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 Palmetto State Armory AR15 Lowers
PalmettoStateArmory  [Industry Partner]
10/20/2010 5:00:48 PM
Palmetto State Armory is pleased to announce the release of our new AR-15 lower receivers! These lowers are made using the most advanced aerospace manufacturing technology to produce the industries finest, forged Mil-Spec lowers. Our receivers are machined on a multimillion dollar, automated, manufacturing system which enables us to produce a product of unequaled quality and value.

These forged lowers are quality made using material is 7075-T6 and are marked "CAL MULTI" to accommodate most builds. Finish is Black Hardcoat Anodize per MIL-8625 Type 3 class 2.

Special Introductory Price: $69.95!!

Please visit our website, or call (803)760-4004.

PSA AR15 Stripped Lower


obcbeaker  [Team Member]
10/21/2010 3:16:36 AM
Cool. Always thought the cannons would look great as a roll mark. Whose forgings do you use, and do you finish them in-house?
obcbeaker  [Team Member]
10/21/2010 3:17:37 AM
Cool. Always thought the cannons would look great as a roll mark. Whose forgings do you use, and do you finish them in-house?
FishinTexasAg05  [Member]
10/22/2010 7:52:01 AM
Y'all offfering anything complete yet
pavlovwolf  [Team Member]
10/22/2010 8:29:26 AM
Don't sell my number 68 Joe. I'll be there soon, just after the first of Nov. I'll be down there.
Charles B.
Great Falls
pavlovwolf  [Team Member]
10/22/2010 8:30:37 AM
I've held them and looked them over real well. They are very nice, and the finish is better now than on the ones I inspected.
pavlovwolf  [Team Member]
10/22/2010 11:52:36 AM
Oh well, never mind.
randalldreynolds  [Member]
10/22/2010 8:54:11 PM
all ready order mine picking it up in the store on monday
panzersergeant  [Life Member]
10/24/2010 9:06:45 AM
I bought two and will buy at least one more when the next batch arrives. They sold out the first run of 100 in two days.

I have bought many lower receivers over the years from cheap to expensive and, all bullshit aside, these are the best I've seen. One of the things I look for is "flash" on the front of the mag well and inside the trigger gaurd, a small detail a lot of manufacturers don't take the time to remove. My PSA receivers have none.

Buy with confidence.
liberty057  [Team Member]
10/25/2010 1:30:15 PM
Whose forgings do you use, and do you finish them in-house?

Dunno, but they look a lot like Aero Precision lowers. Aero makes some nice lowers.

57plymouth  [Team Member]
10/25/2010 4:15:53 PM
I have mine!

I still need to get off my lazy tail and replace the gas rings on my bolt and give the new lower a spin.
DiscipleGreg  [Member]
10/25/2010 7:17:00 PM
The descriptiion just screams Aero. Which is not to say that's a bad thing, I have 3 Aero lowers.

Is the hole for the takedown detent threaded?
randalldreynolds  [Member]
10/26/2010 9:23:46 PM
I got mine and I cant wait to start my build!!

panzersergeant  [Life Member]
10/27/2010 1:58:01 PM
Originally Posted By DiscipleGreg:
The descriptiion just screams Aero. Which is not to say that's a bad thing, I have 3 Aero lowers.

Is the hole for the takedown detent threaded?


Yeppers.

DiscipleGreg  [Member]
10/27/2010 2:27:15 PM
Gotta be Aero.
greyknightus7  [Member]
10/28/2010 12:24:28 AM
When I was in the store back in August and asked them who was making them, I'm pretty sure they said they were going to be Aero.... When will the next batch be in?
panzersergeant  [Life Member]
10/28/2010 5:38:49 AM
Originally Posted By greyknightus7:
When I was in the store back in August and asked them who was making them, I'm pretty sure they said they were going to be Aero.... When will the next batch be in?


Tuesday. You can pick up one or two after you vote!
greyknightus7  [Member]
10/28/2010 7:29:24 PM
How many will be available? I have a 100 dollar store credit and want to pick up 2 of them and pay the rest in cash. One for me and my wife..... when does that interductory price end?
PalmettoStateArmory  [Industry Partner]
10/29/2010 3:32:50 PM
We will have 99 more available on Monday. The introductory price will be good through next week.

Thanks,

Jamin
randalldreynolds  [Member]
11/1/2010 8:29:11 PM
ok I painted mine up last night.Ii got a few spots to go back and hit up and little cleaning but u can see the major jest of it
I started by painting it the colors i wanted yes it red for safety(red means stop) green is for go get the money shot
then i took the thinner and started cleaning it up.






