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5/4/2010 1:02:05 PM EDT
Does anyone manufacture a forged lower receiver with an integral/built in trigger guard?

I am going to start on my next build, and my "dream" lower receiver would be a forged 7075T6 w/ beveled magazine well and integral trigger guard..  just curious if it even exsists.

I have searched and can't find anything other than billet (which I may go that route).

Thank
5/4/2010 2:04:16 PM EDT
[#1]
Here ya go

http://www.seekinsprecision.com/index_p.php?p=arlower
5/4/2010 2:28:25 PM EDT
[#2]
Quoted:
Here ya go

http://www.seekinsprecision.com/index_p.php?p=arlower


"The SP-223 lower is made of 7075T6 billet"

I am looking for forged; I have found several billet ones.
5/4/2010 2:52:55 PM EDT
[#3]
No.  The forging already has that area removed, so you'd have to get new forging dies set up, not cheap.
5/4/2010 3:55:47 PM EDT
[#4]
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No.  The forging already has that area removed, so you'd have to get new forging dies set up, not cheap.


That is what I suspected.. and I assume there isn't a high enough demand for a specific non-standard setup.

I am kind of curious as to why the original blueprints have a removeable trigger guard in the first place..  I can't imagine they were thinking of people changing them out for various designs.
5/4/2010 4:17:07 PM EDT
[#5]
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No.  The forging already has that area removed, so you'd have to get new forging dies set up, not cheap.


That is what I suspected.. and I assume there isn't a high enough demand for a specific non-standard setup.

I am kind of curious as to why the original blueprints have a removeable trigger guard in the first place..  I can't imagine they were thinking of people changing them out for various designs.


For use with heavy gloves.
5/4/2010 4:36:01 PM EDT
[#6]
Quoted:
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No.  The forging already has that area removed, so you'd have to get new forging dies set up, not cheap.


That is what I suspected.. and I assume there isn't a high enough demand for a specific non-standard setup.

I am kind of curious as to why the original blueprints have a removeable trigger guard in the first place..  I can't imagine they were thinking of people changing them out for various designs.


For use with heavy gloves.


I understand that –– but I was just wondering why they didn't just make the original forging with a integral curved trigger guard.  No disadvantages to it.
5/4/2010 5:08:14 PM EDT
[#7]
Smaller curves like that might have been harder to machine 50+ years ago...
5/4/2010 7:24:15 PM EDT
[#8]
I believe they could have machined it 50 years ago but I think it was more a production streamlining.  Think about the time saved on 10000 units..
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