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Posted: 10/14/2004 8:08:52 AM EDT
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I agree. the barrel/receiver interface is where I am uncomfortable. I use only a polymer lower for this reason. Bob |
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Posted: 10/14/2004 9:33:58 AM EDT
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I suppose it would depend on where your scope was mounted. |
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Posted: 10/14/2004 10:50:02 AM EDT
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In regards to polymer lowers that accept collapsible stocks:
1. If you slam the butt of the stock on the ground as you might do in clearing drills or if you're hitting something/someone with the buttstock, does it strip/marr the buffer extension threads? 2. The pivot pin area in the front was identified as a weak point (A1) and beefed up on aluminum lowers in later years (A2). With the introduction of polymer lowers is this now a weak point again? Does it need to be beefed up a little more on polymer lowers? Thanks in advance. |
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Posted: 10/14/2004 11:03:49 AM EDT
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I have not had to do the butt stock slamming clearing drill on that rifle but I think I would have some trepidation on doing so with the polymer lower.
The front pivot pin was only an issue upon opening and letting it slam to it's furthest opening position. If you don't do this it shuld be ok. My polymer lower has roughly the same dimensions as a forged A2 aluminum lower in this area. Bob |
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Posted: 10/14/2004 11:45:39 AM EDT
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With regards to the CavArms lower failure. This was discussed on another thread and thoroughly explained. The owner put a blow-back .45acp upper on it, but used a standard CAR buffer instead of the much heavier buffer he should have been using. Honestly, I don't know if that would have caused a failure in an aluminum receiver, but I'm certainly not going to test it.
I don't own a CavArms and I probably won't. Not because I think there is anything wrong with them, I just like the flexibility of being able to change a grip or buttstock. That said, this is the only failure of a CavArms lower that I have ever heard of. I would have no qualms whatsoever about owning and firing a CavArms rifle or lower (assuming it had the proper buffer of course!) |
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Posted: 10/14/2004 7:57:37 PM EDT
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If I wasn't a resident of CA I'd order a Cav polymer lower in a heartbeat.
But I wouldn't be throwing my aluminum guns away anytime soon! |
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Posted: 10/14/2004 10:29:26 PM EDT
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_DR.. You just love that picture. Shoot me your e-mail address and I'll send you a picture of a blown up colt (3 of them), a Bushmaster that blew, several Professional Ord guns that butt stocks broke off of and a Rock River that the guy blew the tel-stock off of from using the wrong buffer and spring.
Unlike the guy that actually had that happen to his gun (that gun belongs to Mr45Auto from up in Washington State), you seem to have a problem with the Cav-15 and make it your point in life to troll the boards and post that picture. I see you’re in Texas. I’ll be at the Tiger Valley range in Waco for the next month, so if you would like to swing by and shoot a Cav-15, we have a few full autos (with 10K rounds through them) and we also have a .45 ACP Cav-15 with the proper weight buffer in it. So, you can actually try a Cav-15 or you can continue to talk out your ass about something you don’t know anything about, but it's your choice, it's a free country. Anyone who wants to know what really happened, check out this link. http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=3&f=118&t=199318
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Posted: 10/14/2004 11:02:36 PM EDT
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Isn't this where somebody says, "OWNED!"
 That post alone aughta' be enough to get fence-sitters to buy a cav-arms lower. |
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Posted: 10/14/2004 11:35:59 PM EDT
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Sorry, that's no longer politically correct. The correct term is "Lower of Color" |
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Posted: 10/15/2004 12:15:42 AM EDT
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Ah, I see....
(re linking- prob w/ original link by Garryowen: Link to thread about broken MKII w/ 45 upper Well, I guess I'll make note and get a heavier buffer and/or recoil spring for my MKI's w/ the 9mm Luger. I plan a 357 Sig upper at some point, so I assume that it will prob. work w/ a heavy buffer and extra strength recoil spring.  Progress rarely does not happen w/out experimentation. And w/ experimentation, mistakes are bound to happen. That is how progress is made.... trial and error. Individuals willing to take the risk to forge ahead.  (And Al Bore said that everything as been invented. Geezee......) |
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Posted: 10/15/2004 12:32:50 AM EDT
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Advantages of aluminum over plastic?
I haven't seen an 80% plastic lower yet.
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