I put an AR together for a friend of mine using the SOCOM lower. I wished I would have spent the extra $ and bought one for myself instead of the DPMS lower. My buddy chose the red( looks more like dark pink), but i think the silver would have been cool looking. Quality was evident, like they say they are CNC machined not forged or cast. I would think the tolerance are a lot less with this kind of manufacturing. all in all I thought it was worth the extra $, aspecially if your building a "good looking" rifle.
Posts: 94 | Location: Tri-Cities, WA | Registered: 07 November 2002
The thing looks like a damn bank vault with all those re-enforced areas. And the finish on them in the pictures looks aswsome. I would go basic black myself. Thanks for your reply.
quote:Originally posted by carverelli: like they say they are CNC machined not forged or cast. I would think the tolerance are a lot less with this kind of manufacturing.
ALL forgings, castings, and billets are machined to final dimensions. The machining can be manual or CNC. Regardless, even castings need at least a little bit of finish machining. Forgings need a lot more, and billets need to be 100% machined (by definition).
Posts: 2206 | Location: USA | Registered: 31 August 2002
I want both. Preformance and looks are body and sole of firearms. Only accurate rifles are intresting. Like wise only good looking firearms are intresting. One with out the other is pointless and a waste.
