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1/26/2026 1:42:15 PM EDT
I decided I want a folding 300 blk for a bag gun. I looked through my bins of shit and found a stripped Anderson lower, a SOLGW blaster kit, a Larue MBT, and a BCM extension. I’m sitting here contemplating ordering a law folder, radian Talon safety (my preference), and building out the Anderson lower and then slapping a BCM 300 upper on it. I dont sell guns so I’m not worried about resale - but my mind is glitching thinking about adding $450-500 in guts & folder to a $39 lower. I know it’s just a hunk of metal that holds parts…..but I’m wondering if missing a reason that I should order a better lower?
1/26/2026 2:05:57 PM EDT
[Last Edit: trails-end][Edited] [#1]
It's just a hunk of metal that holds parts.  I have BCM, DD, CMMG, and Colt uppers on them.  The only issue I have ever had with an
Anderson is Magpul mags not dropping free.  I prefer aluminum mags, so that doesn't affect me.

Now I buy the least expensive one PSA sells.
I love a good double entendre.
1/26/2026 2:10:32 PM EDT
[#2]
That’s pretty much what I was thinking - but it will definitively be the most I’ve ever spent on an Anderson lower. Screw it….the money I save from not ordering a Gucci lower can go towards the Law folder. Obviously didn’t take much to convince me.
1/26/2026 2:10:49 PM EDT
[#3]
Nah man. My first sbr was a poverty pony.

G$ SSA
BCM MK2 a5 setup
Radian safety (added later)
Anderson lpk
Bg16 grip


Rock that puppy

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1/26/2026 4:15:01 PM EDT
[#4]
I have done builds with Anderson lowers in addition to Larue, JP, Aero, Colt, Bushmaster, Eagle arms. and a couple of others I can't remember right now, and the Anderson lowers work just as well as any of the others...no better, and no worse.
1/26/2026 4:27:59 PM EDT
[#5]
I have two Anderson builds, the last one was with all BCM parts.  Works like the rest of my AR's.  My only regret is not buying more when they were on sale at my LGS for $34.  I have one spare left.  I may build a pistol/sbr with it someday.
Well, I was drunk the day my mom got out of prison....
1/26/2026 4:47:07 PM EDT
[#6]
I have an Anderson lower. Works just as good as my LMT, DDs, PSA and Aero/BA.
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1/26/2026 11:37:07 PM EDT
[#7]
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Originally Posted By Slingblade2006:... My only regret is not buying more when they were on sale at my LGS for $34. ..
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Don't get me started. A few black Fridays ago an LGS here had a skid full of Anderson lowers. $29:99. I only bought one. Spent a year piddling around with parts and finally got an FDE and black build together with it, a PSA upper and a mish mash of other stuff and that rifle runs great and is plenty accurate for what I cared about for it.

I should have grabbed a couple more, especially now that Anderson is gone, but who knew and money was tight. For all the hate Anderson gets, there's not a thing in the world wrong with that lower receiver. Even the finish was immaculate.
1/26/2026 11:38:27 PM EDT
[#8]
Agreed, that lower is fine.

Buying another for the build would just be a waste of money.
1/26/2026 11:43:48 PM EDT
[#9]
They work just like any other. Like others, I should have bought more
1/27/2026 2:03:18 AM EDT
[#10]
they work just fine.  

if you don't ever plan on selling it who cares what the market thinks about the build?  build what you want!
The deuce you say.
1/27/2026 2:28:41 AM EDT
[Last Edit: viator][Edited] [#11]
Build it and don't worry.


I assembled an Anderson lower today. Following a poverty theme, I used some BCM blemished parts. None of the BCM blems even have a noticeable fault, with the exception of the endplate, on which the BCM logo is fainter than normal.

The build is:

Anderson Stripped Lower
CMMG AR-15 Gunbuilders LPK
Hoffman Super Safety with a cut mil spec trigger & other FCG parts from stock
BCM blemish black Buffer tube
Sprinco buffer spring -  Blue +15%
H3 buffer
BCM Blemish QD endplate
BCM Castle nut
Magpul MIAD FDE Gen 1.1 Grip Kit Type 1  
BCM GUNFIGHTER Mod 0 Trigger Guard
B5 SOPMOD black stock - This lower was assembled 1st as a pistol with an SBA5 brace, then as a rifle.

This is the only Anderson lower that I have. This is the only Super Safety that I have. I don't plan on building any more. I got one because I didn't have any.

That being said, I was shocked at how good the trigger is when dry firing. I never expected it. The take up moves fairly smoothly to a distinct wall and then breaks crisply.  It far surpasses any of my Partisan Disrupter triggers.
1/27/2026 8:45:59 AM EDT
[#12]
The poverty pony allows you to spend more on other critical components.  No qualms about using one.
1/27/2026 8:49:34 AM EDT
[#13]
Poverty all the ponies!
Award: 24/365 Most likely to be an appendix.

"Dealing with Congress is like trying to have an adult conversation about the credit card with your alcoholic bi-polar Ukranian import wife."
2/5/2026 10:38:09 PM EDT
[#14]
My $45 gun show pony has a $200 stamp on it.
2/6/2026 7:32:17 AM EDT
[#15]
Just picked up two, and SBR’d them. They seem nice enough. 39$ 20$ transfer each.
2/9/2026 3:00:57 PM EDT
[#16]
Never had any issues with Anderson, built a couple that work fine. I was buying them cheap locally, still have 3 waiting in the safe. I’ll probably SBR one or two.

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