GreenDragon64 Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 I saw a lower that reminded me of the old A/10 Wharthogs paint jobs with the "shark" jaws. I think it was Spikes? It must have been billet because of the way the extra metal looked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shooter116 Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Huge fan of the Noveske lowers. I have 4 now and they make it much easier to change mags due to the wide magwell opening. I bought the chainsaw versions since I am going to be throwing it in a barrel anyway. I bought a Seeking forged lower and the billet one and actually like the forged one better for reloads though the billet one wins on style points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shooter116 Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 The spikes shark one is pretty cool looking too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskapopo Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 there are only 4 functional differences I can think of on billet vs. forged lowers: -billet lowers tend to have integrated trigger guards which is a weak point on regular forged lowers and another annoying roll pin plus for billet -billet lowers sometimes have more greatly flared magwells plus for billet -billet lowers are more expensive than regular forged lowers plus for forged -a billet lower will be slightly weaker than a forged lower of identical geometry plus for forged If money wasn't an issue I would get a Noveske Gen II lower since it is forged, has a flared magwell, and has an integrated trigger guard. Down side to the Noveske Gen II is it will not work with Surefire mags. Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Sierpina Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 there are only 4 functional differences I can think of on billet vs. forged lowers: -billet lowers tend to have integrated trigger guards which is a weak point on regular forged lowers and another annoying roll pin plus for billet -billet lowers sometimes have more greatly flared magwells plus for billet -billet lowers are more expensive than regular forged lowers plus for forged -a billet lower will be slightly weaker than a forged lower of identical geometry plus for forged If money wasn't an issue I would get a Noveske Gen II lower since it is forged, has a flared magwell, and has an integrated trigger guard. Down side to the Noveske Gen II is it will not work with Surefire mags. Pat It's just a Dremel away from working. I thought the more recent lots of Noveske lower would work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskapopo Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 there are only 4 functional differences I can think of on billet vs. forged lowers: -billet lowers tend to have integrated trigger guards which is a weak point on regular forged lowers and another annoying roll pin plus for billet -billet lowers sometimes have more greatly flared magwells plus for billet -billet lowers are more expensive than regular forged lowers plus for forged -a billet lower will be slightly weaker than a forged lower of identical geometry plus for forged If money wasn't an issue I would get a Noveske Gen II lower since it is forged, has a flared magwell, and has an integrated trigger guard. Down side to the Noveske Gen II is it will not work with Surefire mags. Pat It's just a Dremel away from working. I thought the more recent lots of Noveske lower would work. Was not aware they changed it. Cool if they did. Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuck in C Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Only problem with billet lowers is that any idiot with a chunk of aluminum and a CNC machine can make one. I bought one that was a thing of beauty but not quite dimensionally correct. I gave up trying to make it work and it now hangs on the wall as a lesson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APL-G35 Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 There's no difference in that and forged either if an idiot is running the Cnc machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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