PWA Lower > Build It Yourself

Posted: 1/26/2004 11:11:39 AM EDT

Just looked at a lower I've never heard of. It's stamped PWA, Milan, IL, 5.56 Commando.

Anyone ever heard of this company?

Posted: 1/26/2004 4:28:25 PM EDT

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Pac-West Armory. Went out of business in 1997.

Sold only lower receivers, never complete rifles, although there are a couple thousand documented pre-ban grandfathered guns built on PWA receivers. Vast majority of them are post-ban.

Posted: 1/27/2004 5:55:53 AM EDT

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PWA (360) 438-3983
35222 and Below - Pre-Ban (Note:Some lowers are cast not forged. Out of business) Post-ban have a year prefix in the serial number. Rumored to have only sold lowers.

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FYI

Posted: 1/30/2004 2:17:36 PM EDT

[#3]

If you're not interested in it let me know a price and I'll possibly take it off of your hands.

Mike

Posted: 1/30/2004 2:37:04 PM EDT

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Heard a rumor that PWA was bought by RRA. Anyone know the truth?

Posted: 1/30/2004 5:05:46 PM EDT

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Heard a rumor that PWA was bought by RRA. Anyone know the truth?

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That's my understanding. I doupt Rock River would honor warranty work on my pre-ban, however...

Nick

Posted: 1/30/2004 6:12:13 PM EDT

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Depends, warranty work is often written into purchase agreements. Might be worth contacting RRA if, indeed, they are the purchaser.

Posted: 1/31/2004 6:24:53 PM EDT

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Forged PWA lower is my favorite, beware, I hear they also made cast.

Posted: 2/1/2004 6:26:49 AM EDT

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Heard a rumor that PWA was bought by RRA. Anyone know the truth?

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My recollection is that after PWA closed their doors, RRA bought their manufacturing equipment.

As far as PWA quality, I have one and it has served me well.

Posted: 2/2/2004 11:04:36 AM EDT

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Sorry, It just got installed on a 24" Varmint bbl. It's a nice looking forged lower with a serial number of 50XXX. Since it said Milan IL I didn't thing it was the old Pac-West company. I heard rumor since my last post that theyre produced by Armalite, ie an offshoot of Eagle arms lowers

Posted: 2/2/2004 2:28:08 PM EDT

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I heard rumor since my last post that theyre produced by Armalite, ie an offshoot of Eagle arms lowers

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That's the first time I have heard that one...

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