There's even a way to anonymously buy that highly regulated lower receiver—almost. Like many gun vendors, Ares sells what's known as an "80 percent lower," a chunk of aluminum legally deemed to ...

He met that summer with agency representatives about selling unfinished lower receivers, often referred to in the gun world as “80% lowers” because they are roughly 80% complete. The part ...

Using the Ghost Gunner to carve a lower receiver from a raw block of aluminum would be a lengthy, complex process. But the firearm community has long traded in so-called “80 percent lowers ...

The Glock 17’s lower receiver is made of polymer, which is easier to work with than aluminum, though neither are forgiving to mistakes. Glock 80 percent lowers typically feature a more ...

which is sometimes dubbed an "80 percent lower." "The term 80 percent receiver comes from the seller, that’s not a term that we use," a spokesman from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and ...

Defense Distributed founder Cody Wilson, maker of the Ghost Gunner auto-milling machine, says sales doubled in February after the Valentine’s Day massacre at a Florida high scho ...

But once in a while, a company will tackle the challenge of offering a new variety of lower receiver that provides some form of update to the classic mil-spec configuration. Here are three unique ...