What is the Most Sturdy AR Lower ? ? ? ? ?

[Rastus]

OK.  I would like to know who you think builds the strongest AR lower and why.

I've heard LMT, Sabre Defence and Noveske (who makes a device for adjusting gas tube gas for supressors!) are the toughest.

What say you?

[tombogan03884]

 The design is pretty much carved in stone so it would depend on alloy, and the forming process, extruded would be weakest, Milled would be strongest, with Cast in the middle.

[Rastus]

I have an ulterior motive...

http://www.tactilite.com/tactilite-t-1-single-shot-uppers/tactilite-t-1-super-match/flypage.tpl.html

A "phased" in purchase made over the year or so as funds become available (anyone wanna buy a bass boat?) for a 416 flavored version with a barrel length to take advantage of complete powder burn.

[tombogan03884]

Some one else, FullAuto I think, bought a .50 upper about a year ago.
Hopefully he will post his thoughts.

[m25operator]

kilopaparomeo bought a Bohica upper, pm him unless he just wants to chime in here. I have a POF billet machined lower and seems to be very stout, looking at the upper your considering, I think I would buy an inexpensive lower and then find a way to bed the upper that takes the stress off of the retaining pins and their holes.

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[fullautovalmet76]

Some one else, FullAuto I think, bought a .50 upper about a year ago.
Hopefully he will post his thoughts.

Nope...I bought .50 BMG ammo....

[tombogan03884]

 Must have been KPR like M25 said, I figured he was right, he keeps an eye on that LOOOONG range stuff 

[Rastus]

kilopaparomeo bought a Bohica upper, pm him unless he just wants to chime in here. I have a POF billet machined lower and seems to be very stout, looking at the upper your considering, I think I would buy an inexpensive lower and then find a way to bed the upper that takes the stress off of the retaining pins and their holes.

10-4.  I did glance at the POF but no one had a recommendation for it that I knew...they had never been exposed to one.  However I like the billet being machined as having a lot of strength. 

Never thought about bedding.  Good idea.

[billt]

I have Bushmaster, LWRC, Colt, and Rock River Arms. To be perfectly honest I don't see much, if any difference in lowers. I think most are pretty much the same. If there is any difference it would have to do with the quality of fit and finish, more than any one of them being "stronger" than the other.  Bill T.

[Rastus]

I have Bushmaster, LWRC, Colt, and Rock River Arms. To be perfectly honest I don't see much, if any difference in lowers. I think most are pretty much the same. If there is any difference it would have to do with the quality of fit and finish, more than any one of them being "stronger" than the other.  Bill T.

But yet that is what I am looking for, something stronger.  I was hoping someone could reference something made out of steel or an exotic...say titanium (  ) or something.  Something I would feel better about putting a .416 Barrett upper on.

Somebody, somewhere, sometime has got to have built one out of something sturdier than aluminum.