FishinFool  [Team Member]
11/1/2010 9:08:36 PM
WOW Randall,
That looks sweet! I get the feeling you have done that before. How do you lift the over-paint away from the roll-marks without the thinner washing the paint that you want to keep out of the recesses?
randalldreynolds  [Member]
11/1/2010 9:36:48 PM
Never have I done this before. This is all new for me. My first AR.
I painted it with testors paint
Then went to bed to dry
I used Q-tips with testors thinner and started rubbing the extra off. It took about 15 Q-tips the thinner just take off a little at a time

I use these post:

http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=3&f=4&t=513077

http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=3&f=4&t=515110
mfischer13  [Member]
11/1/2010 10:22:07 PM
Originally Posted By randalldreynolds:
Never have I done this before. This is all new for me. My first AR.
I painted it with testors paint
Then went to bed to dry
I used Q-tips with testors thinner and started rubbing the extra off. It took about 15 Q-tips the thinner just take off a little at a time

I use these post:

http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=3&f=4&t=513077

http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=3&f=4&t=515110


Looks Nice!
I've done it too, but i used hoppes #9 for the thinner.
my2Dogs  [Member]
11/2/2010 4:08:12 PM
Hi Fellas, brand new here just picked up two of the lowers today, got consecutive sn numbers so thats kinda cool to me.

now waiting on my del-ton kit to arrive, I could go broke in that store, found out its only 45 min from the house so yea will be making more trips there, pretty good guys and lots of stuff !!!!!

Thanks PSA!
JW2  [Member]
11/2/2010 9:53:47 PM
Ugh I hate PSA... I drop in there expecting to buy a couple of boxes of ammo and end up buying hundreds of dollars worth of stuff...

I picked up one of the first 100 and it looks nice, although I haven't assembled it yet.
bgcoop8784  [Team Member]
11/2/2010 11:02:26 PM
Rode up there and looked at them last week, they look really good, If I could find an FFL that would give me a decent transfer fee around here I would own some of them, too bad I can't buy them stripped directly from Palmetto State Armory.. Nice store front though, probably going to ride back up and pick up some ammo soon though.
panzersergeant  [Life Member]
11/8/2010 9:17:54 AM
I assembled my PSA lower with a Daniel Defense LPK last night. It went together smooth as silk.

I love the threaded detent hole for the take down pin. I no longer have to wait for the stock to come in before assembling
my lower.



DogSlayer  [Member]
11/10/2010 2:51:02 PM
These look great. I was hoping to order one last night, but I guess they are out of stock. Any idea when more might come in?
ckschill  [Member]
11/10/2010 7:50:44 PM
Just picked up my lower today and can't wait till the lower parts kit can be ordered to start the build. Very nice looking lower and great customer service from the guys at Palmetto State Armory. They just won another satisfied customer.
carolina803  [Member]
11/11/2010 2:48:47 AM
I went to the store monday Looking to buy a lower how did you get one. Hmmmm
panzersergeant  [Life Member]
11/11/2010 7:35:41 AM
Originally Posted By carolina803:
I went to the store monday Looking to buy a lower how did you get one. Hmmmm


Who are you referring to and what are you talking about?
panzersergeant  [Life Member]
11/11/2010 7:53:31 AM
Originally Posted By bgcoop8784:
Rode up there and looked at them last week, they look really good, If I could find an FFL that would give me a decent transfer fee around here I would own some of them, too bad I can't buy them stripped directly from Palmetto State Armory.. Nice store front though, probably going to ride back up and pick up some ammo soon though.


I don't know if receivers are any different but I can buy long guns in Georgia carry-out. Unless it has changed in the last couple of years it is okay to purchase long guns from connecting states. Hand guns still have to be transferred.
Hootbro  [Team Member]
11/12/2010 9:02:14 PM

Originally Posted By panzersergeant:

I don't know if receivers are any different but I can buy long guns in Georgia carry-out. Unless it has changed in the last couple of years it is okay to purchase long guns from connecting states. Hand guns still have to be transferred.

You can not buy bare receivers in person across state lines since they can be built into a pistol. The new 4473's now have them annotate rifle, pistol or receiver on the form when transferring.

Legally, you have the dealer spin a buttstock on, paper out on the 4473 as a rifle and hand back the buttstock after the transfer to get around that.
WarLord31  [Team Member]
11/26/2010 1:21:16 AM

Originally Posted By Hootbro:

Originally Posted By panzersergeant:

I don't know if receivers are any different but I can buy long guns in Georgia carry-out. Unless it has changed in the last couple of years it is okay to purchase long guns from connecting states. Hand guns still have to be transferred.

