@@KeterMalkuth zero interest in doing a .308. Lack of standardization and drastically reduced availability of parts makes it an economic non-starter. There’s millions and millions of AR uppers that can fit on the KP-15. The same is not true for .308 at all.
@@SinistralRifleman The DPMS LR-308 pattern is kinda close to a standard of sorts. Aero Precision does make a compatible upper for that. For buffer, fire control group, bolt latch, and magazine catch, all parts from the KP-15 would work. That said, it would be a tough sell based on economics.
when Gun Jesus and Gun Lucifer decided to join together to bring back the word from Eugene Stoner, Sinistral Rifleman answered the call and become the Prophet. Pretty sure it is described in the "Bibble" somewhere.
I am happy to live down the street from KE Arms in Phoenix Arizona, I remember when they had just a few parts for AR15’s available on the market and from there they proved to be an amazing company and every day they are bringing not only some of the bast parts available in today’s industry they are constantly pushing the envelope on innovation. Well done Everyone at KE Arms I’m looking forward to what your going to bring to the table next. 👏🏼👍🏼
@@cafenightster4548 I picked up two KP15 lowers from Brownells. They’re interesting lowers and rock solid. I would pickup the parts kits from KE Arms though. They have some measurements that are not mil spec. While mil spec parts can work like trigger pins and safety selector, they’re not optimal for the KP15. Also some drop in triggers will not fit due to how the trigger well is constructed.
@@RARufus If you don't get KE's 'optimized' mil-spec 'style' selector, you MAY be drilling it out when it comes time to remove it. Anyway, KE has their very nice 45° throw ambi selector that's 'optimized' for the KP-15 that you should get.
I ordered a complete KP15 mil spec lower from Brownells on Saturday (12/30). Part was received by my FFL (in SC) the following Friday. I just installed it on my upper receiver, and Recoil drops this video. Awesome. This is a very cost effective, AVAILABLE option for AR builds. Based purely on handling (I haven't shot it yet) I recommend it highly. The quality shows. Mine is a 5000 series receiver, so they have been cranking them out the past 5 months. Get one while you still can!
Given the numbers mentioned in the vid, and the two cnc's we see thats just about two or three days of output uf they were running 24/7 no brakes. Ovbiously they dont do that, but ut puts in perspective how fast polymer can be.
Out of curiosity how much flashing was left in yours? Looking at a mid 4k one that doesn't have the inside of the magwell cleaned up all the way nor all the way around the inside of the trigger guard. Probably an hour or so of hand cleaning still needed with it to have it really nice, not to say it isn't a really nice lower, just that it isn't totally finished up if you want all the components inside to work without hanging up on excess flash.
@@Jon2001sc2 mine doesn’t have any excess flash. It’s not milled 100% flat on the front edge of the outside of the trigger guard, top rear of the stock, or front inside of the trigger guard. These areas of the seams are not sharp or rough, just not completely flat. I haven’t paid any attention to the inside of the mag well, because my magazines insert and drop free. All parts function as they should, so I haven’t bothered to look at the condition of the seams on the inside. Buffer and spring run smoothly. Safety engages positively. Bolt stop works as expected with my mags (gen 2 Pmags and steel Duramags).
@@kingwiththeax6880 pull your buffer and buffer spring and check inside there for flashing. I pulled mine to swap to a different king i had already, and there were a few spots that the flashing was still hanging on, and i dumped out a relatively big pile of plastic shavings that weren't cleaned out as nicely as i thought it should have been. It's not a deal breaker, and i love my lower, jist something wortg checking though. Maybe they should have a rubber air nozzle to blow out the extra shavings after reaming the buffer tube, or if they do that already, then maybe a modification could be made to more effectively remove the debris? My gen 2 and gen 3 pmags drop free and everything seems to work flawlessly. Now i need a carbon fiber handguard though because the balance on my rifle is too front heavy now. I plan on building a complete wwsd upper whenever i can get a 16 inch pencil barrel, but that might be a while the way inventory is going these days.
Another advantage of this polymer receiver is a *GREATLY* extended tool life, no coolant, less mess to clean up, lower material cost, lighter weight that decreases shipping costs, I'm probably missing some but these are VERY cool.
