AR Lowers

[Newbomb92]

Buds has Doublestar stripped lowers for $101 shipped right now, I just ordered one to do a quick build before prices shoot up with all the "panic". Get 'em while you can. I still can't believe it's this impossible to find lowers, I've been looking for 2 weeks and couldn't find much if any. Maybe a gun shop can chime in, like Bradis. How can there be this short of a supply? If a shop stocks X amount of AR's, are they really selling them out that fast? I can't see how the "gun ban panic" has depleted a supply of stripped lowers, even though the manufacturers are using them to build complete rifles. Doesn't make sense.

 

[atalon]

a lot of people are panic buying trying to get theirs before the price goes up as well. And when that happens the manufactures will stop selling the parts they have lower stock levels to make sure they can keep making fully assembled ones since that is where they get more of their profit.

 

[mikefraz]

Who's sold out of lowers? I've been able to find just about any manufacturers I was looking for without problem.

 

[Newbomb92]

Spikes, BCM, Noveske.

Dealer had a few Spikes pop up on here a couple days ago.

 

[shooter521]

I still can't believe it's this impossible to find lowers, I've been looking for 2 weeks and couldn't find much if any. Maybe a gun shop can chime in, like Bradis.

You shoulda waited a couple days before ordering that lower from Bud's...

I can't see how the "gun ban panic" has depleted a supply of stripped lowers

Why not? Lots of people are using the election as an excuse to stock up on/horde lowers (not realizing that if there's a ban, they'll be all but worthless, since there's no such thing as a "pre-ban lower"), so that quickly depleted an already tight supply chain. I sold 20 stripped lowers in less than a week, which is about 4x what I normally move. New production lowers are going into guns now for the most part, which means that the supply of stripped lowers will take some time to bounce back. BCGs and many other parts are becoming even harder to come by, for the same reason.

Who's sold out of lowers?

All of the big distributors are. On the retail side, BCM, Brownells, DSG Arms, AIM Surplus and Spikes are all sold out or are running lengthy lead times. To turn the question around, where are you finding stripped lowers in stock?

 

[Newbomb92]

I'm not local to you guys at Bradis. BCG's also are so rare, I guess I just find it hard that more people are building AR's enough to deplete the supply, unless like you said the ones that do build them, are stockpiling.

 

[mikefraz]

Litterally just ordered a mega arms lower from riflegear.com for $109.

 

[Newbomb92]

Where have you found the other manufacturers?

 

[subtlesixer03]

BCM m16 BCG havent seen a in stock problem yet. Awesome BCGs. Its what in the upper I got from you. Also yopu can order a gunfighter charging handle well you are at it

 

[Newbomb92]

I have a few BCM CH's, need another BCG though, the site shows out of stock.

 

[mikefraz]

Where have you found the other manufacturers?

PSA AR15 Lower - Lower Receivers - Lower Parts - AR-15

Del-Ton, Inc. AR-15 Stripped Lower Receiver

And incase you wanted something "higher end"...
Seekins Precision SP223 AR15 Lower - Gen 2 w/ Ambi Bolt Stop Assy
Any other requests?

 

[Newbomb92]

Spikes, noveske, bcm, stag

 

[mikefraz]

Spikes, noveske, bcm, stag

Here's a Spikes
Spikes Tactical ST-15 Stripped Lower Receiver with Color Fill

Noveske
Noveske, Gen 2, N4 AR15 Lower Receiver, Chainsaw Grade | Sacramento Black Rifle

Couldn't find a BCM, I'll give you that.

Stag, right off their site. Didn't say it was out of stock and let me add it to my cart.
Stag Arms

 

[bowtie]

This frenzy has me going bananas. I think the hardest thing to find right now would be the BCG. Big companies like Bravo Company are all sold out. I've seen some places stock the chrome BCG from Daniel Defense but most of them who have them want around 200-220.

Last week at my LGS a guy walks in and asks for a deal on 30 pmags. I can just see this guy trying to post these on armslist trying to make a profit.

That and people trying to sell their black rifles or parts for top dollar using the "get yours before obama bans them" just irritates me

If the price on 5.56 ammo keeps going up like it has I can just see low end stripped lowers being around 250 to start

 

[Newbomb92]

How about now? Seems like they dried up again....

 

[Zoub]

It won't change. I have a friend who makes lowers for at least 50 different brands.

A few months ago materials to make them was in short supply. Last month orders were UP in general. You should see the moves he has made since Friday.

If you need lowers and don't have them, buy any lowers you can find, complete rifles or wait it out to see if they become contraband.

 

[shadow6492]

For those looking for stripped lowers ZX Gun in Goshen had a box fully of LAR grizzly and had stripped uppers too! Lowers were $99 Uppers $79

 

[red_zr24x4]

To turn the question around, where are you finding stripped lowers in stock?

Where have you found the other manufacturers?

The local FFL guy just got 7 Delaware Machinery lowers from R Guns

 

[DanVoils]

Contact Zach for some stripped lowers and complete uppers. I think the lowers are $99 and the uppers are $400 with BCG and CH. He also had some complete guns available. He and Adam are great guys to deal with.

 

[Fawkes]

Contact Zach for some stripped lowers and complete uppers. I think the lowers are $99 and the uppers are $400 with BCG and CH. He also had some complete guns available. He and Adam are great guys to deal with.

So Zach is with ZX guns or with some other local operation? I could use one of those lowers