[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Magpul lower pic thread. (Page 1 of 9)
Posted: 2/17/2010 10:53:37 AM EDT
Need to get Stickman, KM223, and anyone else who owns a magpul lower in here  I know there's not many out there but I'd love to see as many pics as possible...Maybe I should rename this to the lucky SOB thread 
I just compiled a list of questions that people tend to ask and all the information I know from what Magpul has told me. Here's the info: 1.How many Mapgul lowers were made? Response by Magpul: “A little over 950 made it through processing to be finished lowers. Several (about 30) of these we weeded out during the QC process to be dummy or display lowers (trigger area completly cut out).” 2.What types of lowers are there? Response by Magpul in quotations: There are three main types of lowers: A, B, C. However there were also 3 initial test lowers as well as a few unspecified ones. A series lowers: ambidextrous controls -So far 125 of them have been released as part of Noveske Special Edition Rifles -50 Noveske Moes -50 Noveske Recces -25 Noveske SPRs B series lowers: same as A but without ambidextrous controls -Have never seen one or heard much about them C series lowers: China doll logo on them. -These were never released to the general public. People who have them received them as a gift or have very good connections. “Of the remainder (about 900 lowers) 130 are C series and the rest were spilt roughly evenly between A's and B's with many of the B's still un-anodized and not gone through final QC.” 3.Why do they all have different addresses? The A series lowers says Erie CO, the C series says Longmont CO, and 3 rarest lowers say Boulder CO. I’ve yet to see or here anything much about the B series lowers so far. Response from Magpul in reference to the addresses: “Address changed as we moved locations and our manufacturing FFL address changed also.” 4.Which ones are the rarest? The rarest Magpul lowers are MPL0001,2 and 3 since there are only 3 in existence. The second rarest are the C series since their are only 130 and there were only given to people with connections to Magpul. Quote from Magpul: “There were three lowers MPL0001,2 and 3. that were the initial samples made out of 6061 ALU (all others are 7075) to test the CNC program. These three lowers remain the property of Magpul (although one employee incorrectly believes 0003 is his because he has been "testing" it for a few years now). There are a few other handful of special and "set up" lowers that were not released and do not conform to AB or C numbering conventions." 5.Who made the lowers? Response by Magpul: “Some rough prep work was done by sub contractors (a few were not even AR manufactures). All final work, including magwell broaching and operations to turn the lowers into a firearm, were done on location at Magpul in Colorado.” 6.Will they ever make any more? Response by Magpul: “The insurance issue was the main reason for not producing these as stripped lowers. Our current underwriter would only cover what we had built under our existing policy, only if they were sold as completed rifles built by a competent manufacture. To sell firearms as a manufacture (as part of your primary business) requires a whole different set of underwriting than accessories. Sorry that is just a fact. As for ($$$) for a rifle, the small amount we get for each lower sold does not even cover our costs we have in each lower. It would have been more cost effective to scrap the lowers and take the tax deduction. We couldn't bear to do that so we found a way to release them, knowing that whatever we decided to do someone, somewhere would be upset. I can say the Magpul lower, as released, will remain quite rare as we have no intention of producing the design. It also has the old FFL name on the side which no longer used (Magpul Armament CO as opposed to the new Magpul Military Industries). Again this does not affect function but for a collecter it is important. [ETA] Does anyone have or has anyone seen a B series lower? I know some of the A series were sold as Noveske rifle packages and I've seen Stick and KM223 post pics of their C series lowers but I've yet to see anyone post a pic of a B series lower.....hopefully they'll be releasing some in the form of another limited edition rifle series soon, especially if they ever considered doing a few with KAC 
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It's a honor to be apart of this elite club! Thanks Jeep for the invite! http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q175/KM223_2006/DSC_3118.jpg http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q175/KM223_2006/DSC_3116.jpg http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q175/KM223_2006/DSC_3117.jpg http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q175/KM223_2006/DSC_3119.jpg http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q175/KM223_2006/DSC_3121.jpg  C series!!
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how many were made?Did magpul contract the work out? ~150 IIRC. They were given to employees and a few people in the industry...a few have gone up for sale by the receipient, usually in the $500+ price range... 50 of each A,B,C, series So far there are 125 A series lowers that were sold as part of Noveske limited edition rifles (MOE-50, Recce-50, SPR-25). I have never seen or heard anything about the B series lowers other than that they do exist. From what Mapgul told me, nearly 900 lowers were made and they were mostly split between A and B series. There are only 130 C series. Since I have never seen a B series lower I'm crossing my fingers that they release another limited edition rifle with an industry leader. KAC would be my vote for the next collaboration, if there ever is another one
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Who manufactured them? Not sure. They never told me. My suspicion is POF due to some similarities between them at the time of manufacture but I can't verify that. THanks for the info.Magpul really needs to invest in some tooling and bring these and other stuff to the masses. 
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The point of this thread is? To make us hate them  Mission accomplished. Sorry, these thing are so rare and almost never seen that I wanted to see who all was able to get one. Figured this was a good place to put it since many of the ones that were released were bought by guys here on arfcom. and this is the Magpul forum. I was also hoping some of the Magpul guys would stop by and give us more info. Such as where the remaining 640 lowers are and what they plan on doing with them. Hopefully it means they're working on releasing a few more limited edition rifles and a few of you guys might get one
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Im excited about the Knights / Magpul Dynamics carbine ive got one order. Anyone else get in on that?? I keep going back and forth but haven't pulled the trigger yet. Awesome setup by a couple of my favorite companies. However, if they decided to use Magpul lowers then I'd be all over it and wouldn't be able to find by credit card fast enough
[ETA] VERY nice Noveske MPL MOE by the way!  I just missed buying one by about an hour 
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I love the pics. This one is my favorite Thanks for posting!
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Seeing this is giving me major sellers remorse.
Oh well, made a few bucks. It just sat there and was never going to get shot anyway. I originally had 3 of them but sold two to fund my new SBR addiction and to let a few others get to own one. I will NEVER sell the last one though! |