Increased tensile strength means increased durability of transport and the monolithic design means certain necessary but manual operations like staking the charging handle are gone.
Me in the 1980's commenting about Glock pistols " You can't pay me to carry one of those cheap plastic toys." Me today "Glock 100% baby! When I first watched this I was not impressed but the longer I did and as soon as I lost my bias for moderd AR's this was really something I would love to have.
I was right there with you. When my co workers bought them we called them plastic disposable pistols. Now I love all guns in polymer including the KP 15.
I pre-ordered from Brownells and recently received a bare one that I filled out with all of the spare AR parts I just had lying around and then put an old DPS upper on it. It works surprisingly well. And it fit very tightly with even my cheap, old DPS upper. It’s wonderfully light and strong. Best hundred bucks I’ve spent recently. Just remember that after the first 100 rounds or so to disassemble it and clean out any pieces of plastic flashing that come loose in the buffer tube area. The instructions tell you about it and there certainly was some that needed to be cleaned out after my first range session. But it did not seem to have any affect on function.
@Timothy Mckee It's a lot lighter than aluminum. Think about this. You aren't just comparing a stripped KP15 to a stripped mil-spec aluminum lower. With a standard lower, you have the aluminum lower itself, but add in the steel castle nut and end plate, aluminum buffer tube, plastic grip, steel grip screw, AND whatever stock you choose to attach, because all those features are built in to the plastic lower. With the KP15, it's one piece of plastic. I've got two complete rifles I've built so far using KP15's, and they weigh right around 6lbs with a loaded mag, light, optic, and sling. It's a night and day difference.
@Timothy Mckee KE completed with trigger group and buffer is under a pound lighter than a standard A1 or A2 lower/pistol grip/buffer/stock etc. It is still lighter than a standard carbine, but due to how many variables in selection of parts, can't say by how much.
My 18" build came in at 6.6 pounds, which is .1 less than my 10" pistol build. Now granted the ar pistol had the flashlight mount still attached, the additional weight of the buffer tube, castle nut, and heavy profile barrel still brought the gun to weigh a little over an ounce more than the kp-15 rifle that was 8 inches longer than it.
KE arms kicks ass! Their customer service is second to none. Absolutely satisfied with my KP-15 Lower. Looking forward to the future variants that KE comes out with for their polymer line. Mine is the 4000 Series :)
@Pat Riot any upper should work. The only thing that's proprietary is the safety and one of the trigger group pins. You can use any safety but you cannot get it out....only way is to drill it or send it in to KE arms or have prior knowledge to modify your existing safety. its easier to just buy one of there 45/90 deg ambi safeties.
Got one, looks very well made. I should have read the instructions about the safety lever before installing one! And the pins come with the receiver so no need to purchase extra. Congratulations on a successful product. One year from concept to production is quite an accomplishment. I'm in, I'd love another one!
@@wyomins Through the top. One shortcoming of this design IMO. Russell has a tutorial on safety lever detent here and how to install it. Watch that before putting yours in. I didn't and I had to destroy my safety lever to get it back out.
I bought two of these, one went on a rifle I just completed today. I decided I wanted to see just how sturdy they were after the videos dropped for the torture test. I beat mine against a tree after firing some ammo through it. The tree came away with chunks missing from it, but my lower was unscathed. Im 1000000% impressed with mine honestly. Words of advice, buy the extended hammer pin, and their modified safety.
So I think a 75 second cycle time on average for these parts given the hand operation of the serial #. Russell, the longest time for the part is the time spent in shipping and handling going from the plastic company to KE Arms. :)
Always nice to see Russel at work. The upgrades from the CavArms iterations and improved fabrication make worthy concept. Knew a guy who worked the older cav15’s. It’ll be interesting to get his take on the stoner 2020.
Got one for my wife's lefty upper. Just need a few parts to optimize it for her left-handedness, and it's going to be a slim, lightweight build for sure.
