Re: Doublestar - WTF?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: doc76251</div><div class="ubbcode-body">There was a post somewhere in the past that listed the 3 manufacturers of "standard" AR lowers and all the companies that they supplied. From the names on the list that I vaguely remember, a lot of "high end" lowers came from the same place as the "low end" lowers. Same same with uppers.
Cheers,
Doc </div></div>
This is accurate (at least in part). The number of actual manufacturers of lower are few compared to the number of comapnies buying them, putting their roll marks on them and selling them as x-brand lowers. Here is the list:
LMT makes lowers for LMT, Lauer(old), DS Arms, PWA, Eagle, Knights Armament, Barrett, Bushmaster (?)
CMT makes lowers for Stag, RRA, High Standard, Noveske (old), Century (current), Global Tactical, CLE, S&W, MGI (1st batch), Wilson Tactical, (some?) Colt, Ratworx
LAR makes lowers for Grizzly, Bushmaster (L Prefix), Ameetech, DPMS, CMMG, Double Star, Fulton, Spike's Tactical, Noveske (new)
There are a few others, but that is the short list. Also, this is for forged only...billet lowers are a whole other ballgame.
As for this discussion, JVP is the supplier of forgings for Double Star that they use for their lowers.