Rough AR Lower Castings

I'd be interested in a lower forging with the mag well cut and the buffer tube tapped. Ther rest could be done on a manual mill with enough patience.
 
Armedsask said:
Hmmm, that wouldn't be a bad idea. Tap the buffer towers and get the mag wells cut then sell them. Would the be 80%?
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What is the name of your company and your website address? I see your solidworks models and talks of products in most of your posts.
 
Guys let me make it clear before we go through all sold thing again, the lowers that I have have NO holes drilled, NO magwell cut out they are by some guys opinion RAW forgings and so please know what you are getting into. They require ALOT of machining.
 
alberta tactical rifle said:
Guys let me make it clear before we go through all sold thing again, the lowers that I have have NO holes drilled, NO magwell cut out they are by some guys opinion RAW forgings and so please know what you are getting into. They require ALOT of machining.
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Sounds good to me, I'll still take 2

I have access to a mill

so let me at em.......

:D




if your giving them away....if not no worries, it's all good, sell em if you can.....get back at least what the material cost ya....
 
That sounds a little beyond my abilities. I thought I could finish them with an available jig. At that price, I can't afford to make mistakes. I should practice on a cheaper example. Would these not be 0% lowers then?
 
Several years ago when I purchased these forgings they were deemed 80% by BATF as i bought them in the USA.
I see that the 80% thing seems to have different conotations, so really do not know how to call them.
To me a 0% finished lower would be a block of aluminum with nothing done to it.
The lowers that I have have the shape all done, but no holes at all and the magwell/firecontrol group pocket is still solid aluminum, this all needs to be milled out in order for these to be any use.

I paid $50.00 each for them so for anyone who want to spend $50.00 plus shipping on a paperweight or major project depending on whether you have a milling machine or not, let me know.
 
ATR,

Couple questions for you: How much would you charge to finish and register a 80% lower with the same specs that Dlask sells? If it is possible what would it be registered as (mfr)?
 
Pocketfisherman said:
ATR,

Couple questions for you: How much would you charge to finish and register a 80% lower with the same specs that Dlask sells? If it is possible what would it be registered as (mfr)?
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I am not meaning to be rude, but we wouldn't undertake the project.
I initially purchased these forgings with the plan of turning them into finished lowers, but to make up all the fixtures required to finish these in a CNC mill became cost prohibitive, and the lowers would still be the same as what every other AR lower maker offers, so we went with billet which only required that we make up 2 fixtures to do all the work in.
To make fixtures now as well as to reprogram the mills is just far to cost prohibitive to do the 4 or 5 forgings I havekicking around.
If Dlask offers an 80% lower that will fit the bill for you, buy 1 from him as we can not begin to offer you a lower for what he is charging for them.
 
Let me rephrase that, IF someone already had a 80% Dlask lower and wanted it finished, serial #'d and registered. I think all that is required on his is drilling a few holes & tapping the buffer tube and anodizing. Could a regular gunsmith do it? Or would he need a mfr license?
 
alberta tactical rifle said:
Several years ago when I purchased these forgings they were deemed 80% by BATF as i bought them in the USA.
I see that the 80% thing seems to have different conotations, so really do not know how to call them.
To me a 0% finished lower would be a block of aluminum with nothing done to it.
The lowers that I have have the shape all done, but no holes at all and the magwell/firecontrol group pocket is still solid aluminum, this all needs to be milled out in order for these to be any use.

I paid $50.00 each for them so for anyone who want to spend $50.00 plus shipping on a paperweight or major project depending on whether you have a milling machine or not, let me know.
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Sorry , I don't mean to be wishy washy, but at $50. per, I think I could make a project of these. I'll take two. With luck I'll get two finished lowers out of them. With bad luck, only one. And if I'm totally f**ked, I'll get a couple of cool paperweights.
 
Pocketfisherman said:
Let me rephrase that, IF someone already had a 80% Dlask lower and wanted it finished, serial #'d and registered. I think all that is required on his is drilling a few holes & tapping the buffer tube and anodizing. Could a regular gunsmith do it? Or would he need a mfr license?
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Sorry I misunderstood your question.
Anyone competent could finish the lower for you , they would not even need to be a gunsmith or manufacturer. They would need to have a RPAL then once the holes were in and serial number engraved onto it, have it verified as home made in order to get an FRT# and registration done.
Canadian law states that serial numbers must be .3 mm deep so etch or laser engraving is not the correct way to go. I am not sure if this applies to home built projects or not, but does apply to manufacturers.
We could do it, but it would be more cost effective to buy a 100% finished lower rather than for us to set up a jig to hold the lower and write program to make the holes.
 
alberta tactical rifle said:
Canadian law states that serial numbers must be .3 mm deep so etch or laser engraving is not the correct way to go. I am not sure if this applies to home built projects or not, but does apply to manufacturers.
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Wow, I guess its too late to call Para since they moved stateside, but I was looking at one yesterday and it looked like regular holster wear would easily take the serial number off it.
 
ViktorF said:
Wow, I guess its too late to call Para since they moved stateside, but I was looking at one yesterday and it looked like regular holster wear would easily take the serial number off it.
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They "may" have been exempted by virtue that they already had been approved for manufacture in the manner presented. This .3mm deep stuff came in when Canada signed on with the UN marking protocall that keeps resurfacing and be postponed.
When we sent our lower to the feds for approval for manufacture they told us that the serial number had to be .3mm deep to be in compliance of the laws that were in place at the time.(2008)
I would hazard a guess that as Para was around long before this doctine was adopted, they were probably exempt on the models that they had in production prior to the new legislation, but if the started to make something new up here the new rules would have applied to those models.
There are many firearms that have the serial number along with alot of other engraving laser etched onto the aluminum, which will easily wear off as the anodizing gets rubbed off.
 
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