So here's a thing I didn't think about until I ran across Brownells video on it: if you use pmags, which pretty much everyone does at this point, they have a shelf on the rear side thats meant to sit against the mag well to stop the magazine from going in further than its supposed to. Does the flared mag well defeat this? I don't know why you would have the mag release pressed while inserting a magazine, but if you do, on a normal mag well this prevents over-insertion of pmags. On my current AR with stanag mags, keeping the magazine release pressed in does result in over-insertion and any pressure (like using the magazine as a monopod) causes malfunctions but with a standard mag well, using pmags, its fine. Brownells didn't go over it very well in their video but is this an actual issue? or a non-issue. I've used beat-to-hell stanag mags in the Army and never had an issue with over-insertion caused malfunctions. I can only cause it intentionally but SinistralRifleman knows a lot more about any of this than I do so thats why I'm asking. Anyway, I learned something new.
Russel! Was any consideration give to closed cell rigid foam in the stock and pistol grip. My curiosity is, could that foam stop it from sinking in water?
I'm very excited for this, even as an AK guy. This is top tier tech! I personally am waiting for color options and hopefully a shorter length of pull or adjustable stock version. I'm very impressed with how this project turned out!
Love my KP-15 lower! Was even happier when the KE Arms QD cup got shipped in too! Feels great, looks great, and makes a nice lightweight rifle! Mil-spec KP-15 lower Noreen Slickside upper Angstadt nitrided BCG CMMG 18" 1:7tr 5.56 lightweight barrel YHM low pro gas block CMMG rifle length gas tube Guntec 15" m-lok handguard (will be replaced with a lighter weight MI handguard) KAC A2 flash hider Monstrum QD cantilever mount with el-cheapo scope (soon to get PA ACSS 1x-8x FFP scope and lightweight NON-QD mount) As it all sits, hits about MOA from a bench and MOM standing and shooting from fat outta shape dude's shoulder lol!
Maybe now you can take a tour of the Federal plant and tell me why a corporation capable of WARTIME FRICKING PRODUCTION can't keep up with a MILD INCREASE IN DEMAND. Also, good job! I didn't think I was going to learn anything I didn't learn from InRangeTV's sources. One thing I still don't know is the lifespan of the mold. With high glass-fiber ratios they don't last long and I think thats the biggest unrecoverable cost they're going to have. Wait... There's a reason InRangeTV didn't show any of this on UA-cam. Good luck with this staying up! D:
@@SinistralRifleman Yeah, when you put it in actual numbers that does seem like it would be enough. Is that just as-is? or with periodic material-adding and re-machining? I'd still like to know why Federal can't leave their bullet-making machines on for a little longer each day so I can actually practice.
we need one of those where the handle and trigger are forward from the receiver, and the bolt carrier's furthest movement is to a point 1" from the end of the butt on that stock.
I want to know why mine looks like it was trimmed on the top and bottom with a utility knife. I had an email with one of the lead project manager a pretty much said it is what it is.. in a nutshell. So much for production consistency. Other than that it's a great product.
@@11B30Inf quite Indeed 😔. Granted I do recall,when my dad was, a child, and as a younger adult,our laws, where indeed,alot more open, he had all sorts, shooting club/range etc 🤷🤦.
I literally was looking at a lower from these guys, I didn't know they were made literally 1 mile away from me. This will be my 3rd Ar I'll put together I guess.
On brownells it says you have to use a certain carbine spring. I understand you need a certain weight of buffer to not cause damage, but my question is: Can you use those silent captured spring setups with it and not have issues? Not sure where else to look for the info. Thanks in advance
I would be honored to win one of these. But I'm not sure the PDRK will allow it. It would be awesome if you sold them without the fire control holes drilled and a locating jig to drill them.
These have to be selling well in a time when stripped lowers are hard to get you’re able to fill the orders quickly and affordably, is there any possibility of an ar10? Is the polymer strong enough or the market large enough?
@@SinistralRifleman the G1 DPMS lower, while not “the standard”, is pretty close to it. But whatever variation you guys chose, and if sold for about the same ~$100 price, it could very likely force itself into becoming the standard. Volume has a way of dictating what the standard is/becomes. Ask Betamax and HD DVD.
