You don't need a gunsmithing license to do anything... Even when you go to a school for you, you get a certificate of completion of the course to show you've taken initiative to potentially start a career or side gig as a gunsmith....

Hence why his remark was funny

That said... Thought on reliability of 80% lowers? I have a polymer lower from james madison tactical and it seems stout; Though I was planning on only using it as a .22

Plan on building out some others pretty soon here, once I get a mini-mill because even the polymer was a bitch with just a cheapo drill press.

80% are fine just don’t fuck it up and yeah use the polymer for .22 and practice I wouldn’t want to use one in a life or death scenario I have seen too many bushmaster polymers split in half

Might try my hand at a polymer 80 glock as well; just so I can say I have a glock... Maybe then people will quit crying that my carry weapon is a makarov. #poorlife

80% receivers are perfectly fine if you do it right. Polymer lowers can be half decent if reinforced at common failure points, such as the buffer tube threads.

🤣🤣 no don’t get me wrong I will shoot Glocks all day but polymer ar no thank you

But most polymer lowers are not reinforced.

Most new polymer lowers are very heavily reinforced, either with copper inserts or just a lot of extra material. As long as your rifle isn't absurdly over gassed I'm sure it'd be fine. The MAIN reason I'm going to build this one as a .22 is so both of my daughters can shoot a .22 AR style rifle at the same time and be able to learn manual of arms on a lighter rifle until they are confident with them to move to .223

@Soulraiser I have my girls on .22 cricket and they love it. I plan on upgrading them when they get a couple years older.

@Bogs_Bunny

Need goon kits for 1 medium male, 5'10 175lbs

1 male 6'4" 350lbs

Ca shipped

Do not trust polymer lowers, period. Even reinforced ones. ARs that is, on pistols they work fine.

You can't trust a poly lower to hand the twisting of the weapon's cycling and abuse of field use.

@P. goon kits?

@Sparrow Personal experience or...?

Friends who have used them. I never bought one myself. But literally everyone I've ever talked to said get a metal one.

Fair enough

WTB plate carrier with plates. If someone has an extra lmk. Lead times online are unreal right now. Armslist doesn’t look promising.

@GRANITE check out shellback tactical

Yea they have a long ass wait time too @Bender

damn

One sec @Bender

Going to show you what I’m thinking I’m going to get

https://www.armslist.com/posts/11298477/massachusetts-tactical-gear-for-sale--hesco-4401-level-iv-plates-and-ggg-plate-carrier

Decent price? Idk shit bout gear really. I can build an ar ground up but haven’t gotten into gear

you need a back plate so tack an extra $200ish on that price

That has both plates. The plates are good. Carrier is airsoft grade, and it all seems a tad overpriced

How much should I offer him

the plates are like

$175 each?

the carrier is probably 100

but honestly that post screams fudd to me

i kNow wHAt i Got

@Bender for. Fucking. Real. Lmaoo

He'll only sell to someone with a license to carry? Lol.

^^^

bootlicker spotted