North Eastern Arms
Manufacturer-Business Member
Or why they started using 6061 as well.
There's plenty of top quality existing companies using 6061 in AR receivers. I don't think that anyone would question their decision for using them, nor the track record of custom billet receivers made from many manufacturersm
*Using 6061
Vltor DDLES VM-1 T1 MUR Upper/Lower Receivers - 6061
Daniel Defence Big Hole Upper/(Lower?)Receiver - 6061
DPMS Panther .308 Upper/Lower Receiver - 6061
Sun Devil MFG 5.56 and .308 Upper/Lower Receivers - 6061
GTVC MFG Lower Receivers - 6061
TKS Engineering Upper/Lower Receivers - 6061
C3 Defense Upper/Lower Receivers - 6061
+ Likely a few other Billet manufacturers using 6061 and marketing it as 7075 to avoid flash fires.
**Almost everyone uses 6061 for rails, accessories, etc.. many components that take much more abuse than a AR receiver 'shell'. NEA is certainly the only Canadian company doing it, but not the only AR manufacturer.
Guys, AR demand is up all over the world. Everyone is waiting for eveything, not just our customers. I wish we could kick them out faster but we cant without sacrificing quality. Our new facility is set up and we have the ability to x4 our builds per month. But SFRC is not the only deale backlogged, nor is Canada the only country we are feeding. We are doing everything within our power to get rifles out, but please understand that demand and backlog is insane right now. I dont envy SFRC, they field calls daily for status updates, and they only have the info we give them. Often they are only given a few days notice that a pickup is ready.
As always, please bear with us and SFRC, they are doing a hell of a job.
