[Yo-Yo]

You don’t want a “sttripped lower,” they are considered to be a firearm and have to be purchased through and FFL, so the AR you put together has to be registered. If you buy an 80% lower, it’s considered a non-firearm (under the Federal Firearms Act of 1968) and you can get it at places like this:

Yup. I know what an 80% lower is, and just ask the customers of Ares Armor in Kalifornia just how "off the grid" they were for purchasing 80% lowers that the ATF later decided were more than 80% complete.

[vette6387]

“Yup. I know what an 80% lower is, and just ask the customers of Ares Armor in Kalifornia just how “off the grid” they were for purchasing 80% lowers that the ATF later decided were more than 80% complete.”

Yes, I know about Aries, but the lowers they were selling were plastic (The BATFE were actually after the people who were molding the parts and Aries got caught up in their action). There is no problem with 80% Aluminum lowers, and as a matter of fact, if you look at Aries website they are in the process of suing the Feds and it looks like they have a case. The BATFE has screwed the pooch on the plastic parts because they tried to claim that the mfr. molded the complete lower then put a colored plastic plug in the FCG hole which is not true. The mfr. actually molded the plug, loaded it into their injection molding machine and overmolded the receiver. So at no time was there ever a functional part. It will be interesting to see how this all plays out. There are literally dozens of shops turning out 80% forged aluminum lowers and the BATFE isn’t bothering any of them.