what are the best products when it comes to cleaning guns?

I use Hoppe’s No.9 Gun Cleaner or Ballistol Multipurpose Aerosol CLP

CLP is the best choice in my opinion

You can buy gun cleaning kits but most of the time the solvents in those aren't really all that great that's why I would suggest buying separate solvents

I did a stripped lower, much easier than an 80% for mine recently and it didnt break the bank, with decent parts and a trigger I like, came to right around $400 not too bad for a decent reliable build, not high end but it gets it done without fail 10/10 times

Well was closer to $500 but once you include the upper if you do them separately, it's still around 1k ish give or take a few hundred

On the low end palmetto state offers a great upper for the price around $400 and I think that's a 10.5"

And if you dont mind the wait, Aero has a complete lower right at $200

Trigger and buffer system become spare parts when I'm done but still

Yeah PSA makes good uppers, but yea strip lowers are far easier to work with than 80%, honestly I did one of those because I just wanted the experience of hair pulling <:KEK:726877368601411624>

My Lower builds average around 390 on cheap/bare bones to 600

I'm not gonna say what my AR10 was let's not talk about that

Sounds right, mine recently ended up about $500 with the stock, but I got it from a buddy for 1/3 the normal price Luth MBA 3

It's the little parts that get you, nickel and dime you to death

I did some "better" than mil spec on my pins and bs on a stripped and that alone cost more than the stripped lower

Cheapest I've done a Lower was an Anderson's at 55, parts kit for 35, buffer kit for 30 and shockwave for 25....its was for my .300 blackout build. It the upper that did me in 425....

Even still the lower was more than it should be, I think like 3 months ago you could get a decent stripped lower for $35 its $65 now

This was before the price hikeing

What the heck are lowers and why are they half the price of a complete gun?

And I caught a sale lol

Lol

@HUNTER4639 how did you get zeducated

Wdym

Ur role

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Ok I’ll look

Nvm it's the middle

So @HUNTER4639 AR platform rifles whether they be AR9, 10, 15 etc. Come in two main parts an upper and a lower reciever

Why are they expensive and why do people insist on buying those instead of a gun

The upper is the barrel, bolt carrier group (BCG), Gas system, and reciever

AR9 are blowback

No gas needed

Or I should say most

Price is determined by "quality" and I say that loosely because you can spend a bunch on an "okay" upper or you can get decent quality stuff at a lower price

Hm

@Aperfectghost yeah most but the concept is still ar based

Oh I know

But what's the point? I'd rather just buy a complete gun? Isn't it cheaper that way most of the time?

And the same goes for the lower reciever which in my humble opinion is a much bigger pain in the ass to put together

Build an AR is cheaper

Oh

Not to mention you learn about the AR system