MidwestPX

I can't tell you how much that lifted my spirits. These lowers have been a complete cluster since I paid for them in January. The manufacturer is taking them back and re-doing the entire order. Hopefully I will have non-blems at a killer price in early December.

It's close enough that I wouldn't build one for a customer. The amount of pressure coming off the sides of a brake are pretty intense and I've seen pictures of rails blown out because they were too close to the brake. The 9" rail on a 10.5" barrel is about as far as I'm comfortable going.

More uppers built today. Top to bottom: 1. 10.5" Centurion CHF 1:7, PX NiB BCG, PX upper, 9" Fortis rail, AAC 51-tooth brake (this one is a custom build for a local customer who's Mini-4 can to be run on this upper is in my safe, waiting for the F4 to clear) 2. 14.5" Centurion CHF 1:7, PX standard BCG, PX upper, 12" Fortis rail 3. 16" PX 4140CM 1:8, PX standard BCG, PX upper, 12" Fortis rail (this is my personal upper)

Serial number 1 of the blem lowers I will be releasing soon. Completed with PX LTG LPK, ALG ACT trigger, PX milspec stock hardware kit with H weight powdered tungsten buffer, and a Magpul MOE+ grip. I threw a M4-style stock that was in my parts bin on for the picture. I'm probably going to go with an STR or ACS-L for this build.

Yep, hard to find inventory like that gets posted when it comes in.

It wasn't OF Maks...it was of the Costco that he ran. ...hmm...even though I say it that way, it still sounds weird. The weirdest part was waking up about three hours after I posted, grabbing my coffee and checking the forums and reading this thread. I had forgotten some of the elements.

I'm building a few machine guns at some point..I'll put some of those up once I've got them built.

Top notch. Their machinists are frontline QC and they pay attention to detail. Mega sets the standard when it comes to product quality and I'm proud to say I'm one of their master dealers/distributors. The sets are hard to come by right now and they're running about 9-10 months behind on orders though it's difficult to say since they run SKUs in batches. They have orders from me back in Dec/Jan but just shipped me some product from POs I sent last month because they got caught up on those SKUs.

We can build a 14.5" with a Centurion barrel right now but it would be a carbine length gas system.

LOL, I blame you guys.

Sort of a two part dream but this one was so weird, I just had to write it out so I don't forget it. I figured I'd post it since it loosely involved NJGF So...Maks has a Costco with a range. Yeah, that's how wild this dream is Anyway, we're shopping at Maks' Costco when we see a d-bag harassing the staff. I know this d-bag (IRL, I don't...complete figment of my imagination) because his kid goes to the same daycare as my daughter. I intervene and he starts pushing me around. I walk away because I have to go to work...at a Kohl's as a sales guy. Anyway, while at Kohl's, I get a phone call from Emma's daycare saying how I need to come in to talk about a bullying situation. I go to daycare and learn that Emma has been having issues with the d-bag's kid bullying her and clocked him (which is something I'm half-expecting when she's a teenager since she's not afraid to stand up for herself and she's only 14 months old right now). D-bag is being a complete tool, using his money and threats of his local connections to get Emma and my family banned from everything, yada yada. It's when he threatens my kid that I have enough and start to get physical with the d-bag. Suddenly, the landscape changes abruptly and I'm driving to Maks' Costco to get some range time in. He hooked me up with a key to the place and I'm headed there before opening so I can get set up prior to opening. Maks has these wicked walk-in vaults where he stores high value inventory so I grab my two double rifle bag and use one of the vaults as my staging area, getting all my stuff out of the car and into Maks' Costco (I'm going to make reference to this whenever I can because it sounds funny...then again, it's after 2am and I just had some really weird dreams so maybe my frame of reference is off...). I finally get all my stuff into the vault when I hear something strange. I grab one of my SBRs and step out of the vault only to find NJGF members wearing Costco uniforms that don't exist, standing by various tables. But y'all were very...Stepford-ish. Sensing something was amiss, I start looking for Maks to see what kind of weird operation he's running only to hear that a feral NJGF member (I have no idea who) has gotten loose and is hunting me. And I mean feral as in running around on all fours, sniffing for my scent, the whole nine yards. I run. I'm not ashamed to say it...I ran like a kid spooked during a backyard overnight camping session. I swing by the breakfast meat aisle and grab a Costco-sized package of sausage. As I run, I'm dropping sausage links all over the damn place, hoping this crazed NJGF member is more interested in the sausage than me. I'm throwing sausages everywhere as I run, trying to get back to the safety of my vault...which I can't find because Maks' Coscto is friggin' HUGE! I woke up as I came across the checkout lanes and even in my dreams, even before officially open, the damn lines are PACKED!! My heart was pounding as I sat up in bed. I shook my head, rubbed my eyes, and thought, "Holy crap, I need to go post this one..."

