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Posted: 2/10/2015 11:42:22 PM EDT
| Ok guys blemished lowers is there away way to tell if it's just a visual blemish or if it may be a size issue somewhere before you buy? Also where is the best place you all have found to get these? |
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Every blem receiver I've seen sold are blems because of some cosmetic issue, never because it is machined wrong or somehow out of spec. That said, For all the blem receivers I've ever seen in person, you'd be real hard pressed to actually find the blemish. X2 |
| The worst defect I have personally seen in my blem receivers is that the finish didn't adhere to a tiny part of it, about the size of the tip of a pencil. If you like to look at your rifles, that may bother you. If you use your rifles for more than just bench shooting, it's irrelevant. |
| PSA always has blemished lowers for sale for around $60 bucks. I'v seen a lot of Anderson Mfg. blemished stripped lowers for sale online at placed like Cope's Distributing Inc., selling for $40 each. However, you can get non-blemished Anderson Mfg. stripped lowers for the same price if you look around. As stated above, all blemished lowers are cosmetic and do not effect the function of the gun. Yes, they are all forged, if you're wondering. |
| I bought a few spikes blem lowers that were easily noticeable cosmetic blems, but I was planning to refinish them anyway. Like others have said I think they are always advertised as cosmetic and if the gun is going to be used, then it is probably going to be worse in the future from your own wear and tear. |
| A few friends have blem lowers. Ive personally looked them over and can barely, and i mean barely, find the blemishes, two were 1/2in scratches in the coating, and 2 were wavy coatings, and the last one had a scratch in the magwell. Blem lowers are gonna be my next pick. |
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Every blem receiver I've seen sold are blems because of some cosmetic issue, never because it is machined wrong or somehow out of spec. That said, For all the blem receivers I've ever seen in person, you'd be real hard pressed to actually find the blemish. This. I have PSA and Anderson lowers. I can't find a blemish on any of them. |
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My first lower was first quality and didn't fit well with an upper. Many others report the same. Fit to the upper isn't a cosmetic issue and how the makers get around it is to measure the batch to see what they run and then match them to complementary uppers. It's much more easily done in house.
We don't get that luxury, we just live with the one lower we bought and hopefully it works. Tight or loose, tho, it's not an indicator of quality or accuracy, just aesthetics. The popular myth is that things are supposed to fit tightly, the unpopular reality is that tight fits on a combat firearm increase stoppages and make the gun more unreliable. |
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A functional issue isn't a "blem." We AR fanatics are a hard bunch to please, and most of the companies that sell "blems" have very high [u]cosmetic[u] standards. Finish issues, even if they don't show in a finished gun, can get makers no end of hate mail. So they have very picky people checking every tiny detail of their finished parts, which winds up saving them time and money dealing with complaints.
I can't say for sure that "we ran out of actual blems, but demand is high so let's move some of the excess inventory of unblemished lowers" does or does not happen, but I wouldn't doubt it in some cases. Most of the time, though, I'm pretty sure there's a tiny spec, or scratch or dimple that made the inspector say "ok, this one isn't pretty enough" and got it marked as a blem. |
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I've got a blem upper and lower from them. Can't find the blemishes on either personally Quoted:
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The PSA blemished lower I bought seems perfect. I couldn't find anything wrong with it. I've got a blem upper and lower from them. Can't find the blemishes on either personally The blem's that I got were on the inside where it was easily hidden by the BCG and the Mag or the inside trigger area. Very obvious though (white milky stains) like a can of white paint blew up. |
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Some of the so-called blems are actually just the regular product that isn't moving very well. They call them blems so guys who paid more won't be mad, and they can raise the price again later by just saying "we ran out of blems; top quality costs more". This. I have many PSA lowers sold as blems and others that were not blems. There is are difference that I can see. I have had no fitment or dimensional problem. If you actually shoot your AR you will eventually have some marks or blemishes anyway. |
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