InRange: Destructive Testing a New Frontier Polymer AR Lower (Trailer)
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We did a video on the CavArms (now GWACS Armory) polymer AR lower a while back, and found it to be an excellent piece of gear. However, we had a bunch of feedback from people who had bought other types of polymer lowers, with less-than-optimal results.
Well, one key to using different materials is that part design must match material choice. The CavArms lower was designed from the ground up to be made of polymer, and has a lot more material around its weak points than the standard AR lower. Other polymer lowers out there, like this New Frontier, are dimensional duplicates of aluminum lowers, and thus quite fragile.
Thanks to KE Arms for providing the sacrificial upper!