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Interested in 80% lowers. Have no experience. School me please
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<blockquote data-quote="aviator41" data-source="post: 2368495" data-attributes="member: 30309"><p>Okay, let me throw my hat in the ring here. I'm doing exactly what you're talking about, only with 0% lowers. I use a harbor frieght mini-mill that has been modified to have a longer column (Z axis) so that I can finish the buffer tube hole.</p><p></p><p>I picked up my paperweights from Rguns before they started screwing people. I think I paid $20 for them. It is a lot of fun, I will say that. a DRO system is a must. Trying to mill a lower without it would be an exercise in frustration. It doesn't have to be a top of the line DRO, a simple setup found on ebay works just fine. There are a number of tools to be made on the mill before you mill your first lower, but thats part of the fun!</p><p></p><p>Expect to invest as much in milling bits and good drill bits, vices, clamps, measuring devices etc as you do in the mill. The mill is only the first in a long list of things you will need.</p><p></p><p>I do it for the fun and challenge. By the time it's all done, you will have more money in the tooling than you could ever hope to recover making these (after you get the license.) doing an 80% lower removes much of the hard stuff from project, like tapping the buffer tube.</p><p></p><p>Just remember. you CANNOT mill lowers for anyone else, or sell a lower you have milled to anyone else without the proper FFL license. There is zero tolerance by the BATF</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aviator41, post: 2368495, member: 30309"] Okay, let me throw my hat in the ring here. I'm doing exactly what you're talking about, only with 0% lowers. I use a harbor frieght mini-mill that has been modified to have a longer column (Z axis) so that I can finish the buffer tube hole. I picked up my paperweights from Rguns before they started screwing people. I think I paid $20 for them. It is a lot of fun, I will say that. a DRO system is a must. Trying to mill a lower without it would be an exercise in frustration. It doesn't have to be a top of the line DRO, a simple setup found on ebay works just fine. There are a number of tools to be made on the mill before you mill your first lower, but thats part of the fun! Expect to invest as much in milling bits and good drill bits, vices, clamps, measuring devices etc as you do in the mill. The mill is only the first in a long list of things you will need. I do it for the fun and challenge. By the time it's all done, you will have more money in the tooling than you could ever hope to recover making these (after you get the license.) doing an 80% lower removes much of the hard stuff from project, like tapping the buffer tube. Just remember. you CANNOT mill lowers for anyone else, or sell a lower you have milled to anyone else without the proper FFL license. There is zero tolerance by the BATF [/QUOTE]
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