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5/16/2026 4:15:29 PM EDT
This is on a brand new gun
I see similar pictures online but I wanted to get your guys' opinion
Basically I wanna know if they all look like that or just some required fitting after anodizing

https://imgur.com/a/lDs6jjc
5/16/2026 6:42:57 PM EDT
[#1]
If that's the underside of the receiver by the cocking handle. That would be normal.
5/16/2026 6:46:48 PM EDT
[Last Edit: casktcrw][Edited] [#2]
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Originally Posted By AR18:
If that's the underside of the receiver by the cocking handle. That would be normal.
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Yes it is but I'm just surprised because it's unfired.
I'm trying to beat the ban in my state and I plan on swapping Parts so I'm essentially paying for the receiver. I wanna make sure I get the best cleanest one for the money
5/16/2026 11:16:52 PM EDT
[#3]
As much as you said you hate it I'm surprised you would get one.
5/16/2026 11:29:21 PM EDT
[#4]
I have had a lot of A1 and A3. More than couple USR/A2. Had 1 A3M1.
None of them is like this.

Maybe this one was played with by someone at your FFL?
5/17/2026 6:55:29 PM EDT
[#5]
Is that casting number the year of mfg because even if it is nib it would be 6 years old.
5/17/2026 9:11:09 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Manticore_Arms][Edited] [#6]
I swear I have seen something like that on one of the new AUGs that I have handled, but I would have to dig through a bunch of stuff to check.

Does the lack of finish continue down the whole slot, or just in that area?

You do have to rack parts to anodize them, so there is always a hole/spot where you will see a lack of anodizing, but usually I would expect that to be a relatively low profile/hidden area.  (one could argue you do not normally see that channel so that might indeed have been a racking area)

The charging handle shuttle should'nt put that much wear on it, even if someone ran the charging handle a thousand times, plus you would likely see wear on the upper side of the receiver.

It may also be that they anodize and then bead blast and apply Cerakote, and that spot just got missed on the Cerakote, or once again racking might have blocked cerakote in that spot.  The underlying metal will still be anodized.




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