List of Lower Receiver Manufacturers

[LRRPF52]

Here's a list I found on Hawaii's 2A site:

These are the 9 machine shops that make most of the lowers in the US.

Lewis Machine & Tool

LMT
Lauer
DS Arms
PWA
Eagle
Armalite
Knights Armament
Barrett


Continental Machine Tool

Stag
Rock River Arms
High Standard
Noveske
Century (New)
Global Tactical
CLE
S&W
MGI
Wilson Tactical
Grenadier Precision
Colt


LAR Manufacturing (85% of the industry)

LAR
Bushmaster
Ameetec
DPMS
CMMG
Double Star
Fulton Armory
Spike's Tactical


JVP

Double Star
LRB
Charles Daly


Mega Machine Shop

Mega
GSE
Dalphon
POF
Alexander Arms


Olympic

Olympic
SGW
Tromix
Palmetto
Dalphon
Frankford
Century (Old)


Sun Devil

Sun Devil forged billet receivers


Superior

Superior Arms
Lauer (New)


Aero Precision

Aero Precision
Surplus Ammo and Arms
Palmetto State Armory


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The above list contains the machine companies that machine the raw forgings into usable receivers. Each individual company applies their own finishing standards.

[texasgrunt]

Don't forget to include Stiller Precision! They have a fancy set screw that helps tighten up the fit.

http://www.viperactions.com/actions/ar_lowers.htm

grunt

[txgunner00]

good info- thanks.

[txgunner00]

Don't forget to include Stiller Precision! They have a fancy set screw that helps tighten up the fit.

http://www.viperactions.com/actions/ar_lowers.htm

grunt

Outstanding looking lower but they sure are proud of it.


Semper Fi

[bwaites]

These guys, too:

http://www.tacticalinc.com/tactical-...ers-c-542.html

Since they sell forgings, I am assuming they do them themselves.

[YutYut]

thanks for the info

[texasgrunt]

Just checked with Stiller and they said they have some dealers overseas who pitch a fit when they publish their direct sale price ($225 for a stripper lower, not $369 MSRP). I paid $225 for mine and when I saw the current list price my jaw dropped a little. All their prices are listed like this. Not sure about that marketing idea, but they do make a fine lower!

grunt

[txgunner00]

That's a little easier to swallow.

[Drifter]

Wonder who makes the new Vltor lower...?

[LRRPF52]

I posted the major producers of forged lowers, who use roughly the same AR15A2 data...nothing special. An attempt to try to list all the start-ups and have-beens making billet lowers would require a bankruptcy search of most of the States over the past 30 years. There are a few who have done well for themselves though, and some companies that have chosen to do everything in-house when it comes to receivers, especially those that want funneled mag wells, additional controls, ambi features, and so on (KAC/POF/LWRC etc. etc.)