Hera Arms
- Thread starter Brian46
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speedjunkiesracing
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Kitchener Waterloo Area Ontario
I got some stuff from Freedom Ventures. Not much in stock right now.
https://www.freedomventures.ca/products/ar-parts-acc/hera-arms
https://www.freedomventures.ca/products/ar-parts-acc/hera-arms
They're getting out of Hera Arms stuff.
Schecter 81
Regular
- Location
- Edmonton Area
Not to derail the thread, but when will your web store be up and running? Hera isn't mentioned on your current site and I'm sure you're missing out from online visitors
F22_RaptoR
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Edmonton, Alberta
Too much of a PITA to deal with the company and for what you're paying for; the quality is not up to par.
The shipment of barrels they got didn't have gas ports drilled in them.... so they had to send em out to a gunsmith and have all the gas ports drilled properly. Their response was "You had to specify gas port size when ordering!".....
The finish on the upper/lowers sucks and they have had to send some of them out to Arma-Coat to have them re-finished because the 'paint' was flaking off. (Arma-Coat did an awesome job though, as usual)
The tolerances on the upper/lowers are so tight that they don't always drop in with regular mil-spec parts, things like mag catches won't install in without 'fitting'...
The only things I can speak highly of are the conversion kits, although they are not without their faults too (some poor quality hardware - nuts and bolts etc...)
For an AR15 build there are better things out there, I can DEFINITELY say I'd rather go with a Rainier Arms billet upper/lower combo (One Shot carries them) rather than a HERA one!
That's really too bad as I know that Epoxy7 had no complaints at all IIRC on his Hera lower he purchased a year and half ago (or so) for his ADCOR B.E.A.R Elite build.
Exactly what I was told a few weeks ago.
I hadn't seen that - tks for the correction GT!
Schecter 81
Regular
- Location
- Edmonton Area
My upper/lower combo has been great! Fit and finish has been excellent with no issues with any of the part compatibility. The coating/finish has been extrememly durable as well. The only thing that required fitting was my Samson rail. The anti rotation tab had to be filed a bit to fit over the billet upper as it was a couple thou wider. Maybe the newer stuff has had some quality issues, but I got mine 3 years ago and couldnt be happier. Granted for a complete upper lower assembly it was $1100. You can put a Rainier together for less than that and get Ni-Bor BCG and go with a Giesselle and be pretty close to the same. Likely what I would have done in hindsight, but they werent available back then.
F22_RaptoR
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Edmonton, Alberta
Definitely the older stuff is what they made their name off of! Before they were an in-demand company; making a dozen parts at a time.
The stuff my old job had issues with was some of the newer batches.
FWIW the fit between the upper/lower (even the newest ones) on the HERA Arms stuff was absolutely phenomenal. Zero wiggle at ALL, and not difficult to take apart. Super tight tolerances. But I had issues with things like mag catches, charging handles, forward assists, etc.....
With some uppers/lowers the parts seemed to drop in just fine, and some they were a PITA to get to work. Could have been the finish though, the Tan ones seemed to be cera-coated or something similar, whereas the black guys I think were standard mil-spec anodized.
I think they're just rushing through production and QC has gone down, which sucks because I've seen what those guys ARE capable of, and it's awesome.
I have a Hera BCK Gen 2 on my HK SL8 and a Hera Arms FSC on my wife's HK USC. Both are excellent in quality but expensive. I think the BCK is about $485 and the FSC was about $700. You can get Hear Arms products through any company who deals with Gravel Agency the Hera Arms distributor in Canada. I would suggest Milarm or Wolverine.
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