AR Lowers Made in SC

bigfutz · Feb 12, 2014

Hows about a list of AR lower manufacturers in SC? I'll start with a few:
1) Palmetto State Armory, Columbia (I guess they're made here)
2) Palmetto State Defense, Greer
3) Working Man's Armory, Mt. Pleasant

Avtomat-Acolyte · Feb 12, 2014

Palmetto State Armory doesn't make lower receivers.

They are made by Aero Precision.

TheSwampFox · Feb 12, 2014

I have a lower from each of the three SC companies listed. I have not been able to find any other companies in SC that sell/make lowers. What about NC companies? I know Del-Ton is in Elizabethtown NC. Any others?

rotarymike · Feb 12, 2014

Avtomat-Acolyte said:
Palmetto State Armory doesn't make lower receivers.

They are made by Aero Precision.

I thought they were FN's from the Columbia plant?

Paco · Feb 13, 2014

rotarymike said:
Avtomat-Acolyte said:

Palmetto State Armory doesn't make lower receivers.

They are made by Aero Precision.

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I thought they were FN's from the Columbia plant?

No. That plant is for government contracts only, as far as I know.
And their variance is made by Aero Precision last time I checked.

Even if they did have another variance with FN, it would be made in their Fredricksburg? plant. PSA would technically be correct if they said the lower "was made by a company in south carolina". Pretty sure that's what the said to weasel around the fact that it was machined in another state.

BoHoss · Feb 21, 2014

As stated, Palmetto does not actually manufacture anything. All they do is assemble parts...

Do the other 2 companies on the list machine their own products in house or do they purchase their stuff with a variance marking??

Paco · Feb 21, 2014

BoHoss said:
As stated, Palmetto does not actually manufacture anything. All they do is assemble parts...

Do the other 2 companies on the list machine their own products in house or do they purchase their stuff with a variance marking??

PSD makes their lowers in house on a Haas CNC. (I have been in their machine shop and can confirm this)
As for what facilities WMA has for production, I'd like to say they have their own CNC but I do not know.