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4/11/2007 2:19:32 PM EDT
any one have an essential arms lower? are they decent quality? can anyone show some pics?
4/11/2007 2:49:20 PM EDT
[#1]
i have been thinking about buying an upper and lower from them, have heard good things and bad. i guess i,am just gonns have to buy them and find out! look at them and decide, essentialarms.com
4/11/2007 3:11:50 PM EDT
[#2]
they are nice... I just got two of them .. in my opinion they are top notch. I think the finish is nicer than the stag lower I got last year.
.. be sure to get the tough kote they offer... it matches my delton upper perfectly.
4/11/2007 3:22:09 PM EDT
[#3]
Link with pics.
4/11/2007 8:02:19 PM EDT
[#4]
i just picked up an ea lower two days ago from my local shop. Its my first ar lower, so im not exactly a connoisseur, but im familiar enough to know that the finish and machine work on mine is a lot nicer than the ones posted in the above link. It probably helps that mine has a serial number a decent amount lower than those pictured.

-Drew
4/11/2007 8:10:49 PM EDT
[#5]
I have two EA lowers, one is cast, and none of mine look like the ones in the above linked thread. My last one is about 6 month old and is flawless with smooth sharp machining. It's a small company, maybe things are way to busy there right now.
4/12/2007 7:34:22 AM EDT
[#6]
Glad everyone is having better luck than I. Maybe I will ask if I can get a replacement with the same serial number so I don't have to pay another transfer fee.
4/14/2007 6:57:39 AM EDT
[#7]
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Glad everyone is having better luck than I. Maybe I will ask if I can get a replacement with the same serial number so I don't have to pay another transfer fee.


I would call them.  I recently bought from them and they were very friendly and helpful.
4/14/2007 8:53:09 AM EDT
[#8]
Just finished assembling a lower that I got from a shop in Baton Rouge. It is quality finish and the DPMS parts kit went on smoothly. Waiting on RRA upper. It matches with an existing RRA upper that I have and the finish is close but not a good match. I just need to figure out if it is tough coat or not.
5/10/2007 8:48:19 PM EDT
[#9]
I have five total , 100% function, finish is decent, chips pretty easily, great value!!!!
5/11/2007 6:54:48 AM EDT
[#10]
I ordered a couple of them with some of guys that I work with and we bought a total of 10 of them.  We were not impressed with the medium grey finish on them and several of them had small pitts on them.  The overall fit is ok, but they're rather loose when I put them together with my RRA upper. Overall, were not real impressed with them.
5/11/2007 3:09:28 PM EDT
[#11]
I just put one together 2 days ago and I am impressed.  The color matches my Bushmaster upper like they were done at the same time, and I have to bump the lower with my hand to get it to come apart.

DPMS pins fit perfectly.

For the money, how can you go wrong?  

And the fellow who runs the shop was a top notch guy.  He even gave me consecutive serial #s.  All five.

I just got the gray coat, but I like it.
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