AR Lower Receiver (ATRS vs AR15.com)

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Guys, assuming that there is no legal issues. Which one would you pick, ATRS Lower or the AR15.com lower?
Not trying to start anything negative here, just want an honest opinion.
TIA. :)
 
The question is what kind of a car do you want, a top of the line Mercedes or a nice functional Hundai? The Mercedes costs a lot more and it's made of fine materials and workmanship but the Hundai will transport you where you want to go in relative comfort and safety for a much lower price. You choose.
 
Or...... Cadex lower ;) was supposed to be here this week but some issues with the QC CFO. Is supposed to arrive next week.
 
Miltiades said:
The question is what kind of a car do you want, a top of the line Mercedes or a nice functional Hundai? The Mercedes costs a lot more and it's made of fine materials and workmanship but the Hundai will transport you where you want to go in relative comfort and safety for a much lower price. You choose.
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You obviously have no idea what you are talking about.

AR15.com lower ftw! It is the same design as the famous and super rare magpul lower, and everything is fully ambidextrous.

Moot point anyways as you are not going to legally get one here without tons of cash or effort, and be at the whim of the US state department.
 
Noveske Forged Flared Lower

If we're delving into the realm of "what if", I would go for the Noveske Forged Flared Lower.

Google it and look at the online images.

It is forged, so superior to billet lowers, despite what the manufacturers of high priced billet lowers would have you believe, and at the same time having many of the features of billet lowers, in addition to being strengthened in a couple of areas.

It is not "ambidextrous", but what does "ambi" mean? Ambi safety and mag release, any lower can be made ambi by easily adding two aftermarket parts. For my money, that would be a BAD 45 degree safety with two short levers (I believe that it the manufacturer recommended option), and Norgon Ambicatch (works well for me, YMMV). That just leaves the bolt release/catch. I'm a lefty, so use my trigger finger to operate the standard one without shifting my grip(I have long fingers), or my left thumb when shooting weak side.

Regards.

Mark
 
I have a pair of Aero Precision lowers that I use for development and R&D testing etc. They get beat and abused. They have multiple different uppers in different calibers thrown on them. They never get cleaned or taken care of and yet they work just fine.

Considering the $125 each of those lowers cost I haven't got any complaints at all.

I think the fascination with gucci brand names etc is mostly foolishness. A lower is a lower and an upper is an upper. If the rifle is properly put together it will work.
 
MWL said:
It is not "ambidextrous", but what does "ambi" mean? Ambi safety and mag release, any lower can be made ambi by easily adding two aftermarket parts.
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Google the ar15.com lower. it has an integral ambi bolt release that is actually quite useful and there is no aftermarket equivalent to it apart from the magpul BAD lever and similar, which is a poor compromise to the execution on the AR15.com/magpul lowers IMHO.

Whether you value that feature, however, is debatable. As a lefty, I think it would be nice.
 
Suputin said:
I have a pair of Aero Precision lowers that I use for development and R&D testing etc. They get beat and abused. They have multiple different uppers in different calibers thrown on them. They never get cleaned or taken care of and yet they work just fine.

Considering the $125 each of those lowers cost I haven't got any complaints at all.

I think the fascination with gucci brand names etc is mostly foolishness. A lower is a lower and an upper is an upper. If the rifle is properly put together it will work.
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FWIW, I also have 2 AP lowers that work awesome. I like them better than many more expensive lowers I've owned. Their uppers are quite good as well, apart from the method they use to apply their T-markings which seems to be some sort of silk screening (?).
 
I am aware of the ambi features of the AR15.com lower, I was talking specifically about the ability to "convert" any standard lower's safety and mag release to "ambi" with two aftermarket parts, and more specifically about the Noveske FFL.

I went on to mention the bolt catch/release as being a separate issue, but also stated that as a lefty myself, I find the AR easier to use left handed than right handed. I can engage and release the bolt catch with my left trigger finger without shifting my grip.

I also don't believe anyone really mentioned selecting a lower based on the name on the side, but rather what features each particular offering had that set it apart from "standard" lowers. Quite frankly, I see having Noveske on it a bit of down side, that is only ofset by the features I mentioned.

There appears to be a move among manufacturers towards making the AR more ergonomic and ambi.

Regards.

Mark
 
These just arrived.

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