August 10th, 2020 — West Valley City, UT – SilencerCo, the world’s largest firearm suppressor company, has announced the latest addition to their lineup of parts and accessories–the SilencerCo billet AR-15 lower receiver.
Silencerco is excited to offer consumers a high-quality, fully customizable AR-15 lower.
With a reputation of going above and beyond to design and manufacture the industry’s best products, SilencerCo has put the same amount of care and time to make the industry’s finest, billet lower.
“For years, SilencerCo has aggressively ventured into various segments of the firearms industry with innovations like the Maxim 9, Maxim 50, and Radius. I was confident our engineering team could bring unique features and options to a lower receiver as well. We accomplished our goal by including a unique ambidextrous bolt catch, integrated QD sling cups and integrated trigger guard, all at an affordable price,” said Scott Clinger, SilencerCo’s VP Business Development. “As we continue to expand our line of firearms accessories, it is a natural progression to make a quality AR-15 lower.”
With an MSRP of $249, the SilencerCo lower is available for purchase now exclusively at Brownells, Capitol Armory, and Silencer Shop.
Click here for more information on the lower.
Would have jumped for a forged ambi lower from SilencerCo. I understand that billet is a much easier first step into receivers. I’d love to see more forged ambi lowers in general outside of KAC and LMT though both are incredible in their own right, just the availability is usually a little rough.
Billet is really just a marketing gimmick unless you’re weight obsessed.
That being said, $250 for this in 2020 is kind of a nonstarter.
MVB has a full ambi forged lower: https://mvbindustries.com/product/ambi-forged-lower-reciever/
Never used it myself, but it’s another option, and unlike KAC, has a right side bolt lock.
Boy that Ambi bolt release sure does look a LOT like an Aero PDQ lever. Like infringingly so
You know people pay licensing fees for patent features they want to use? Unless you know who owns the patent and who licenses it why would you accuse an upstanding business of infringement? It might not even be patented, or was patented so long ago that it’s now common usage. You have LITERALLY no idea.
1. I know for a fact it’s still patented. The patent number is engraved on the PDQ.
2. Exactly two entities are listed on the patent owners website as dealers to produce the PDQ. Aero Precision and Ronin Armory.
3. If SiCo wants to state that they have licensed the patent for use in this lower I’d be more than willing to withdraw my statement. But they haven’t, and the fact that it’s a visually distinct design while retaining the patentable elements leads me to believe that they have not licensed it.
Read the PDQ patent. It’s for the ornamental design only. The design patent is held by a completely different entity which is even cited in the PDQ patent that you didn’t read before accusing SiCo of theft.
Patent agreements can also contain non-disclosures. They may not even be able to make a statement who or if they had to pay for a license.
Again. Unless you know exactly what you’re talking about, you probably should accuse reputable manufacturers of patent theft.
“We listen to our customer base!”
So where’s the Radius at? Because that is exactly what we want from SilencerCo…again.
This is the Remington defense lower re branded. Neat
It certainly looks a lot like it, but at a certain point, it isn’t going to do anything more than any other in spec lower.