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Posted: 3/22/2009 10:31:43 PM EDT
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So I just received my LT Stealth Upper, and I don't want to couple this beauty with a sh***y lower.
I want the best COMPLETE lower. I'm still a novice. Any advice appreciated. Feel free to contact me if you have something useful to say. |
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Some lower are prettier than other but will not perform better than others. DISCLAIMER: This doesn't include Vulcan, Hessee, Blackthorn, whatever their name is now Pretty much says it all. As long as it is a forged, quality machined lower it will be just fine. Most are anymore. |
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Dude, I was a novice until a month ago. Now I have two complete lower builds to my name.
Buy any stock lower (I really like the Roggio lowers, reasonably priced and good quality). It is a lower for crying out loud, if the mags fit and the LPK parts fit, and the mags drop free...comeon. Buy a stock of your choice.....IMHO, a UTG six position collapsible stock is sufficient. Buy a lower parts kit of your choice.....I like the doublestar kit. Use this link here to build it. http://www.ar15.com/content/guides/assembly/lower/ . The only special tool you will need is a castle nut wrench which is $5. For the love of all that is good and holy, a monkey could use this guide and figure it out. It is really much more simple than you think. I built mine in 20 minutes start to finish and that included a 5 minute parts search and recovery mission when I did a dumb thing. The only tools were a pair of vice grips, electrical tape, and the castle nut wrench. Believe me, why pay the money for all of this overblown, overpriced, overhyped LaRude stuff? I would rather spend my money on the upper and bolt/carrier group than to waste it on a billet lower or some of this crazy priced equipment. JMHO. New |
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Spikes makes good stuff, and they offer one ready to go with a Magpul CTR stock
http://www.spikestactical.com/z/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=0&products_id=87 ETA- Plus you can always backorder a LaRue. When it shows up, gut your complete lower of all its parts for the LaRue. Then you have 1 complete LaRue and a lower you can either sell or build into a backup gun. |
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Buy a stock of your choice.....IMHO, a UTG six position collapsible stock is sufficient. Please do not put UTG on a LaRue. Like others have said, pretty much any lower will work just fine. For myself, I'd try to get a LaRue lower, just so things match. If I couldn't get that, I'd go with Tactical Innovations. |
| I noticed the Larue website, but it doesnt appear that the lower is complete. I'm hoping to just get a complete lower, attach the pins, and I'm off. I was looking at the LMT Defender. I'm with you guys, I would want to keep it all Larue. Every since I started using their products I knew I wanted a Stealth upper. I sold my other Bushmaster build to finance it all. Larue doesnt make complete uppers do they? What other parts would I need to make it a complete Larue Lower? |
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I was in the same boat as you - 18" Larue Stealth upper on the way and wanted a good Lower to match up with it. Liked my LMT Defender so much that I got an LMT complete lower with an LMT two-stage match trigger and a SOPMOD stock. Other than a Larue Lower, I think the LMT lower is the next natural quality lower to get for this fine upper.
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putting a lower together is easier than putting together plastic toy models. accept for the pain in the ass detent if you do not have the tool.
If you want the lower but its not complete, just complete it. It is better that way anyhow, you can choose your components. I like the billet lowers with the trigger guard monolithic to the rest of the lower and oversized for gloves 
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Quoted: So I just received my LT Stealth Upper, and I don't want to couple this beauty with a sh***y lower. I want the best COMPLETE lower. I'm still a novice. Any advice appreciated. Feel free to contact me if you have something useful to say. For a complete lower, I'd go for an LMT in any trigger flavor you prefer. |
| I know its vain, but if I'm building an 'ultimate' AR, I'd get a good billet lower just for the look of it. What's an extra $150-$200 if you buy all top shelf parts for the rest of it... And I'm typically a minimalist. I'm probably going to build an SBR next and I'm gonna make it a 'cool' lower. |
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Dude, I was a novice until a month ago. Now I have two complete lower builds to my name. Buy any stock lower (I really like the Roggio lowers, reasonably priced and good quality). It is a lower for crying out loud, if the mags fit and the LPK parts fit, and the mags drop free...comeon. Buy a stock of your choice.....IMHO, a UTG six position collapsible stock is sufficient. Buy a lower parts kit of your choice.....I like the doublestar kit. Use this link here to build it. http://www.ar15.com/content/guides/assembly/lower/ . The only special tool you will need is a castle nut wrench which is $5. For the love of all that is good and holy, a monkey could use this guide and figure it out. It is really much more simple than you think. I built mine in 20 minutes start to finish and that included a 5 minute parts search and recovery mission when I did a dumb thing. The only tools were a pair of vice grips, electrical tape, and the castle nut wrench. Believe me, why pay the money for all of this overblown, overpriced, overhyped LaRude stuff? I would rather spend my money on the upper and bolt/carrier group than to waste it on a billet lower or some of this crazy priced equipment. JMHO. New You clearly don't know WTF your talking about. You wanted to troll this thread to bash LaRue. If you don't have anything helpful to post go STFU. Anyway, the SunDevil lowers are nice as well. The SLR15, or POF would be two more great options. I think the LaRue lower would be worth waiting on myself. A complete LaRue weapon system is flat out awesome. |
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So I just received my LT Stealth Upper, and I don't want to couple this beauty with a sh***y lower. I want the best COMPLETE lower. I'm still a novice. Any advice appreciated. Feel free to contact me if you have something useful to say. Get a Noveske, they're high quality and best of all, they're in stock right now at Rainier Arms. 
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Spikes makes good stuff, and they offer one ready to go with a Magpul CTR stock http://www.spikestactical.com/z/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=0&products_id=87 ETA- Plus you can always backorder a LaRue. When it shows up, gut your complete lower of all its parts for the LaRue. Then you have 1 complete LaRue and a lower you can either sell or build into a backup gun. THIS 
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So I just received my LT Stealth Upper, and I don't want to couple this beauty with a sh***y lower. I want the best COMPLETE lower. I'm still a novice. Any advice appreciated. Feel free to contact me if you have something useful to say. Get a Noveske, they're high quality and best of all, they're in stock right now at Rainier Arms. A Larue upper and Noveske lower. Maybe I should ask Mark L. what he thinks about that... |
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So I just received my LT Stealth Upper, and I don't want to couple this beauty with a sh***y lower. I want the best COMPLETE lower. I'm still a novice. Any advice appreciated. Feel free to contact me if you have something useful to say. Get a Noveske, they're high quality and best of all, they're in stock right now at Rainier Arms. A Larue upper and Noveske lower. Maybe I should ask Mark L. what he thinks about that... ....that would be funny....
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So I just received my LT Stealth Upper, and I don't want to couple this beauty with a sh***y lower. I want the best COMPLETE lower. I'm still a novice. Any advice appreciated. Feel free to contact me if you have something useful to say. Best comparison: http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=3&f=12&t=318113 They're all pretty much the same. You might want to invest in a 2-stage trigger for accuracy. |
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