San Diego calgunners: best place for Stripped AR lowers

[Jimi Jah]

I have 3 sets of JD machine recievers, all are excellent and very tight fitting.

[stitch_paradox]

Shoutout to stich paradox for the heads up on a smokin deal! Put 3 lowers in jail last night. Excellent deal and lowers were cerro forgre marked. High quality lowers and great customerservce at empowered. Good to go

No problem man! I'm glad you found your lowers! Empowred firearms is a great store!

[barrage]

I have 3 sets of JD machine recievers, all are excellent and very tight fitting.

When did you get them?

JD's a crap shoot. I have one 4 year old AR-15 lower from them that's perfect, a 2 year old lower from them that's barely within usable specifications, and had an LR-308 matching set from 2 years ago that I think they had a blind guy drilling the holes on.

Considering JD charges about the same as other actual reputable companies out there that don't have the same chronic problems, there's no reason (in my opinion) to bother doing business with them.

For ****s and giggle though, I noticed Parallax was mentioned, which is the best gun store in town for any number of reasons. Next time you're in there, ask them what they think of JD Machine.

[gun toting monkeyboy]

JD Machine runs the gamut from excellent to crap, depending on when they were made. I have many JD lowers, and I have been very happy with them. The main issues with them are their inconsistency in quality and their pricing. Back when an AR lower was going for $150, their $129 sale price was a decent bargain. Today, when you occasionally see sales of lowers for $39, that $129 price is stupidly high. Add to that the chance that your lower may be out of spec, or have crappy anodizing, or any of the other problems that have had over the years, and I see no point in bothering to go with them. Realize, I was one of their biggest fanboys way back when. I have a couple of their prototype parts on some of my guns. I own the first upper receiver they made and sold to the public. And while I am happy with what I have, I still won't go out of my way to buy anything new from them. If they drop their prices, maybe. But having a receiver that says "Made in San Diego" just isn't worth the extra cash to me.

-Mb

[Viper49]

Try here, he got JD lower.

https://www.westcoastsurvivalarms.com/ecProduct_102_39

[Jimi Jah]

I bought my JD lowers from various places, on line, one "blem" at Big Shot and the special "bear" gun you see in that avatar direct from JD. The uppers were bought on line, one from Red Barn, the rest from others.

Each set fits very tight, no gaps, no wobbles like my sloppy Colt 6920 had. The uppers are very tight to the barrels, you must sand off the park and press them in with a vise. They offer better accuracy from being that tight. One has a $160 Del-ton 1/9 twist non-chrome 20". It's my most accurate barrel, (I also have Daniel Defense, Spike and BCM) and hits the 600 yard gongs at Pala all day with Hornady 69 grain match bullets and Varget powder.

I also have Anderson, Franklin Armory and Aero Precision lowers. I like the JD's the best.

[Dollar]

bump.

Any stores more south that are selling any lowers around the $50-60 range? Vista is quite a drive for me. Looking for a really really cheap build. thanks

[aresarmorrusty]

go to JD Machine and ask to see their cosmetic blems.
i got a few there for 50 each. some had scratches, some had bubbles in the anodizing. they all work fine.

[Rob7.62]

I love my JD lower all in spec as it should be and nice finish on it. I have a matching JD upper that's also perfect I'd buy another too. Made in San Diego is nice to see on the side also.

[Lexustech48]

The Gun Range in SD off Balboa between the 163 and 805 have Franklin Armory lowers of $50 I believe. I checked em out, quality looks GTG.

[ChrisBrooklyn]

discount gun mart on morena had some lowers for 50 or 60 dollars.. i think anderson

[Jimi Jah]

The Gun Range in SD off Balboa between the 163 and 805 have Franklin Armory lowers of $50 I believe. I checked em out, quality looks GTG.

I have Franklin, it has the best anodizing I've seen, dark and very smooth. They fit looser than Aero Precision or JD, but they have a tension screw under the handguard to eliminate the red rubber thingy some install. The trigger pins holes are a bit large and loose with a mil trigger pin, they will rotate. I used an ALG QMS trigger and their slightly larger trigger pins fit much tighter and don't rotate.