You can send your money to Ameetec now and hope they get 300 orders in a reasonable amount of time, or you can complete your own with a 10% from Justin now. He has the orders needed to make a run, so you can get on the list and complete it yourself. If you have basic, VERY basic, milling knowledge and access to a milling machine, you can be shooting when everybody else is letting their money sit in someone else's bank account.
In the "AR45 Range Results" thread, someone even posted about a manufacturer who will complete and register one of Justin's lowers for you for $75. So, $295 for Justin's AR45 lower, $10 shipping and $75 for someone else to complete it for you, and you can be shooting right away!
I'm glad that Ameetec is finally moving on this, but I'm just not willing to send them that much money, hoping they can get 300 orders within the seven months they posted, and if not, I just have to "be patient". Like Tangochaser said before, it's a huge investment, and I completely understand why a smaller company needs the money in advance. But, to me, that's a substantial amount of money, and I want to shoot my AR45 NOW!
At least we all have two options now. Ameetec will be producing them, and Justin is making another run of lowers for you to complete. I just hope I beat all of you to the good deals on GG mags at the gunshows
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