Built my first lower

thebrasilian · Feb 28, 2012

Just finished building my first lower. took about an hour while watching videos. The hardest part for me was putting the pin through the trigger.

Dave29461 · Feb 28, 2012

Did you feel the barb slipping into your jaw. Build one... and you are hooked :lol: Frito Lay doesn't have a thing on AR building.

Clicker · Feb 28, 2012

See there it ain't so hard, is it?
I use a slave pin to hold the disconnector & trigger together, that way it's fast & easy when you slide the trigger pin into place.
Congrats!

HOLY DIVER · Feb 28, 2012

congrats! what brand lower parts kit did you use?

thebrasilian · Feb 28, 2012

It is a Palmetto State Armory lower and build kit with the MOE grip and stock.

thebrasilian · Feb 28, 2012

Now I need to start buying the parts for the 300 blackout supersonic upper.

SuperChuck · Feb 28, 2012

Midway has a nice smooth DPMS stripped upper receiver for $79, and the normal design with the brass defelctor for $99... about $10 discount each. Depends on your preference.

I just ordered the smooth upper for a .22 caliber SBR upper I'm planning.. $79 was about as cheap as I was going to get a stripped upper without finding blems in stock somewhere.. Seems everyone is keeping the inventories low...

I have 2 stripped Lowers on the way engraved with my trust info for SBR'ing..... Both Marked "300 AAC Blackout" for the Caliber... guess what one of my NEXT upper builds will be......?

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thebrasilian · Feb 29, 2012

With Palmetto State about 10 min's from the house it's hard to buy an upper from anyone else. And their uppers are usually around $69 with the deflector.

SuperChuck · Feb 29, 2012

Oh yeah.. you got it made in that instance... hopefully they'll eventually make their way closer to Charleston...

HOLY DIVER · Mar 1, 2012

SuperChuck said:
Oh yeah.. you got it made in that instance... hopefully they'll eventually make their way closer to Charleston...

i hope they open a store in the Greenville/Spartanburg area first!

thebrasilian · Mar 13, 2012

Here is the cost breakdown of the lower minus taxes:

Lower housing: $50 Palmetto State Armory sale
Lower build kit: $124.00 Palmetto State Armory Moe kit. The classic build kit is $99.99

Total for the lower is $174.00. If I went classic: $149.99. The cheapest completed lower I could find online was around $250.00