AR Buildfest 2013

[OneGuy67]

That's more with shop, wait and travel time than a billet unit, ready to go.

That is true for the AR-15 blanks. I bought the AR-10 blank and with the use of the CNC machine, still came out cheaper than buying a ready to go lower receiver, if you factor in shipping, FFL fees and the like.

There were a few people there very vocal about having receivers that the .gov doesn't know about. A lot of talk about the ATF and registration lists. Some guys were a little overboard and their tin hats were a little tight. For me, it was a cheaper alternative for a hard to find lower receiver.

[SAnd]

There is a special kind of Coolness Factor in making a gun yourself. To be able to put your own markings on it with no one else's markings there is also part of that Cool Factor. Or not having to any markings on it all.

[jerrymrc]

There is a special kind of Coolness Factor in making a gun yourself. To be able to put your own markings on it with no one else's markings there is also part of that Cool Factor. Or not having to any markings on it all.

I tend to agree with that.

[us1911]

There were a few people there very vocal about having receivers that the .gov doesn't know about. A lot of talk about the ATF and registration lists. Some guys were a little overboard and their tin hats were a little tight. For me, it was a cheaper alternative for a hard to find lower receiver.

LOL! I guess they believe the IRS will never audit him and ask for those signed waivers, er..... I mean tax receipts, they left behind.

[Joe_K]

Did this out in CA place charged $65 to machine out an 80% AR15/10 lower or a 1911 frame. The ATF shut them down cuz the CNC shop and the store selling the parts kits had to similiar of a name.


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[Brass]

Will there be another build event?

[Great-Kazoo]

Did this out in CA place charged $65 to machine out an 80% AR15/10 lower or a 1911 frame. The ATF shut them down cuz the CNC shop and the store selling the parts kits had to similiar of a name.


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The ATF ordered a cease and desist to them. reason being the 80% was being machined in the same facility as the 100% / finished group ones were being done. SO they consider that to be manufacturing lower without the correct FFL. Had they done the group buy / AR build elsewhere that would not have been the case.

[OneGuy67]

And these guys had their facilities separated. They make the blanks a couple of buildings down and the area we were using only had one older CNC machine in it. There were some flooring supplies they had lined up to limit the space people were occupying, but I didn't see anything else in the area.

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[funkymonkey1111]

anyone that went to this care to chime in on the performance of the highplains CNC lowers? (PM is fine, too)

[OneGuy67]

I discovered that my AR10 lower doesn't mate to the upper I purchased as well as I'd like. It took me a little bit of correction with a drill bit to clean up the pin holes and there is a small, but visible gap at the back end where the two receivers meet. Also, the fire control area was too tight and needed to be opened up a bit more in order to get the trigger assy parts in there as well as the trigger hole itself needed to be opened up more.