Hey guys, I am in the process of building myself a lefty build, have a Stag upper on order. I'm on a very limited budget, so I have looked at these polymer lowers and like the looks of them. Did a search and only came up with one thread, not much info on them. What can you guys tell me about them? Are they better built than plum crazy lowers? Its nice to see on their website that they have a California compliant version with a bullet button, so that takes some more work out for me, just wondering if they are a good, cheap alternative, at least until I save up enough money for a quality lower.
New Frontier Polymer Lower
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Re: New Frontier Polymer Lower
Buy once cry once. Save yourself the head ache and get a milspec lower from the beginning. If you are just getting something to hold you over, just wait that extra time to save for a lower of your choice.
Buy once cry once. Save yourself the head ache and get a milspec lower from the beginning. If you are just getting something to hold you over, just wait that extra time to save for a lower of your choice.
Re: New Frontier Polymer Lower
I have a PCL that was bought on a whim since the price was right. While they seem to hold up fine, I just can't get over all of the plastic. I'm waiting on a buddy to buy it now sicne I will never use it.
I will use forged or billet from now on....
I have a PCL that was bought on a whim since the price was right. While they seem to hold up fine, I just can't get over all of the plastic. I'm waiting on a buddy to buy it now sicne I will never use it.
I will use forged or billet from now on....
Re: New Frontier Polymer Lower
I don't understand people who claim to be on a "very limited budget" that go out and buy BRAND NEW stuff. Folks truly being frugal buy EVERYTHING used.
You ordered a Stag upper and are buying a brand new lower assembly? Why waste your money like that? Why not buy something that doesn't devalue as soon as your hands touch it?
The weirdest thing in AR-15s nowadays is some people think that a bunch of crap parts slapped together is worth $1k+, yet a savvy shopper can build a full rifle from used parts for $350-400 all day long.
As for the Frontier lowers, yes they are considerably better than the old Plum Crazy ones. But to be fair, the Plum Crazies got dropped and are being redesigned under some new brand which I can't remember right now...
I ran the heck out of a PO "Carbon" rifle and then a Bushmaster "Carbon" (mostly same gun, rebranded), and those have been great for moderate 3-gun use. Never really tested the LW-15 or Plum Crazy 15, but I'm sure they'd be fine.
People mocked plastic pistol frames initially, but they're doing great now. The thing to remember is nothing that is plastic bears any significant stress. Only time I've ever seen a plastic upper crack is when ran supressed. Since you're not going to run that particular scenario, don't sweat plastic.
I don't understand people who claim to be on a "very limited budget" that go out and buy BRAND NEW stuff. Folks truly being frugal buy EVERYTHING used.
You ordered a Stag upper and are buying a brand new lower assembly? Why waste your money like that? Why not buy something that doesn't devalue as soon as your hands touch it?
The weirdest thing in AR-15s nowadays is some people think that a bunch of crap parts slapped together is worth $1k+, yet a savvy shopper can build a full rifle from used parts for $350-400 all day long.
As for the Frontier lowers, yes they are considerably better than the old Plum Crazy ones. But to be fair, the Plum Crazies got dropped and are being redesigned under some new brand which I can't remember right now...
I ran the heck out of a PO "Carbon" rifle and then a Bushmaster "Carbon" (mostly same gun, rebranded), and those have been great for moderate 3-gun use. Never really tested the LW-15 or Plum Crazy 15, but I'm sure they'd be fine.
People mocked plastic pistol frames initially, but they're doing great now. The thing to remember is nothing that is plastic bears any significant stress. Only time I've ever seen a plastic upper crack is when ran supressed. Since you're not going to run that particular scenario, don't sweat plastic.
Re: New Frontier Polymer Lower
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: KSwift</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I don't understand people who claim to be on a "very limited budget" that go out and buy BRAND NEW stuff. Folks truly being frugal buy EVERYTHING used.
You ordered a Stag upper and are buying a brand new lower assembly? Why waste your money like that? Why not buy something that doesn't devalue as soon as your hands touch it?
The weirdest thing in AR-15s nowadays is some people think that a bunch of crap parts slapped together is worth $1k+, yet a savvy shopper can build a full rifle from used parts for $350-400 all day long.
As for the Frontier lowers, yes they are considerably better than the old Plum Crazy ones. But to be fair, the Plum Crazies got dropped and are being redesigned under some new brand which I can't remember right now...
I ran the heck out of a PO "Carbon" rifle and then a Bushmaster "Carbon" (mostly same gun, rebranded), and those have been great for moderate 3-gun use. Never really tested the LW-15 or Plum Crazy 15, but I'm sure they'd be fine.
People mocked plastic pistol frames initially, but they're doing great now. The thing to remember is nothing that is plastic bears any significant stress. Only time I've ever seen a plastic upper crack is when ran supressed. Since you're not going to run that particular scenario, don't sweat plastic. </div></div>
Thanks for the advice, I'm going new on the lower because I figured I'm getting a new upper (its damn hard to find a used lefty upper), might as well go all new. from my understanding, the lower is a low stress component which can benefit from being made of lighter polymer, New Frontier has some videos on the stresses that the lower can endure, and its pretty convincing. Question though, why would the polymer upper (are you sure it wasn't a lower?) break when being ran supressed?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: KSwift</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I don't understand people who claim to be on a "very limited budget" that go out and buy BRAND NEW stuff. Folks truly being frugal buy EVERYTHING used.
You ordered a Stag upper and are buying a brand new lower assembly? Why waste your money like that? Why not buy something that doesn't devalue as soon as your hands touch it?
The weirdest thing in AR-15s nowadays is some people think that a bunch of crap parts slapped together is worth $1k+, yet a savvy shopper can build a full rifle from used parts for $350-400 all day long.
As for the Frontier lowers, yes they are considerably better than the old Plum Crazy ones. But to be fair, the Plum Crazies got dropped and are being redesigned under some new brand which I can't remember right now...
I ran the heck out of a PO "Carbon" rifle and then a Bushmaster "Carbon" (mostly same gun, rebranded), and those have been great for moderate 3-gun use. Never really tested the LW-15 or Plum Crazy 15, but I'm sure they'd be fine.
People mocked plastic pistol frames initially, but they're doing great now. The thing to remember is nothing that is plastic bears any significant stress. Only time I've ever seen a plastic upper crack is when ran supressed. Since you're not going to run that particular scenario, don't sweat plastic. </div></div>
Thanks for the advice, I'm going new on the lower because I figured I'm getting a new upper (its damn hard to find a used lefty upper), might as well go all new. from my understanding, the lower is a low stress component which can benefit from being made of lighter polymer, New Frontier has some videos on the stresses that the lower can endure, and its pretty convincing. Question though, why would the polymer upper (are you sure it wasn't a lower?) break when being ran supressed?
