Homemade AR lower forged from aluminum cans

[Skip]

Watched the whole thing. How cool. I like his safety gear while working with the Al.

BPTactical needs to see this! Assuming he hasn't...

[Hound]

Really taking it to another level there.

[68Charger]

For that matter, why even mess with casting, when a raw forging is on sale?
http://onlylongrange.com/forged-0-223-lower-receiver/

Never done business with them, was just a quick web search

[ray1970]

This reminds me of the video where the guy turns a shovel into an AK receiver.

[meatman]

Casting, not a forging, and using the wrong alloy for the job (beverage cans are 3004 or 3104), so it's good he made it beefier than a standard lower profile. Looks like he didn't end up with any obvious voids, so it should do just fine.

Very neat to watch, though!

Oops. Not up on my metallurgic processes. Cast, sorry, not forged.

[BladesNBarrels]

Makes a person appreciate the work involved.
Way beyond my shop's capability

[Guylee]

For that matter, why even mess with casting, when a raw forging is on sale?
http://onlylongrange.com/forged-0-223-lower-receiver/

Never done business with them, was just a quick web search

I think the point of the video is just to show that it can be done. If we're talking about the easiest way to get it done, why not just go buy a lower?

[Jer]

I think the point of the video is just to show that it can be done. If we're talking about the easiest way to get it done, why not just go buy a lower?

My thoughts exactly. The dude is a doctor & this obviously a hobby of his. He did it because he can basically. It would be cool to say I made an AR15 from beer cans that I even drank just like it would've cool to say I made this AK47 out of an old shovel.

[meatman]

Sweet, most expensive cast lower ever

2nd most now.

[wctriumph]

Looks like he had fun doing this. I would have.