Posted: 10/29/2008 6:04:46 AM EDT
| Anyone have a problem with these? $120.00 shipped a good price? |
| I built my wife's M4 lookalike on a DPMS and was not impressed with the quality of the lower at all. It had machining burrs left all over it, and I ended up having to put a set of KNS pins in it because the FCG pin holes were oversize and the pins were walking out of the receiver. I'll never buy another DPMS lower. |
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I built my wife's M4 lookalike on a DPMS and was not impressed with the quality of the lower at all. It had machining burrs left all over it, and I ended up having to put a set of KNS pins in it because the FCG pin holes were oversize and the pins were walking out of the receiver. I'll never buy another DPMS lower. How old is the lower? I bought both of mine in 2004 and they are just as good as my Colt, Spikes, and Bushmaster. |
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I built my wife's M4 lookalike on a DPMS and was not impressed with the quality of the lower at all. It had machining burrs left all over it, and I ended up having to put a set of KNS pins in it because the FCG pin holes were oversize and the pins were walking out of the receiver. I'll never buy another DPMS lower. How old is the lower? I bought both of mine in 2004 and they are just as good as my Colt, Spikes, and Bushmaster. Maybe a year and a half? I can't recall exactly when I built it, but it hasn't been that long ago. |
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I built my wife's M4 lookalike on a DPMS and was not impressed with the quality of the lower at all. It had machining burrs left all over it, and I ended up having to put a set of KNS pins in it because the FCG pin holes were oversize and the pins were walking out of the receiver. I'll never buy another DPMS lower. How old is the lower? I bought both of mine in 2004 and they are just as good as my Colt, Spikes, and Bushmaster. Maybe a year and a half? I can't recall exactly when I built it, but it hasn't been that long ago. Did you contact DPMS? What does the serial number start with? I never had a problem, but was wondering if things changed since they are owned by Cerebus (like Remington and Bushmaster). |
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I built my wife's M4 lookalike on a DPMS and was not impressed with the quality of the lower at all. It had machining burrs left all over it, and I ended up having to put a set of KNS pins in it because the FCG pin holes were oversize and the pins were walking out of the receiver. I'll never buy another DPMS lower. How old is the lower? I bought both of mine in 2004 and they are just as good as my Colt, Spikes, and Bushmaster. Maybe a year and a half? I can't recall exactly when I built it, but it hasn't been that long ago. Did you contact DPMS? What does the serial number start with? I never had a problem, but was wondering if things changed since they are owned by Cerebus (like Remington and Bushmaster). Nope, never did. My profession makes me more aware of things like that...and to date it's the only AR I've built so I really didn't know if that was common or not. The lower was purchased before Cerebus bought DPMS. I'll stick to RRA or other brands. |
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Here is an artical that may help a little on lowers.
It states there is only four companies currently producing lower AR receivers. AR lower info for example: LAR = Grizzly, Bushmaster (L Prefix), Ameetech, (?)DPMS, CMMG, Double Star, Fulton, Spike's Tactical, Noveske (new) Anyhow, I multiple brands like Bushmaster, RRA, DPMS and couldn't tell the difference besides price. The quality seems great and they all eat steel cased ammo without jamming once. |
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I built my wife's M4 lookalike on a DPMS and was not impressed with the quality of the lower at all. It had machining burrs left all over it, and I ended up having to put a set of KNS pins in it because the FCG pin holes were oversize and the pins were walking out of the receiver. I'll never buy another DPMS lower. How old is the lower? I bought both of mine in 2004 and they are just as good as my Colt, Spikes, and Bushmaster. Maybe a year and a half? I can't recall exactly when I built it, but it hasn't been that long ago. Did you contact DPMS? What does the serial number start with? I never had a problem, but was wondering if things changed since they are owned by Cerebus (like Remington and Bushmaster). Nope, never did. My profession makes me more aware of things like that...and to date it's the only AR I've built so I really didn't know if that was common or not. The lower was purchased before Cerebus bought DPMS. I'll stick to RRA or other brands. A friend had a similar issue with a Spike's lower and Stag parts kit. I've done two Spike's lowers with DPMS parts kits and have had good luck. I'm sure there's some poor slob out there with a Colt, LMT, or Mega lower that's had problems too. |