I'm going to come off as sounding like a pushy salesman but I promise you that is not my intent and this is 100% the truth and not in any way a sales pitch. Get one while you can. The barrels are a HUGE PITA to source. My shipment of 16" middys from Centurion took forever to come in and they said they weren't even expecting them from FN. If they get another delivery of barrels the same size as the last one, my order already in with Centurion takes up over half of them and I'm first in line for these barrels too. I have three left right now that are with my photographer but will be back here soon after which I'll get them test fired and put up for sale. If you can't snag one of those, we'll be rolling out uppers built with our 4140 CM 1:8 twist middy barrels and those barrels are in much more plentiful supply. The barrel maker and I had a long talk about metal selection and he assures me that 4140 CM vs. 4150 CL CMV has very little practical difference. He said a 4140 tube will show accelerated wear under prolonged full-auto fire and that's where you want chrome lined CMV tubes as the vanadium makes the surface harder and more receptive to plating, both enhancing the resistance to heat and heat is what kills barrels. So that's my long winded way of saying we'll have alternative barrels that will meet the needs of 98%+ shooters because there just aren't that many full-auto setups out there. And we'll do it at a killer price point

ATF ruled it not a flash hider and I've seen tons of posts on here from people complaining about being next to shooters with PWS FSC comps.

Thanks for being patient with me on that one, Joe. I had a helluva time finding the time to get out and test fire uppers prior to putting it up for sale. I'm currently in the process of building a 5k sq. ft. building with part of it dedicated to upper assembly. We'll be out where we can test-fire on-site so we'll be much better about getting product out the door. At any rate, that's the first of many PX uppers that will be rolling out over the next year.

If he's so sure it's a firearm, I'd love to see how he checked it into and out of his bound book.

Out the dealer so others don't support him. FUD dealers suck.

? I drilled two holes into one of the 2x4s and screwed in two anchor bolts.

http://www.brownells.com/gunsmith-tools-supplies/rifle-tools/bench-vise-blocks/ar-15-m16-display-stands-prod38841.aspx I've got one in my closet for my HD suppressed SBR. I like it because to take the rifle down, you have to engage the mag release and there's a pocket in the mount for a loaded mag. I've got a 14 month old running around now and this keeps the rifle out of her reach and when she's older, if she has risks the beating of a lifetime to access my rifle, she has to take it down then load it. An accidental shooting because much less of an accident and much more deliberate then. But I'll teach her better than that...but that's a discussion for another thread. The only issue might be if NJ has a statute regarding the firearms being locked up...this obviously wouldn't meet that criteria.

Generally, if a deal seems too good to be true, it probably is. The problem with finding authorized or certified dealers with some major brands is that the manufacturers use a three tier distribution strategy (OEM to distributor to dealer) so they don't know who is buying legitimate products from distributors. VLTOR, Magpul, and many other hugely popular brands making parts for ARs have this problem.

It used to work, I swear! I fixed it though. Thanks for the notice.

If you guys want to know when my blem billets are being sold, keep an eye on my subforum or create an account in the webstore and sign up for the newsletter. I don't send out very many newsletters so you don't have to worry about getting spammed to death.

PX15 lowers made of 7075-T6. Bolt catch is threaded. Rear takedown detent hole is also threaded so you can screw in the supplied hex head insert so when the stock assembly is removed, the spring doesn't fly out. Tensioning hole is also drilled in the lower to adjust the tension between upper and lower. All of this hardware is provided. My primary gripe is the anodizing. It's a milspec hardcoat (type 3, class 2) however is a little rougher than my standards and I suspect it's because the surface wasn't properly prepped. I think the bead blasting was done with a grit size too large which in turn causes the plating to be rough. Functionally, they're fine and the machining is pretty decent. I just can't bring myself to offer these as first quality, Midwest PX branded parts. My benchmark is Mega Arms. I will not sell a lower that I don't feel is as good if not better than Mega.

At the increased velocity most manufacturers are producing at, the quality seems to be dipping. With serialized components like lowers, they either have to be destroyed or sold as blems since they typically can't be fixed. I'm going through this right now and plan to blow out billet lowers at $80ea in the near future while I work out the compensation plan with the manufacturer as I paid for firsts and got seconds.

Punisher lowers as well as Spider/Bullet lowers are in stock!

Once the MOE AK PMAG is out, we'll work on it. I still have yet to find a cost effective way to manufacture 15/30 metal AK mags that I feel comfortable selling. The mags that we make, if you haven't noticed, probably have the most work done to them out of any modified mag to meet the idea of "permanently altered".