Budget AR Suggestions

[Cokebottle]

This is the breakdown the FFL sent me

DROS fee - $25
Processing fee - $50
Plus 9.75% sales tax on the purchase price of the item plus processing fee. For example, if the lower costs you $55 the sales tax would be computed on $105 (purchase price plus processing fee) or in this example $10.24. Adding all the costs up your total transaction cost (cash or check - credit card is an additional 3%): $25 + $50 + $10.24 = $85.24. I will be selling these same lowers, once I receive them, for $150 OTD (includes all taxes, DROS fees & shipping costs). Hope this helps!

Find another FFL.

Sales tax is not to be charged on any fees for labor or services. ONLY the $55 purchase price is taxable... and $50 for the FFL fee for a stripped lower is too high. OC Armory is $35, and Bright Spot Pawn was $25 last year for ANY gun, I think they went to $35 this year.
Charging an additional 3% for credit card is also BS, but it's his business and he can run it any way he wants, though I'm pretty sure that he cannot charge that 3% on top of the state DROS fee.

Keep in mind that those Sharps lowers are blems, and are not a currently active product. Sharps made them and apparently decided to get out of the business of making AR lowers.
That fact is not a problem, as there's no moving parts, and as long as they are machined correctly they will cause you no problems, but I don't know how "blem'd" these parts are.
Honestly... if the FFL is charging $150 for these things OTD, I would seriously look into getting a Spikes or a JDm locally.

What is your location?

[Maplewood]

I hate to hear that I might be getting ripped, I'm in Torrance Are you 100% on how the sales tax works?

[Maplewood]

Problaby worth the 2 trips down to Costa Mesa for the JD lower, only $4 more and hopefully not a blemish?

[Cokebottle]

Problaby worth the 2 trips down to Costa Mesa for the JD lower, only $4 more and hopefully not a blemish?

Absolutely worth going with Riflegear.

On the tax issue, according to a couple of people in another thread (including an FFL), tax is allowable on the FFL transfer fee... but either way, it's only $5 out of the total.
I just hate the idea of having to pay $150 OTD for a $55 lower when the same price can get you a current-production (and quality) lower from a California manufacturer and gun shop that support CalGuns

Riflegear is on Harbor literally close enough to the 405 for me to throw a golf ball to (don't ask me to hit one that far, but I can throw it ). They're open until 6, and open Saturday unless they are working a gun show.

You could also go a little cheaper on the Sharps lower by transferring it through OC Armory... his fee is only $35 for a stripped lower, so that would save you $15, and he's in OC so the sales tax is only 8.75%, which will be a total of only $8.75 in tax, saving you another $1.49 on top of the $15, but he is down in Laguna Hills off of the 405 @ Lake Forest, so the gas for the two trips would likely come close to the $16 savings.

[Maplewood]

Well thanks all for the info, I'm heading off for the weekend up to the mountains. I will post more about my build once I have the lower in hand, getting kind of excited to finally get started on this.

Will have more questions about the various Del-Ton upgrades, sounds like chrome lined barrel is a must, but need to learn about flash suppressors, whats legal to get on the rifle.

[Cokebottle]

but need to learn about flash suppressors, whats legal to get on the rifle.

Since you're not going featureless (you're using a pistol grip), you will need a "bullet button" mag release, and the flash suppressor is legal in that configuration.

If you want to stick with a conventional mag release, and you're running the A2 buttstock, then you can put a Kydex wrap on the grip to prevent a normal pistol-style grip.
You are also prevented from running any other "evil features", one of which is the flash suppressor, however, a compensator is still legal.

The advantage in running featureless is the free mag release, and if you still own any high-capacity mags from prior to 2000, you can use them in the featureless build.

[osis32]

Id really recommend a stag kit from legal transfers over a del ton kit. just throwing that out there.