@@rdsmith334 theres not enough uppers an bolts and barrels available to consumers outside of complete guns to make it viable. There’s tens of millions of standard AR15 uppers, barrels, bolts around to be built into complete rifles with the KP-15. The same simply isn’t true for .308. The price is what it is because we can spread tooling and R&D cost over a larger number of units. That would not be the case for .308.
H&K been doing this for a while among others. I had a SL8/g36 clone was super light and trouble free. Not sure they would be the best option for soldiers in the field though. FRP still breaks easier than aluminum. Great if a less expensive option that you can use and abuse. But all the savings will be spent on ammo the first time shoot it. 🤦♂️
I Would Like the KE-15, AND I'D put The Brownell's AR-180 Top End on it, Boonie Packer Side Saddle Mag Holder, and Triggicon 1x6 AR Scope, and Carry it Everywhere, and hopefully Eventually convert it to 300 Hammer 🔨 and Just Enough Can to Make it Hearing Safe.
Random guy "Run! The place is about to explode!!!"
Russell: "Yep, 'bout to explode." as he slowly walks out of the building...
I appreciate how Russel explain in clear and concise manner. Seriously impressed with his presentation.
Thanks
@@KeterMalkuth zero interest in doing a .308. Lack of standardization and drastically reduced availability of parts makes it an economic non-starter.
There’s millions and millions of AR uppers that can fit on the KP-15. The same is not true for .308 at all.
@@SinistralRifleman The DPMS LR-308 pattern is kinda close to a standard of sorts. Aero Precision does make a compatible upper for that. For buffer, fire control group, bolt latch, and magazine catch, all parts from the KP-15 would work. That said, it would be a tough sell based on economics.
Russel always seems like he does not enjoy being alive
Im ecstatic
The Bill Bellichek of guns
I know i love it..haha
I mean...
Dude must be overworked to hell.
when Gun Jesus and Gun Lucifer decided to join together to bring back the word from Eugene Stoner, Sinistral Rifleman answered the call and become the Prophet. Pretty sure it is described in the "Bibble" somewhere.
If it isn't somewhere there already, someone should add it
It's Apocryphagan
Don't forget about KAAAARRRRLLLLL
@@rhubarbpie2027 that's Gun Lucifer
Russell is Doom Slayer
I am happy to live down the street from KE Arms in Phoenix Arizona, I remember when they had just a few parts for AR15’s available on the market and from there they proved to be an amazing company and every day they are bringing not only some of the bast parts available in today’s industry they are constantly pushing the envelope on innovation. Well done Everyone at KE Arms I’m looking forward to what your going to bring to the table next. 👏🏼👍🏼
What they're made in Phoenix! I just saw a Lower at Healy's Firearms and was debating to buy one. I guess that's gonna be my 3rd Ar I'll put together.
@@cafenightster4548 I picked up two KP15 lowers from Brownells. They’re interesting lowers and rock solid. I would pickup the parts kits from KE Arms though. They have some measurements that are not mil spec. While mil spec parts can work like trigger pins and safety selector, they’re not optimal for the KP15. Also some drop in triggers will not fit due to how the trigger well is constructed.
@@RARufus If you don't get KE's 'optimized' mil-spec 'style' selector, you MAY be drilling it out when it comes time to remove it. Anyway, KE has their very nice 45° throw ambi selector that's 'optimized' for the KP-15 that you should get.
I ordered a complete KP15 mil spec lower from Brownells on Saturday (12/30). Part was received by my FFL (in SC) the following Friday. I just installed it on my upper receiver, and Recoil drops this video. Awesome. This is a very cost effective, AVAILABLE option for AR builds. Based purely on handling (I haven't shot it yet) I recommend it highly. The quality shows. Mine is a 5000 series receiver, so they have been cranking them out the past 5 months. Get one while you still can!
Given the numbers mentioned in the vid, and the two cnc's we see thats just about two or three days of output uf they were running 24/7 no brakes. Ovbiously they dont do that, but ut puts in perspective how fast polymer can be.
@@ravener96 they’re running 3 shifts
Out of curiosity how much flashing was left in yours? Looking at a mid 4k one that doesn't have the inside of the magwell cleaned up all the way nor all the way around the inside of the trigger guard. Probably an hour or so of hand cleaning still needed with it to have it really nice, not to say it isn't a really nice lower, just that it isn't totally finished up if you want all the components inside to work without hanging up on excess flash.