You can not buy bare receivers in person across state lines since they can be built into a pistol. The new 4473's now have them annotate rifle, pistol or receiver on the form when transferring.

Legally, you have the dealer spin a buttstock on, paper out on the 4473 as a rifle and hand back the buttstock after the transfer to get around that.

I don't think you're aware of the ways of the South down here. I can buy stripped lowers from Florida, Louisiana, and Arkansas from any dealer. And I have actually bought 3 stripped lowers at an Orlando, Florida gunshow this past August and drove back with them to TX, across several state lines. Dealer was glad to sell them, plus he never questioned my intentions either. NCIS check went thru OK and all. The Orlando gunshows are very clear to advertise who can buy and what they will allow from "neighboring" states to buy. Heck, when the show had signs saying a Texan could buy any long gun, even a stripped receiver, I jumped at the chance. Its entirely my responsibility later to fill out the NFA paperwork if I choose to make it an SBR or pistol.

I know up north that buying across state lines is prohibited. So I feel for you guys.
Hootbro  [Team Member]
11/26/2010 8:29:24 PM

Originally Posted By WarLord31:

I don't think you're aware of the ways of the South down here. I can buy stripped lowers from Florida, Louisiana, and Arkansas from any dealer. And I have actually bought 3 stripped lowers at an Orlando, Florida gunshow this past August and drove back with them to TX, across several state lines. Dealer was glad to sell them, plus he never questioned my intentions either. NCIS check went thru OK and all. The Orlando gunshows are very clear to advertise who can buy and what they will allow from "neighboring" states to buy. Heck, when the show had signs saying a Texan could buy any long gun, even a stripped receiver, I jumped at the chance. Its entirely my responsibility later to fill out the NFA paperwork if I choose to make it an SBR or pistol.

I know up north that buying across state lines is prohibited. So I feel for you guys.

It is not a North, South, East or West thing. Up until 6 months ago, I lived in Texas for the last 15+ years so I am "aware" of the ways down south and just because you have gotten away with out of state stripped receiver sales does not make it kosher. Being in Delaware, I can and still do rifle buys from FFL's across state lines. I go to gun shows in PA all the time and buy rifles as do people from NY or NJ. The law is the same here in that the sale of a longarm by a dealer to another private person from another state so long as the longarm being sold is legal in they buyers home state. So your statement of "I know up north that buying across state lines is prohibited" is incorrect in relation to dealer sales to a private person and only correct when it is private person to person across a state line with no license dealer involved.

Problem is that frames and receivers are neither a longarm/rifle nor a pistol and are treated as "other" on the 4473. With "other" it is still illegal to do cross state buying from a licensed dealer or a private person. In fact, it is illegal to transfer a frame/receiver that has never been built into a rifle or pistol to anyone under 21 years of age.

If you have bought a virgin stripped receiver across state lines from a licensed dealer and the 4473 was marked "other", it was an illegal sale. Prior to the sunset of the AWB in 2004, this was not an issue as any virgin receiver would not have been built in a pistol due to the weight and "evil features" criteria of the AWB making it damn near impossible. With the sunset, the ATF realized that virgin AR15, AK-47 and other receivers could be made legally into a pistol and hence the "other" block in question 18 of the 4473 form was added. Many dealer have not caught up to this and are incorrectly selling receivers to out of state residents and/or to in state people under the age of 21.

Nothing mystical about living in the Northeast other than the keeping aware of what the state laws are. In the case of stripped receiver sales from licensed dealers to a out of state residents is illegal regardless if it is Texas or Delaware as it is federal law.

Keith_Stone  [Team Member]
12/8/2010 1:53:00 PM
Originally Posted By Hootbro:

Originally Posted By WarLord31:

I don't think you're aware of the ways of the South down here. I can buy stripped lowers from Florida, Louisiana, and Arkansas from any dealer. And I have actually bought 3 stripped lowers at an Orlando, Florida gunshow this past August and drove back with them to TX, across several state lines. Dealer was glad to sell them, plus he never questioned my intentions either. NCIS check went thru OK and all. The Orlando gunshows are very clear to advertise who can buy and what they will allow from "neighboring" states to buy. Heck, when the show had signs saying a Texan could buy any long gun, even a stripped receiver, I jumped at the chance. Its entirely my responsibility later to fill out the NFA paperwork if I choose to make it an SBR or pistol.

I know up north that buying across state lines is prohibited. So I feel for you guys.

