9mm, some very basic questions (not covered in the other 9mm thread...)

For anybody that is in love with the DDLES lower..... DO NOT ORDER ONE FROM THEIR WEBSITE!!

Personally owned(here, ar15, sturm...) is your ONLY source. Riflegear.com had some, but DDLES is out of the game.

The company is defunct and the owner is being indicted.

More info here..... http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_3_15/60...ke_to_Jon.html

if you have an opportunity to get one, DO IT!... The fit and finish is great, and it looks pretty cool. Mine has been 100% from day one. But be very careful who you get it from.

A 9mm AR has been on my wishlist for awhile. I wanted a DDLES lower but after reading stories on how far they are back up, I decided to wait. One day I will put one together.

ThunderSquirrel, that thing is tits!

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Originally Posted by fullmann

For anybody that is in love with the DDLES lower..... DO NOT ORDER ONE FROM THEIR WEBSITE!!

Personally owned(here, ar15, sturm...) is your ONLY source. Riflegear.com had some, but DDLES is out of the game.

The company is defunct and the owner is being indicted.

More info here..... http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_3_15/60...ke_to_Jon.html

if you have an opportunity to get one, DO IT!... The fit and finish is great, and it looks pretty cool. Mine has been 100% from day one. But be very careful who you get it from.

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That is really disappointing. My experience with them was fantastic. They were very knowledgeable, always answered the phone, responded to emails, and my lower was shipped within weeks of the order. Granted, that was years ago, my serial number is under 100...

Quality wise, the lower is great, and still running like a champ after all the abuse I've given it.

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Originally Posted by Danimal

Maybe this is a good place for this. I am working on developing a lower to replace the DDLES. Same principal, just a little nicer looking if you ask me. I am going to start talking to some local machine shops to see if they have any interest in producing them along with their current lineup. So if you own a shop, posses an FFL and are interested feel free to PM me.

I am still in the prototyping phase for now, and it will be quite a while before I can go much further. It is a ton of work to take an idea, design it, prototype it, test it, find a problem, solve the problem, implement design changes build another prototype and repeat.

I still have some kinks to work out, but here are some screen shots of REV 3.

http://i656.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps758d72db.jpg

http://i656.photobucket.com/albums/u...pse8e6a9c2.jpg

http://i656.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps0db08e2b.jpg

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Why not offer an 80% version ? Once the magwell is cut, everything else is standard AR 80% jig work.

I really wish the DD was still available or someone could reproduce it. I Really like the dedicated (smaller) magazine area. All the lowers with the full size AR 556 mag wells look like an after thought. That pic that ThunderSquirrel posted makes me drool.

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Originally Posted by Great-Kazoo

Why not offer an 80% version ? Once the magwell is cut, everything else is standard AR 80% jig work.

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+1. I know dickfer about 9mm ARs, but my first thought was if you are going to produce a lower, might as well mock up an 80% jig and produce those as well.

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Originally Posted by ray1970

Some day I plan to build a 9mm. I like the Double Diamond lowers.

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Damn you've had that plan since I let you fondle mine for a few years. Although I can't really talk I still haven't shot mine. Should have a piece of paper anyday now that will give me permission to though.

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Originally Posted by Danimal

I am working on developing a lower to replace the DDLES. Same principal, just a little nicer looking if you ask me.

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I totally dig your lower, except the full size magwell. That is one of the major things that go me turned onto the DDLES lower was the smaller size built to fit the smaller 9mm round.

I'll post up pics of mine once I have a little piece of paper that says I can put the pieces together. Also waiting on another little piece of paper that'll let me turn down the volume on it, but that one is still probably 5-6 months out.

Does anyone have experience with Olympic Arms AR-15 in 9mm that uses glock mags? Every once in awhile I see them pop up for $900+/- but cannot find enough info to see if they are worth it or not. I just can't decide if it would be more beneficial to build a 9mm AR use a traditional mag block or buy a factory 9mm AR.