@@Jon2001sc2 mine doesn’t have any excess flash. It’s not milled 100% flat on the front edge of the outside of the trigger guard, top rear of the stock, or front inside of the trigger guard. These areas of the seams are not sharp or rough, just not completely flat. I haven’t paid any attention to the inside of the mag well, because my magazines insert and drop free. All parts function as they should, so I haven’t bothered to look at the condition of the seams on the inside. Buffer and spring run smoothly. Safety engages positively. Bolt stop works as expected with my mags (gen 2 Pmags and steel Duramags).
@@kingwiththeax6880 pull your buffer and buffer spring and check inside there for flashing. I pulled mine to swap to a different king i had already, and there were a few spots that the flashing was still hanging on, and i dumped out a relatively big pile of plastic shavings that weren't cleaned out as nicely as i thought it should have been. It's not a deal breaker, and i love my lower, jist something wortg checking though. Maybe they should have a rubber air nozzle to blow out the extra shavings after reaming the buffer tube, or if they do that already, then maybe a modification could be made to more effectively remove the debris? My gen 2 and gen 3 pmags drop free and everything seems to work flawlessly. Now i need a carbon fiber handguard though because the balance on my rifle is too front heavy now. I plan on building a complete wwsd upper whenever i can get a 16 inch pencil barrel, but that might be a while the way inventory is going these days.
An amazing advancement. Can’t wait to get one of the finished WWSD rifles.
yes me too.
Another advantage of this polymer receiver is a *GREATLY* extended tool life, no coolant, less mess to clean up, lower material cost, lighter weight that decreases shipping costs, I'm probably missing some but these are VERY cool.
Increased tensile strength means increased durability of transport and the monolithic design means certain necessary but manual operations like staking the charging handle are gone.
@@baker90338 you mean staking the castle nut on the receiver end plate/ extension...?
Me in the 1980's commenting about Glock pistols " You can't pay me to carry one of those cheap plastic toys." Me today "Glock 100% baby! When I first watched this I was not impressed but the longer I did and as soon as I lost my bias for moderd AR's this was really something I would love to have.
I was right there with you. When my co workers bought them we called them plastic disposable pistols. Now I love all guns in polymer including the KP 15.
bought two right after I saw the torture tests and very happy with them
Russel = The quintessential Strong Silent Type.
The spectrum is strong with him.
Calm, focused, and vigilant.
I pre-ordered from Brownells and recently received a bare one that I filled out with all of the spare AR parts I just had lying around and then put an old DPS upper on it. It works surprisingly well. And it fit very tightly with even my cheap, old DPS upper. It’s wonderfully light and strong. Best hundred bucks I’ve spent recently. Just remember that after the first 100 rounds or so to disassemble it and clean out any pieces of plastic flashing that come loose in the buffer tube area. The instructions tell you about it and there certainly was some that needed to be cleaned out after my first range session. But it did not seem to have any affect on function.
Air compressor worked for me. Just blew out the loose flashing in 10 seconds.
@Timothy Mckee It's a lot lighter than aluminum.
Think about this. You aren't just comparing a stripped KP15 to a stripped mil-spec aluminum lower.
With a standard lower, you have the aluminum lower itself, but add in the steel castle nut and end plate, aluminum buffer tube, plastic grip, steel grip screw, AND whatever stock you choose to attach, because all those features are built in to the plastic lower.
With the KP15, it's one piece of plastic. I've got two complete rifles I've built so far using KP15's, and they weigh right around 6lbs with a loaded mag, light, optic, and sling. It's a night and day difference.
@Timothy Mckee KE completed with trigger group and buffer is under a pound lighter than a standard A1 or A2 lower/pistol grip/buffer/stock etc. It is still lighter than a standard carbine, but due to how many variables in selection of parts, can't say by how much.