It is not a North, South, East or West thing. Up until 6 months ago, I lived in Texas for the last 15+ years so I am "aware" of the ways down south and just because you have gotten away with out of state stripped receiver sales does not make it kosher. Being in Delaware, I can and still do rifle buys from FFL's across state lines. I go to gun shows in PA all the time and buy rifles as do people from NY or NJ. The law is the same here in that the sale of a longarm by a dealer to another private person from another state so long as the longarm being sold is legal in they buyers home state. So your statement of "I know up north that buying across state lines is prohibited" is incorrect in relation to dealer sales to a private person and only correct when it is private person to person across a state line with no license dealer involved.

Problem is that frames and receivers are neither a longarm/rifle nor a pistol and are treated as "other" on the 4473. With "other" it is still illegal to do cross state buying from a licensed dealer or a private person. In fact, it is illegal to transfer a frame/receiver that has never been built into a rifle or pistol to anyone under 21 years of age.

If you have bought a virgin stripped receiver across state lines from a licensed dealer and the 4473 was marked "other", it was an illegal sale. Prior to the sunset of the AWB in 2004, this was not an issue as any virgin receiver would not have been built in a pistol due to the weight and "evil features" criteria of the AWB making it damn near impossible. With the sunset, the ATF realized that virgin AR15, AK-47 and other receivers could be made legally into a pistol and hence the "other" block in question 18 of the 4473 form was added. Many dealer have not caught up to this and are incorrectly selling receivers to out of state residents and/or to in state people under the age of 21.

Nothing mystical about living in the Northeast other than the keeping aware of what the state laws are. In the case of stripped receiver sales from licensed dealers to a out of state residents is illegal regardless if it is Texas or Delaware as it is federal law.



You do realize that the souths motto is "If you ain't cheatin you ain't tryin" right.
Porcine83  [Member]
12/10/2010 12:39:49 PM
Originally Posted By Keith_Stone:
Originally Posted By Hootbro:

Originally Posted By WarLord31:

I don't think you're aware of the ways of the South down here. I can buy stripped lowers from Florida, Louisiana, and Arkansas from any dealer. And I have actually bought 3 stripped lowers at an Orlando, Florida gunshow this past August and drove back with them to TX, across several state lines. Dealer was glad to sell them, plus he never questioned my intentions either. NCIS check went thru OK and all. The Orlando gunshows are very clear to advertise who can buy and what they will allow from "neighboring" states to buy. Heck, when the show had signs saying a Texan could buy any long gun, even a stripped receiver, I jumped at the chance. Its entirely my responsibility later to fill out the NFA paperwork if I choose to make it an SBR or pistol.

I know up north that buying across state lines is prohibited. So I feel for you guys.

It is not a North, South, East or West thing. Up until 6 months ago, I lived in Texas for the last 15+ years so I am "aware" of the ways down south and just because you have gotten away with out of state stripped receiver sales does not make it kosher. Being in Delaware, I can and still do rifle buys from FFL's across state lines. I go to gun shows in PA all the time and buy rifles as do people from NY or NJ. The law is the same here in that the sale of a longarm by a dealer to another private person from another state so long as the longarm being sold is legal in they buyers home state. So your statement of "I know up north that buying across state lines is prohibited" is incorrect in relation to dealer sales to a private person and only correct when it is private person to person across a state line with no license dealer involved.

Problem is that frames and receivers are neither a longarm/rifle nor a pistol and are treated as "other" on the 4473. With "other" it is still illegal to do cross state buying from a licensed dealer or a private person. In fact, it is illegal to transfer a frame/receiver that has never been built into a rifle or pistol to anyone under 21 years of age.

If you have bought a virgin stripped receiver across state lines from a licensed dealer and the 4473 was marked "other", it was an illegal sale. Prior to the sunset of the AWB in 2004, this was not an issue as any virgin receiver would not have been built in a pistol due to the weight and "evil features" criteria of the AWB making it damn near impossible. With the sunset, the ATF realized that virgin AR15, AK-47 and other receivers could be made legally into a pistol and hence the "other" block in question 18 of the 4473 form was added. Many dealer have not caught up to this and are incorrectly selling receivers to out of state residents and/or to in state people under the age of 21.

Nothing mystical about living in the Northeast other than the keeping aware of what the state laws are. In the case of stripped receiver sales from licensed dealers to a out of state residents is illegal regardless if it is Texas or Delaware as it is federal law.



You do realize that the souths motto is "If you ain't cheatin you ain't tryin" right.


Yes, we are all familiar with standard SEC football operating procedures. Now back to the lowers. I plan to get one when they're back in stock- next week I was told.

ETA- got my lower today and built it up with the magpul lpk from PSA. Whole thing including shipping & ffl fee was $168- which I think is outstanding. Way to go PSA.

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