just saw one for the first time... anyone have any experience with them?

I have what you would call "limited" experience as I just bought my first AR style rifle.

I bought a DPMS Lo-Pro upper (if I remember correctly) and mated that to a New Frontier Armory lower, then put a Bushnell Red Dot sight on.

After bore sighting, I reassembled the rifle and test shot it at 100 yards. The first shot was just outside the bullseye, so I shot twice more. Both of those shots were inside the bull. I fired another three shot group and those three were also inside the bullseye. So for me, it seems to be a great lower, but then again, I don't have a lot of experience with ARs...

I'm using Mag-Pul magazines and they fit and function perfectly. The trigger breaks cleanly with little creep or overtravel. The lower comes with a lifetime warranty, it's American made and I spent $119.00 on mine.

I've got ZERO complaints but only time will tell how well it holds up....

Well, I've got several hundred rounds through my AR build and it's shooting just fine. The trigger still feels great and the gun shoots better than I can.

I mounted a 4x12 scope to the top of the receiver, then mounted my red-dot sight to a rail I mounted on a 45 degree angle on the forearm.

So now, if the target is WAAAAY out there, I use the scope. If the target pops up at 50 yards or less, I can simply tilt the rifle a little bit, acquire the target in the red-dot and pop it.

It looks a bit odd, but it works great...

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Originally posted by Pa.Frank:
just saw one for the first time... anyone have any experience with them?

I have 2-3 hundered rounds through mine & ZERO problems/complaints other than I should have bought 10 @ the $109.00 price I paid

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Originally posted by tsturm:

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Originally posted by Pa.Frank:
just saw one for the first time... anyone have any experience with them?

I have 2-3 hundered rounds through mine & ZERO problems/complaints other than I should have bought 10 @ the $109.00 price I paid

Amen to that! Heck, I wanted to buy some at $119 and screwed up! Now I can't even find reloading dies, bullets or small rifle primers....

I bought one to build my wife a lightweight and inexpensive rifle. Haven't shot it yet with the DPMS upper but it fits tight, looks great, and the trigger is better than any other I own. I should have bought several at $109.00

Bought one and installed a Del-Ton 16" HB upper with long handguard. Have only fired about 40 rounds since don't have a scope on it yet. Will put a reddot on it. It is as accurate as I can shoot Iron sights. Which means minute of popcan at 50 yards. Dead reliable with only 40 rounds thru it. Total cost so far for all new parts is $405. To me that is an awful good deal. I was really amazed the entire lower (with exception of the springs) is plastic even the trigger/hammer assembly which is actually very smooth. Very impressed with the quality.

I have two NFA complete lowers I bought from Joe Bob's for $99 each, shipped. They are in the safe waiting for uppers along with a couple other lowers.

I've heard a few people having issues with them. Most common seem to be stripping the threads for the grip screw and breaking the plastic take down pins. Most people recommend replacing the pins with metal ones. Also heard of a couple getting broke off at the buffer tube threads. But they have a lifetime warranty and customer service seems to be good.

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Originally posted by filmit:
I've heard a few people having issues with them. Most common seem to be stripping the threads for the grip screw and breaking the plastic take down pins. Most people recommend replacing the pins with metal ones. Also heard of a couple getting broke off at the buffer tube threads. But they have a lifetime warranty and customer service seems to be good.

With a lifetime warranty and good customer service, that's definitely good enough for me.

Unless my AR lower is in the shop on the last day of the Earth, I can wait for it to be repaired....

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With a lifetime warranty and good customer service, that's definitely good enough for me

Only as good as the life of the company.

I brought a new brand 22 semi auto pistol life time warranty. Well about a month later the company went belly up pistol broke. Now it is junk.

I also brought some suba gear from a company that been bussness for decades again life time warrenties.

They were brought out a year later the new company said the old one is now out of bussiness your warranties are void.


I do not buy off brand guns any more new companys come and go.

I can't see buying a plastic lower myself. I know we are not shooting full auto, but I remember problems with forged receivers having the trigger and hammer pins beat out thier respective holes to the point that the pins would walk out of the receiver. They make oversized pins for just this problem. I would be curious to know how they hold up after a few thousand rounds. Before the current panic, forged stripped lowers were running around $125 on average, and spending $25 extra for the overall durability of forged just makes sense to me.

I have a CAV Arms poly lower. Love it, it has fired a couple of thousand rounds with no problems. They sold out to GWACS Armory, who honors CAV Arms warranty. Mine has a DPMS upper with a 22inch barrel. Excellent accuracy.

That all being said, I would think Frontiers poly would be as good.

I think for people who use reasonable care with their guns, these would be fine. There is also the type of person out there that can break anvils and anything else they seem to get into their hands. For them I would probably suggest a forged lower, or even better, a bolt action.