Lower Parts, Kit or Separate?
I am sure this has been asked before but searching wasn't turning up anything. I am looking to build another AR, been a while since my first one and I want to do this one right the first time around with all the lower parts goodies like ambidextrous mag release, bolt release, nicer trigger, trigger guard, pistol grip etc. In other words, I am going to be buying some parts that would replace a number of the parts in a standard LPK. Is it worth it to just buy all the parts separate or get a cheapo LPK and throw out the parts I don't need? I am assuming as long as the pins, springs, and whatnot are milspec a cheap parts kit would be as good as anything else if I am going to replace the important pieces like the trigger anyways. Is that a fair assumption?
Thanks in advance.
Originally Posted By skywalkrNCSU:
I am sure this has been asked before but searching wasn't turning up anything. I am looking to build another AR, been a while since my first one and I want to do this one right the first time around with all the lower parts goodies like ambidextrous mag release, bolt release, nicer trigger, trigger guard, pistol grip etc. In other words, I am going to be buying some parts that would replace a number of the parts in a standard LPK. Is it worth it to just buy all the parts separate or get a cheapo LPK and throw out the parts I don't need? I am assuming as long as the pins, springs, and whatnot are milspec a cheap parts kit would be as good as anything else if I am going to replace the important pieces like the trigger anyways. Is that a fair assumption?
Thanks in advance.
Go to Palmetto State Armory and look over their LPK's....there is a large assortment of configurations.
Their bare bones LPK is very inexpensive.
If you want to buy individual pieces, Citizen's Armory is a good place because they don't burn you on shipping.
Just like buying a car in pieces is much more expensive than the actual car, you're probably better off price-wise to buy the complete LPK, and the other special parts you want to replace separately. You've then got some spares you can keep or sell off to help recoup a portion of the costs.
Citizen's Armory is a good place to buy individual small parts. If you go add up all the individual pieces you'd need to purchase there, I think you may find that the cost of those parts will be more than buying the complete LPK and having some spares left over.
Brownells sels LPK minus trigger, and LPK minus grip.....but not both. They have an exploded view page of the AR so you can order each part, but I like to have a few spare parts on hand.
Originally Posted By Direct-Drive:
Originally Posted By skywalkrNCSU:
I am sure this has been asked before but searching wasn't turning up anything. I am looking to build another AR, been a while since my first one and I want to do this one right the first time around with all the lower parts goodies like ambidextrous mag release, bolt release, nicer trigger, trigger guard, pistol grip etc. In other words, I am going to be buying some parts that would replace a number of the parts in a standard LPK. Is it worth it to just buy all the parts separate or get a cheapo LPK and throw out the parts I don't need? I am assuming as long as the pins, springs, and whatnot are milspec a cheap parts kit would be as good as anything else if I am going to replace the important pieces like the trigger anyways. Is that a fair assumption?
Thanks in advance.
Go to Palmetto State Armory and look over their LPK's....there is a large assortment of configurations.
Their bare bones LPK is very inexpensive.
If you want to buy individual pieces, Citizen's Armory is a good place because they don't burn you on shipping.
I was looking at theirs actually and that looks like the way to go. Pardon my noobery but if I got the LPK without the fire control group and got a Geissele SSA trigger, would the trigger have everything in the fire control group? I am aware that I could get a LPK with that trigger from PSA, just trying to make sure I understand things properly.
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Originally Posted By skywalkrNCSU:
Originally Posted By Direct-Drive:
Originally Posted By skywalkrNCSU:
I am sure this has been asked before but searching wasn't turning up anything. I am looking to build another AR, been a while since my first one and I want to do this one right the first time around with all the lower parts goodies like ambidextrous mag release, bolt release, nicer trigger, trigger guard, pistol grip etc. In other words, I am going to be buying some parts that would replace a number of the parts in a standard LPK. Is it worth it to just buy all the parts separate or get a cheapo LPK and throw out the parts I don't need? I am assuming as long as the pins, springs, and whatnot are milspec a cheap parts kit would be as good as anything else if I am going to replace the important pieces like the trigger anyways. Is that a fair assumption?
Thanks in advance.
Go to Palmetto State Armory and look over their LPK's....there is a large assortment of configurations.
Their bare bones LPK is very inexpensive.
If you want to buy individual pieces, Citizen's Armory is a good place because they don't burn you on shipping.
I was looking at theirs actually and that looks like the way to go. Pardon my noobery but if I got the LPK without the fire control group and got a Geissele SSA trigger, would the trigger have everything in the fire control group? I am aware that I could get a LPK with that trigger from PSA, just trying to make sure I understand things properly.
Yes, I would expect the SSA complete, in its own packaging, as part of the LPK.
