forged.
Produce (you or anyone on this board) one single measurement
of one single 80% receiver made by Dlask with “40thou” deviation.
Again, make sure it is made by Dlask.
And since you are at it, also post the correct dimension
with its tolerances and the so called “specs” you have it from.




Some believe that an 80% can be finnished on the kitchen table
with a file, a screwdriver and a hand-drill.
When they screw-up, they blame Dlask for their failure,
saying that the 80% was “out of spec”.

Again,
please show a partial machining “out of spec” as it comes from Dlask.
If you do, they will happily exchange it.
 
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trust me when i TELL YOU, i know what a casting and a forging is!!!
I own my own company that has casting made!
I do not have the dlask 80% cashings anymore as it was years ago, but i,m sure if i looked really hard i could find the recipt, i had 3 of them, they came from dlask and 2 of them were way off.
They are cashings not forgeings.
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Dr.Lector said:
That's bull.
Dlask AR 80% is forging.
Very long time ago, they made few partial-machining receivers
(more like 25%, not 80%) out of castings,
so that a company back east could cross-check its tooling
and its first article inspection.
Although never intended for the market,
it may be possible that very few of those found their way on the market,
but they were less than 5 pieces anyway.




If you had your hands on a few as you say, then I think
you can not make the difference between cast and forged.
Produce (you or anyone on this board) one single measurement
of one single 80% receiver made by Dlask with “40thou” deviation.
Again, make sure it is made by Dlask.
And since you are at it, also post the correct dimension
with its tolerances and the so called “specs” you have it from.




Some believe that an 80% can be finnished on the kitchen table
with a file, a screwdriver and a hand-drill.
When they screw-up, they blame Dlask for their failure,
saying that the 80% was “out of spec”.

Again,
please show a partial machining “out of spec” as it comes from Dlask.
If you do, they will happily exchange it.
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The current Dlask forgings (and I've seen several over the last 5 years) are VERY nice forgings - no garbage there for sure!
 
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badboybeeson said:
well the big issue is its a soft casting and not a forgeing.
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they only have forgings now
remmber this if you make more then one the nthe RCMP will make you get a Manufacturing lic, but the ontario CFC will not give it to you.
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not true. i've registered two now, no problems. if you make a large batch, all at once, maybe.
The other issue is the RCMP letting you register it.
Last gun that did it hear , the rcmp made him send the lower to them for testing and verifing.
took him 5months to get it back.
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the first one i did they had it in their hands for just a few weeks. start to finish was a couple of months. the second one was just a few weeks before i got the papers.
 
M_A_T_T said:
Once it's drilled, it's then a restricted firearm, correct? It that point you can't take it anywhere but your house or the range, legally. Do guys drill it first or anodize it first? I can get stuff anodized through my work, we send out aluminum regularly for anodizing and hard anodizing.
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Huh? I thought the only reason one would buy this is to fly south of the radar?
Sort of like paying for a B2 and taping aluminum to the exterior just for the heck of it.
 
DaveGP said:
From what I see - drill for: trigger/hammer pins, bolt stop pin hole, front takedown pin and retainer, rear takedown pin, buffer retainer, tap the buffer tube, mill out the area between the front takedown pin...not exactly a cakewalk!
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Shouldn't be any milling, just drilling and tapping.

M_A_T_T said:
Do guys drill it first or anodize it first? I can get stuff anodized through my work, we send out aluminum regularly for anodizing and hard anodizing.
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You would want to anodize last but you can make an anodizing tank in your garage fairly easily ;)
 
As far as 80% receivers go the US governments position is that the 80%receivers are firearms and thus are regulated under US state and BATFE ,that is why there are plenty of Raw Forgings available for sale as these are not a firearm.In Canada the 80% receiver must be registered before any work is to begin because there is intent to manufacture.that what I have been told and BTW it is cheaper to buy a manufactured lower than to finnish one yourself. I have seem many Dlask completed lowers that friends have had ,that suffered the outstanding the QC that Dlask is known for re drill the trigger pin holes so the pins can fit, run a tap so the the buttstock could be mounted,
 
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