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Re: building a light ar?

Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2012 4:24 am
by propellerhead
I had one from http://www.yhm.net" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;. As stated above, I bought the upper first then the lower a few weeks later. It cost me much less than their website price. Ask you FFL first if you know one personally. They often get discounted prices for being an FFL.

Re: building a light ar?

Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2012 3:07 pm
by OldCannon
Here's a few torture tests by the NFA guys on these new lowers:

This the first one bangs the heck out of the fire control group (the test unit is pretty cool)
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=NaFevpTka-I[/youtube]

This second one shows how the poly lower stands up to the same kind of pressures that would cause an aluminum lower would fail:
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=_qpnmi3XPP8[/youtube]

This last one is them just giving an assembled system a good, old fashioned functional beating :cheers2:
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=CEAYW_2y4VU[/youtube]

Re: building a light ar?

Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2012 8:00 pm
by texasmusic
They should have taken the lower to the same pressure the Aluminum one was seeing. They only matched deflections... the old aluminum one was seeing a lot more force.

Re: building a light ar?

Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2012 11:59 pm
by PeteCamp
I am skeptical of it - not because it is polymer, but because there is no mention of where it is made. All polymer is not alike. Remember the old maxim: If it looks too good to be true, it just may be. Until I had proved it personally, it would be fine for a range toy, but there is no way I would bet my life on it. The mil-spec lower is just not that much more expensive or heavier.

Edit: Absolutely no disrespect intended to OldCannon here. :tiphat:

Re: building a light ar?

Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 12:15 am
by OldCannon
PeteCamp wrote:I am skeptical of it - not because it is polymer, but because there is no mention of where it is made. All polymer is not alike. Remember the old maxim: If it looks too good to be true, it just may be. Until I had proved it personally, it would be fine for a range toy, but there is no way I would bet my life on it. The mil-spec lower is just not that much more expensive or heavier.

Edit: Absolutely no disrespect intended to OldCannon here. :tiphat:
None taken. People didn't trust Glock polymer frames either ;-)

The fact that NFA backs their lowers up with a lifetime defect warranty says a lot about their faith in the product. I know that a poly lower won't be for everybody, just like for pistols -- something different to suit all needs. What I _do_ think is that this is a quality product at an absolutely rock bottom price, and I'm proud to be able to offer them. I don't take any offense at all if you just can't bring yourself to move away from aluminum.

Re: building a light ar?

Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 12:21 pm
by OldCannon
Sorry to resurface this thread, but just wanted to say the order for 25 of these went out today. Everybody that has PM'ed me already gets priority at getting one!