Any Concerns here? I have at least two Anderson lowers and my currently built AR-15 has an Anderson Lower. Works great. I think I also have an Upper or two as well.
Anderson Mfg. Sold to Ruger..... Any concerns?
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Any Concerns here? I have at least two Anderson lowers and my currently built AR-15 has an Anderson Lower. Works great. I think I also have an Upper or two as well.
No concerns… Ruger is a great company and they manufacturing engineering is second to none!
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Weird... because I had never heard of that moniker until I watched the above video....
I guess the only real concern the would be what will happen to the pricing. Will Ruger keep the Anderson level pricing or will they raise prices because it's now "Ruger???"
Concerns specific to this one instance? Not really; I like Ruger as a company and frankly Anderson didn't bring anything to the market that's irreplaceable.
Concerns in general? Yeah; continued consolidation and concentration of capital and market share is a problem because if it continues unchecked then we'll eventually run the risk of a fragile industry. I don't see much current risk of that in the manufacture of firearms but it's a real problem in the ammunition industry.
On a side note, expect much more of this in coming years as the Boomers continue to retire. Some of the businesses will successfully be sold or passed on; many will just fold.
Anderson's dead, dude. Their assets will probably be used to make more Marlin 1895s or Ruger MkIVs or whatever's in demand at the moment. Hate to say it, but the market probably won't miss Anderson when I can get a three-pack of PSA receivers for $120.
Concerns in general? Yeah; continued consolidation and concentration of capital and market share is a problem because if it continues unchecked then we'll eventually run the risk of a fragile industry. I don't see much current risk of that in the manufacture of firearms but it's a real problem in the ammunition industry.
On a side note, expect much more of this in coming years as the Boomers continue to retire. Some of the businesses will successfully be sold or passed on; many will just fold.
Anderson's dead, dude. Their assets will probably be used to make more Marlin 1895s or Ruger MkIVs or whatever's in demand at the moment. Hate to say it, but the market probably won't miss Anderson when I can get a three-pack of PSA receivers for $120.
With all the many manufacturers of AR's , Anderson won't be missed , and the market has been flooded with AR's for a long time , there are probably enough AR's out there to arm 80 % of the US population by now , it won't be long till other brands start going under too and not just the low end guys , all my local pawn shops have at least 5 to 10 on the walls ,somethings gotta give eventually.
LOL, PSA may not be the highest quality but theyve made entry level truly affordable.
I'll pose a question to everyone; can anyone confirm the Ruger actually produced their own AR receivers? I mention this because years ago I bought some parts from a company in San Diego called JDM. Turned out that JDM actually made receivers for other companies like Spike's Tactical. JDM has since gone out of business but companies they produced for had to seek other sources. Toolcraft is another company who sells their products under different company names. Maybe Ruger figured it was cheaper to buy the company than continue to pay them to make products for them?
I have more confidence in Anderson before Ruger took it over. I had a bad receiver from Ruger that they didn’t drill the holes right.
I have no idea what "concerns" anyone should have. Is anyone seriously worried about warranty support on a $30 lower? After you assemble and test fire it, that's pretty much the extent of things and at $30 it's basically a consumable item from there.
Concerned that PSA lowers are 33% more because they're $40/ea? It's difficult to get lunch for under $10 today, still not an issue unless you're trying to outfit a regiment and if $10 is breaking your budget you don't need to be buying more guns in the first place.
Budget brands always suffer most when markets take a downturn, they have the lowest margins and can't survive without high sales volumes and firearms sales are in a serious dip right now. Same goes for the internet chatter about Aero suffering financially with shutdown rumors surfacing here and there.
Keep stocking up while shit is on sale and plentiful and don't forget the ammo, support your gun builders whenever you can.
Concerned that PSA lowers are 33% more because they're $40/ea? It's difficult to get lunch for under $10 today, still not an issue unless you're trying to outfit a regiment and if $10 is breaking your budget you don't need to be buying more guns in the first place.
Budget brands always suffer most when markets take a downturn, they have the lowest margins and can't survive without high sales volumes and firearms sales are in a serious dip right now. Same goes for the internet chatter about Aero suffering financially with shutdown rumors surfacing here and there.
Keep stocking up while shit is on sale and plentiful and don't forget the ammo, support your gun builders whenever you can.
Ruger has a excellent casting business that supplies many different industries. However, most ar recievers are forged. There are only a few companies supplying the forging. Cerro Forge, Alcoa Forge, Anchor Harvey, a few others. Armalite and Colt run their own forges. Safe to say Anderson didn't forge their own.
Half of you guys are retarded. Losing sleep over the cheapest piece of crap on the market. Anderson isn’t going to be making anything anymore. Do your research
This here, I read an article where Anderson supplied A LOT of other companies with lowers. Supposedly Anderson has some very high end CNC machine capable of very high quality that is what Ruger was after, the machines and production for other companies.
Personally I bought 2 complete lower for $99 each and they were very nice. I also bought a 300 BLK pistol for $299 closeout and it runs and function fine. Now they are not as good as my high end stuff but they fill a place in space.
Double check your info.
I do not think Armalite runs their own forge. Maybe in years past but not in a long time if at all.
Currently Armalite is barely staying in business and is outsourcing the majority of their component parts.
I'm sure you're probably correct. That was just a off the top of the head answer attempting to differentiate between the handful of companies that forged aluminum and the hundreds that CNC machine parts from the forging. Just grabbed Armalite off this list here. An old list.
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