Hmmmm anyone want to go in on getting one? could set up a service, letting people use the machine to make there own,
I saw the ghost gunner a little while ago. I want to do a lower, but when they are so cheap, its not worth it.
Yeah.... that's a ATF no no now a days.
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The price of a lower is cheap. A 80% billet is more expensive then a Anderson lower pretty much any where now a days. But for me its a personal thing. I like the fact that it is a lower I "made". I can make it just the way I want it. No company names no roll marks. I can put what ever I for a selector switch, I can truly make it my rifle. I would like to build a SBR out of a 80% lower. If I have to spend the extra coin on a tax stamp I want to make sure it is something that I really like. Kind of silly I know but how often do we do things like this? A lot!CNC is over rated in my opinion when it comes to a 80% lower. All a person really needs to do it cleanly is a fixture and vertical mill. If a group of guys got together and used the same fixture with a manual machine there is no issue based on MY understanding. They as individuals are manufacturing the lower. CNC gets a red flag thrown up because shots were having build parties were they would charge 20 bucks for you to bring your lower in bolt it down and press run. The individual was not manufacturing anything. He was using someone else code to manufacture his lower. A lot of reading between the lines on this subject but the AFT gets to do that.Big question is when is BK getting a vertical mill? He needs to expand his machine tools!
