Upper to go with 80% Arms lower.

[SHOTintheDARK]

So I would like to get a few builds done before the year ends, both 223 and 308. Since 80% Arms gets a lot of attention for quality products I figured I'd go with their lowers and jig. Does anyone have an alternative to their uppers that still provides a good fit to their lowers? I've reading that this is more of an issue on the 308s but I'm interested in recommendations for both.

Thanks!

[pklin1297]

My Aero Precision forged uppers have all been a nice, tight fit on 80% Arms' lowers. My Mega forged and billet uppers are also good to go.

[Maltese Falcon]

My SAA and Radical Firearms uppers fit fine, no issues.

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[CoopsDad]

My Stag upper had a snugness issue in the 80% Arms' rear takedown pocket. The pocket's corners were radiused a little too large, meaning the lower needed to have a little router and endmill session to make the pocket's corners a little more generous to accommodate the sharper corners of the Stag upper's rear lug. It accepted an S&W MP-15 upper perfectly, and the S&W lower accepted the Stag upper perfectly. The S&W upper's rear lug was not as sharply finished as the Stag; it was radiused "rounder" like the 80% Arms rear pocket.

Whatever; a tiny bit out of all 4 corners of the lower from top to bottom fixed it. It takes both now without any play.

[Burningmetalmaniac]

If you are looking for cheap decent quality complete uppers, I have built a few with palmetto state armory and one with a blackthorne products upper, both are about the cheapest vendors I have found, I'm not sure about blackthorne but spa has been in business for a very long time, I got a stainless heavy barrel upper with the bcg&ch for $319 shipped to my house, and it came in less than a week.

[S&W629Lover]

HellfireArmory.com

[SHOTintheDARK]

Thanks for the replies. I see a few good ones in the links. I'll post again when I'm a little further along on the build and let you folks know how it goes.