80% Dlask ar15 lowers

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I have a couple of questions about the 80% Dlask lowers for the people who have bought / finished / registered them. Are they forged or cast aluminum? Was any additional heat treating or anodizing required? And lastly was it worth the hassle, money vs time spent wise?
 
Take it easy fella's. Maybe this individual is like myself and is just starting down the path of the AR and doesn't know ####.If you don't know the answers to his questions,keep yer yap shut and move on.If you do,answer them:rolleyes:
 
the 80% lowers are the same as their regular lowers, just taken off the assembly line before final machining..

they are forged, and they need, final machining..... and powder coating
 
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Trolls are bad....but gun snobs are worse...

Least hr had the sencibility to answer the question. Good show. Friendliness goes a long way guys.
 
By the time you add up the cost of the drill bit and taps (the buffer tube tap is 60 USD!) and the time and effort you will have far surpassed the cost of a 100% reciever (238.50 to 310.00 CAN). The 80% recievers should be anodized when they are done, this adds strength to the aluminum and ensures that your creation will last a good long time.
 
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Are you saying you don't know ####? ;) I like how you answered the question. :rolleyes:
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Yes,thats what I'm saying. I didn't answer the questions as I don't know a thing about them, but I would like to. Since I can't take my 12-5's to the range anymore:mad: I'm looking at the alternatives, like the AR family and others.
 
... and once you've completed your 80% lower and registered it, unless you're a licenced firearms manufacturer, you cannot sell it to anyone else. You're stuck with it for life.
 
He's right. You can manufacture a firearm for yourself, not for sale. I have seen a registration paper with a manufacturer listed as 'Homemade.' Because it is restricted, you probably need a licence anyway.

How's that for an answer buttercup? :D
 
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... and once you've completed your 80% lower and registered it, unless you're a licenced firearms manufacturer, you cannot sell it to anyone else. You're stuck with it for life.
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i can think of worse things to be stuck with. but i think once it is registered there is no law preventing the sale. you don;'tneed a license to build a car from scratch unless you are going to manufacture them for a living. but you can sell it to anyone. i believe firearms are treated the same way. i have never seen a law that prevent sale of homemade firearms.
 
Even on the U.S. 80% websites, "the not able to sell it " is debatable. Their rule is something like "you need a manufactures license to manufacture for resale". But if you make one and then 2 years later sell it to finance making something else, it is not quite manufacturing for resale. The kicker is you will not be able to sell it through any of the dealers because there is no serial number, which they are required to put in their FFL BOOKS.
 
Don't think I could ever part with any gun I "Made" anyway. Unless it was junk...and then, who'd buy it?
 
Building a gun should be by interest not by cost savings (necessarily), from the going prices it would be cheaper to just buy a stripped 100% lower (to build for fun) or get a completed one, a few Canadian suppliers sell different makes. Also putting an upper together does not require great knowledge (a barrel wrench and vise), but drilling a lower means precision and tools.

And I did answer his first two questions, I said "..ask Dlask".
The Dlask website says they are cast 80% lowers but in fact they are forged, I asked Dlask..:)
 
Actually, if you go back to the Dlask site you'll see that they clearly state that they use forgings. Anodizing is the proper way to finish a receiver as it hardens the outer surface of the metal.
 
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Actually, if you go back to the Dlask site you'll see that they clearly state that they use forgings. Anodizing is the proper way to finish a receiver as it hardens the outer surface of the metal.
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The website in the pictured area only specifies forging for complete lowers, no info is given concerning the 80% units, but if you go in the price list it clearly mentions the 80% lowers as being cast. But after confirmation with Dlask, these lowers are in fact forged :)
 
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