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Windham Carbon Fiber Lower
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| 8/13/19
| canalabamian
Posted on 08/13/2019 4:27:53 PM PDT by canalabamian
Anyone have experience with Windham AR carbon fiber lowers? Dependable? Maintenance issues?
Thanks.
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To: canalabamian
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posted on
08/13/2019 4:39:13 PM PDT
by
Boomer
(Our melting pot has turned into a pressure cooker)
To: canalabamian
What advantage would it have over aluminum?
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posted on
08/13/2019 4:39:38 PM PDT
by
Trailerpark Badass
(There should be a whole lot more going no than throwing bleach, said one woman.)
To: Trailerpark Badass
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posted on
08/13/2019 4:42:21 PM PDT
by
gundog
( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
To: canalabamian
Surely there are reviews online. Windham is owned by the guy that grew Bushmaster and sold it. I imagine his receivers are as good as they can be. I’ve always thought that you could make a lower out of about anything.
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posted on
08/13/2019 4:46:46 PM PDT
by
gundog
( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
To: gundog
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posted on
08/13/2019 4:49:05 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(You can't invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Well.....a single layer might be a bit fragile. Can you build a graphene laminate?
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posted on
08/13/2019 4:52:40 PM PDT
by
gundog
( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
To: canalabamian
I know they are illegal in my state.
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posted on
08/13/2019 4:54:03 PM PDT
by
steve86
(Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
To: gundog
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posted on
08/13/2019 4:56:21 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(You can't invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Might need something moldable or millable for that application. You could do it in layers, I suppose. I’ve handled a couple of super light ARs. They’re different, but I don’t find aluminum objectionably heavy, and it’s economical.
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posted on
08/13/2019 5:01:32 PM PDT
by
gundog
( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
To: gundog
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posted on
08/13/2019 5:12:42 PM PDT
by
Trailerpark Badass
(There should be a whole lot more going no than throwing bleach, said one woman.)
To: canalabamian
There’s been a few polymer and/or carbon fiber lowers out there.
Personally, the slight weight difference in an aluminum lower is well worth it for proven durability. On the polymer/carbon fiber ones, there have been instances of some cracking.
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posted on
08/13/2019 5:28:45 PM PDT
by
voicereason
(The RNC is like the "One-night stand" you wish you could forget.)
To: Trailerpark Badass
Looks like they’re cheap enough, but I wouldn’t buy one.
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posted on
08/13/2019 6:16:24 PM PDT
by
gundog
( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
To: canalabamian
I had experience with one from Bushmaster, which I think was made back in the old days of Bushmaster.
No problems with the receiver, but in a quest for overall lightness the receiver was paired with a thin “pencil” barrel, which did not maintain accuracy as it heated up.
Don’t have it any longer.
To: canalabamian
Wow, the depth of logic that permeates this thread is ...nauseating.
To: canalabamian
FWIW- I think Bushmaster made the Carbon-15 lightweight AR. There's one for sale here locally I was looking at, for a friend of course. But a quick search brought up cases of them having cracking issues and s'posedly BM started making them from a different material. Nothing validated, just what I saw.
This and $1 will get you coffee @ Hardee's. d;^)
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posted on
08/14/2019 10:31:24 AM PDT
by
CopperTop
(Outside the wire it's just us chickens. Dig?)
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