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Thicker walled upper - A5BLASTER - 02-06-2016

Question for the horde.

I understand you want to use a thicker walled upper for accuracy and to support longer barrels, but here is my question.

Is there a thick walled forged upper being made are does one have to use billet to get a thicker walled upper?

Thicker walled upper - LRRPF52 - 02-06-2016

Gotta go billet. The only forged uppers I am aware of are AR15/M16/M4 profile.

The others are either extruded or machined from billet.

Thicker walled upper - NugginFutz - 02-06-2016

DPMS makes an extruded "Slick Side" upper which is quite stout.

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/138383/dpms-upper-receiver-stripped-ar-15-low-profile-matte

I have one on my long range shooter, which is quite accurate and stiff.

Keep in mind, though, that conventional upper receiver vice block clamps will not fit this upper (or most other billet uppers, for that matter).

Thicker walled upper - A5BLASTER - 02-06-2016

Thanks for the info gentelman.

That puts to rest a question that came to mind when talking with two freinds of mine that build their own ar rifles.

Thicker walled upper - am4966 - 02-06-2016

The Vltor MUR is actually a thicker walled forged upper. If you search you can find them in the 165.00 range.

Thicker walled upper - A5BLASTER - 02-06-2016

Yes I seen that upper in several places and was planning on buying it, but got confussed because my freinds and other people have told me that all forged uppers are mil spec and do not have thicker walls like a billett upper would have.

Right now It is a toss up between the mur and joboobs spartan billet upper.

Thicker walled upper - Holyfather12 - 02-07-2016

I have the VLTOR MUR on mine and like it. The finish on it is nice and the upper is stout enough to hold my 24" BBL.

Thicker walled upper - ricsmall - 02-07-2016

I have a dpms slick side lo pro upper that I converted to side charger and love it. It is extremely thick and the rifle is very accurate. For $90 it's hard to beat

Richard

Thicker walled upper - AZ. Old Guy - 02-07-2016

I really like my Sun Devil billet. They have a slick side too. Dave is awesome to work with. My buddy has 3 and I have one of there upper lower sets.

Thicker walled upper - schrödinger's cat - 02-07-2016

LRRPF52 Wrote:Gotta go billet. The only forged uppers I am aware of are AR15/M16/M4 profile.

The others are either extruded or machined from billet.
Why can't you use an AR15 profile ?

Thicker walled upper - Wheelhorse - 02-07-2016

https://nordiccomp.com/categories/nordic-components-nc15-extruded-upper-receiver-stripped/

Thicker walled upper - A5BLASTER - 02-07-2016

Thanks for all the info gentelmen, I have decided to go with the joebobs spartan billet upper as soon as it comes back instock.

I like the looks and lines of it better then most other uppers and the fact that the brass deflect and foward assest is attacthed vie a allen head screw instead of a roll pin like the vltor mur.

And the price just cant be beat 109 on joebobs site and its a billet, so thats the upper im going to give a try.

Again thanks for all the info fellas.