My 18" build came in at 6.6 pounds, which is .1 less than my 10" pistol build. Now granted the ar pistol had the flashlight mount still attached, the additional weight of the buffer tube, castle nut, and heavy profile barrel still brought the gun to weigh a little over an ounce more than the kp-15 rifle that was 8 inches longer than it.
These are very cool. I've been stocking them in my shop. a full pound lighter than a forged carbine set up.
Super cool! I’ve been following this project since the beginning, looking forward to getting some and building them out!
Lmao Russell looked pissed off the whole time
This is what I subscribed for. Awesome work, this is amazing stuff.
KE arms kicks ass! Their customer service is second to none. Absolutely satisfied with my KP-15 Lower. Looking forward to the future variants that KE comes out with for their polymer line. Mine is the 4000 Series :)
@Pat Riot any upper should work. The only thing that's proprietary is the safety and one of the trigger group pins. You can use any safety but you cannot get it out....only way is to drill it or send it in to KE arms or have prior knowledge to modify your existing safety. its easier to just buy one of there 45/90 deg ambi safeties.
Got one, looks very well made. I should have read the instructions about the safety lever before installing one! And the pins come with the receiver so no need to purchase extra. Congratulations on a successful product. One year from concept to production is quite an accomplishment. I'm in, I'd love another one!
With the pistol grip fixed, how does the safety pin/ spring install?
@@wyomins Through the top. One shortcoming of this design IMO. Russell has a tutorial on safety lever detent here and how to install it. Watch that before putting yours in. I didn't and I had to destroy my safety lever to get it back out.
I bought two of these, one went on a rifle I just completed today. I decided I wanted to see just how sturdy they were after the videos dropped for the torture test. I beat mine against a tree after firing some ammo through it. The tree came away with chunks missing from it, but my lower was unscathed. Im 1000000% impressed with mine honestly. Words of advice, buy the extended hammer pin, and their modified safety.
Wow, polymers have come a long way.
It blows my mind that there is a machine that can 'weld' 2 halfs of a gun (receiver) together in seconds, amazing.
You can do the same thing with metal parts. Also, you can weld metal with magnetic pulses. Look up "magnetic pulse welding."
It's been around for quite a while. Mind blowingly simple
Sounds like my electric toothbrush too, funny.
Making so many lowers constantly, we can arm the all of the poor and working class! Good work!
I’m picking up my fourth KP15 lower today. They are really beautifully made and make an excellent light weight rifle.
I enjoy informative, innovative content, and then you bring Colt history to your content. Excellent!
Love mine so far. Used light weight Midwest Industries .223 Wylde for upper. Super rifle! Serial number under 1000.
god this is so sick
I’m a believer, remember Remington Nylon 66?
I want a KP-15.
The low affect sells it, no hype or weasel words.
I picked one up. Visibly the construction and finish is superior to the old Cavalry Arms precursor.
So I think a 75 second cycle time on average for these parts given the hand operation of the serial #.
Russell, the longest time for the part is the time spent in shipping and handling going from the plastic company to KE Arms. :)
Always nice to see Russel at work. The upgrades from the CavArms iterations and improved fabrication make worthy concept. Knew a guy who worked the older cav15’s. It’ll be interesting to get his take on the stoner 2020.
That old Colt is uber cool. I'm surprised that came up for auction.
Sign me up for the KE Arms lower!
I need to get the DMR version!
Great video. This gives us a great perspective on what it takes to manufacture a lower.
Great Video, and information on the new polymer Lower receiver , thanks!
Amazing combination of technical expertise and materials science. Well, time to go shopping :)
That old colt is so freakin cool.
Got one for my wife's lefty upper. Just need a few parts to optimize it for her left-handedness, and it's going to be a slim, lightweight build for sure.
is the buffer tube and spring a carbine length assembly in a A1 length butt stock
yes. Carbine buffer; A1 stock length.
Extra material behind the end of the tube helps prevent the buffer from hammering itself out the end of the extension.
So here's a thing I didn't think about until I ran across Brownells video on it: if you use pmags, which pretty much everyone does at this point, they have a shelf on the rear side thats meant to sit against the mag well to stop the magazine from going in further than its supposed to. Does the flared mag well defeat this? I don't know why you would have the mag release pressed while inserting a magazine, but if you do, on a normal mag well this prevents over-insertion of pmags.
