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Saw a deal on slickguns.com; dealer offering SAA lowers for $55.99 + $9.99 ship...if anyone is searching for a somewhat cheap lower. I mean you can get SAA lowers for $59.99 year-round if I'm not mistaken, so its not that big of a deal.

Mine came yesterday, I ordered on 9/1...charge posted to my CC on 9/4. If you took Labor Day into account, 9/19 is 10 business days (M-F) from 9/4. I didn't even get a tracking notice...so it was a bit of a nice surprise considering I expected it to ship on the 19th (from what Palmetto told me when I asked about my order).

You can get gun show lowers at reasonable prices year-round, support the locals and small guys, support your state (tax), still have to pay a door fee...but a sale is a sale...apply all the math and reason you want, $71.95 bottom line is hard to beat. Now if I can find one of those mystical $5-10 FFL transfers, I'd be even happier.

apostate wrote:

texanron wrote:

apostate wrote:Any suggestions on a reasonably priced FFL to do the paperwork in the Houston area? Some guys want 30-40% as their fee.

I use the guys at AMSS on Jones Rd.

I appreciate the suggestion but a 30% transfer fee is too rich for my blood.

In addition, it appears AMSS will only transfer one lower per day.

I'm going to ask them why they have that 1 modern sporting rifle/part transfer per day policy when I pick up my lower. I think 20% is the best you're going to find in Houston brother...personally I'm not gonna spend the extra $5+ in gas trying to get there.

Be advised, PSA appears to be having a sale on their lower parts kits. Looks like $5 off the basic LPK (fire control group, pistol grip, trigger guard, etc) and MOE LPK (same thing but with MOE pistol grip). $44.99 and $54.99 respectively.

MOE lower build kit is on sale at $124.99 down from $139.99 (comes with the fire control group, MOE grip, MOE trigger guard, MOE stock, buffer tube, spring, buffer, everything you need to turn a stripped lower into a complete lower).

They are right on cue...have a gigantic lower sale, then have a sale on the lower parts kits...move lots of hardware :P

texanron wrote:

apostate wrote:Any suggestions on a reasonably priced FFL to do the paperwork in the Houston area? Some guys want 30-40% as their fee.

I use the guys at AMSS on Jones Rd. They charge $15 for CHL holders. Best price I've found in my area.

+1 for AMSS. I have not done a transfer through them yet but I am guilty of spending hours in that store BSing with the employees and other customers. Great guys. That is where my PSA lower is heading.

When I was building my previous AR, I lost the safety selector detent spring. I went to a few shops in the area to no luck. I finally found a place that sold me one for $10 and they ended up giving me the spring for the rear takedown pin. Finally I went to AMSS and they happened to have a safety detent spring...now they initially gave me the wrong one as well, but I came back and was given the right spring in the end. Keyword is given. Didn't charge me a dime.

LPKs available from PSA for the same price as the lowers :P

$99 at PSA gets you a complete lower build kit (classic M4 telescoping stock, A2 grip, mil-spec buffer tube assembly, LPK, firecontrol group, etc)
$139 gets you the same thing, but replace the M4 furniture with Magpul MOE furniture.

My previous build was with the MOE lower build kit from PSA...I think it was on sale for $129 when I bought it though.

ar15sales.com has RRA LPKs for $69 shipped, RRA 2-stage for $89 shipped.

I caved in and got one. I told myself I wasn't going to put another AR15 together this year but I think this is too good of a deal to pass up. Now to figure out what style of AR15 I want, that is the painful part...decisions!