On my current AR with stanag mags, keeping the magazine release pressed in does result in over-insertion and any pressure (like using the magazine as a monopod) causes malfunctions but with a standard mag well, using pmags, its fine.
Brownells didn't go over it very well in their video but is this an actual issue? or a non-issue. I've used beat-to-hell stanag mags in the Army and never had an issue with over-insertion caused malfunctions. I can only cause it intentionally but SinistralRifleman knows a lot more about any of this than I do so thats why I'm asking.
Anyway, I learned something new.
Sweet video! Not sure if we are to sign up in the comments but if we are here I am.
Russel! Was any consideration give to closed cell rigid foam in the stock and pistol grip. My curiosity is, could that foam stop it from sinking in water?
When the glow in dark come out
If you wanted one of those the only ones out there are the limited production runs by CavArms.
Great video. Been looking forward to these since the were announced.
I'm very excited for this, even as an AK guy. This is top tier tech! I personally am waiting for color options and hopefully a shorter length of pull or adjustable stock version.
I'm very impressed with how this project turned out!
In their Q&A they mention that there are no plans for different stocks due to the structural nature of the part. The part can be cerakoted however.
Wow. The similarity between the two reinforcement additions super interesting.
Great project. We plan on getting a WWSD gun ourselves.
Regards,
Marky
Love my KP-15 lower! Was even happier when the KE Arms QD cup got shipped in too! Feels great, looks great, and makes a nice lightweight rifle!
Mil-spec KP-15 lower
Noreen Slickside upper
Angstadt nitrided BCG
CMMG 18" 1:7tr 5.56 lightweight barrel
YHM low pro gas block
CMMG rifle length gas tube
Guntec 15" m-lok handguard (will be replaced with a lighter weight MI handguard)
KAC A2 flash hider
Monstrum QD cantilever mount with el-cheapo scope (soon to get PA ACSS 1x-8x FFP scope and lightweight NON-QD mount)
As it all sits, hits about MOA from a bench and MOM standing and shooting from fat outta shape dude's shoulder lol!
Very informative. Appreciate the tour and history. I want to win a lower!
Maybe now you can take a tour of the Federal plant and tell me why a corporation capable of WARTIME FRICKING PRODUCTION can't keep up with a MILD INCREASE IN DEMAND.
Also, good job! I didn't think I was going to learn anything I didn't learn from InRangeTV's sources. One thing I still don't know is the lifespan of the mold. With high glass-fiber ratios they don't last long and I think thats the biggest unrecoverable cost they're going to have.
Wait... There's a reason InRangeTV didn't show any of this on UA-cam. Good luck with this staying up! D:
The mold is rated for hundreds of thousands of parts
@@SinistralRifleman Yeah, when you put it in actual numbers that does seem like it would be enough. Is that just as-is? or with periodic material-adding and re-machining?
I'd still like to know why Federal can't leave their bullet-making machines on for a little longer each day so I can actually practice.
@@htomerif yes there will be maintenance. How much exactly and how often we will see as we get into higher and higher production numbers.
we need one of those where the handle and trigger are forward from the receiver, and the bolt carrier's furthest movement is to a point 1" from the end of the butt on that stock.
I want to know why mine looks like it was trimmed on the top and bottom with a utility knife. I had an email with one of the lead project manager a pretty much said it is what it is.. in a nutshell. So much for production consistency. Other than that it's a great product.
In before youtube decides this is an instructional home gunsmithing video and it violates the terms of service!
Also, how do we sign up?
“Sign up below”, does that mean here or elsewhere? Because I sure would love to win one of these!
Thx for the vid, I'm really liking this lower. I think its going to fit a niche that I have for an AR, mainly lite weight.
Amazing technology.👍
I see the RB9k is still operational.
I would love to win, but live in the UK, 🇬🇧🇺🇲 how would that work 🤷😏
Not very well since your government is anti-gun.
@@11B30Inf quite Indeed 😔. Granted I do recall,when my dad was, a child, and as a younger adult,our laws, where indeed,alot more open, he had all sorts, shooting club/range etc 🤷🤦.
NICE! The blem ones are $199 at Brownells right now, this could be the start to the lightweight 18" DMR build I've been planning. Cheers!
I literally was looking at a lower from these guys, I didn't know they were made literally 1 mile away from me. This will be my 3rd Ar I'll put together I guess.
On brownells it says you have to use a certain carbine spring. I understand you need a certain weight of buffer to not cause damage, but my question is:
Can you use those silent captured spring setups with it and not have issues?
Not sure where else to look for the info. Thanks in advance
Yes.
The JP silent capture spring, yes
Wish them luck on them, called me old fashion I will take a metal lower
Russel Phagan is the ultimate hype man.
Took mine to Hard as Hell 2 Gun,, crawled through the dirt with it. It worked great the whole way though.
What’s the rifle called the one that you can change the barrel for different caliber
Still pending approval I think
Russel, the king of nonplussed.
I want one of those to see how well they perform.
Beautiful work
Looks great! When are the FDE ones going to start shipping?
In the next 2 weeks if things stay on track
It'd be fun to swap the upper from that Colt prototype onto the KP-15.
I would be honored to win one of these. But I'm not sure the PDRK will allow it. It would be awesome if you sold them without the fire control holes drilled and a locating jig to drill them.
These have to be selling well in a time when stripped lowers are hard to get you’re able to fill the orders quickly and affordably, is there any possibility of an ar10? Is the polymer strong enough or the market large enough?
A .308 version will not happen because the lack of standardization of .308 parts makes it not viable.
@@SinistralRifleman the G1 DPMS lower, while not “the standard”, is pretty close to it. But whatever variation you guys chose, and if sold for about the same ~$100 price, it could very likely force itself into becoming the standard. Volume has a way of dictating what the standard is/becomes. Ask Betamax and HD DVD.
@@rdsmith334 theres not enough uppers an bolts and barrels available to consumers outside of complete guns to make it viable.
There’s tens of millions of standard AR15 uppers, barrels, bolts around to be built into complete rifles with the KP-15. The same simply isn’t true for .308.
The price is what it is because we can spread tooling and R&D cost over a larger number of units. That would not be the case for .308.
Russel is the MAN!!!
Russell is the man
When are the FDE ones going to be ready?
I love this thing
Its my main man russel!
Wow. Just think what Stoner could have done with the plastic/poiy tech we have today. Wonder if he would have come up with a 4 pound rifle?
Can't wait to get one.
Cool idea! Why didn't I think of that
That is awesome stuff
H&K been doing this for a while among others. I had a SL8/g36 clone was super light and trouble free. Not sure they would be the best option for soldiers in the field though. FRP still breaks easier than aluminum. Great if a less expensive option that you can use and abuse. But all the savings will be spent on ammo the first time shoot it. 🤦♂️
They don’t have the only one
But why do I want a fixed stock?
I Would Like the KE-15, AND I'D put The Brownell's AR-180 Top End on it, Boonie Packer Side Saddle Mag Holder, and Triggicon 1x6 AR Scope, and Carry it Everywhere, and hopefully Eventually convert it to 300 Hammer 🔨 and Just Enough Can to Make it Hearing Safe.
So I’ll go ahead and ask for all us FDM guys lurking.. what’s the adhesion and impact strength measurements 😂
Thank you 😊
Saving for one, unless I get lucky. Thanks.
Like a lot of others have asked, where's the sign up?
a KE arms lower would be cool yo
Somebody should mate this lower to the original M&S sport upper (without forward assist and dust cover). That would be a cool super light rifle.
Got mine, pretty damn nice.
Loving my black, awaiting my FDE
Do you know when the FDE are supposed to ship? I am waiting for one too.
Lots and lots of freedom
The real killer machine is the enginerr
worked on my one today, great product! sign me up.
Praise be lizard king!
very cool
Do we feel a review coming on...??? 🤔
8/1 ratio compared to aluminium, hope to see it in the price someday. 1300 euros for AR lower is a bit much.
Where's the signup to win one?
Brownells, the entry fee is $109 😁
So now we have a truly plastic weapon. Cool!
yaaas we stan