So back last fall I sold a dirt bike and took an Anderson AM-15 as a partial trade. I really had no intentions on keeping it had planned on selling it. Sometimes I think about just keeping it but they have a bad rap around here. This one in particular has a 1:9 twist .223 Wylde chamber, free float rail.Center Point scope with illuminated recticle and Nikon mount, and varmint style bi-pod with extendable legs. I already know I’d want a different bolt as this ones not chrome lined or staked properly. Also I don’t think the bore is chrome lined. If worth keeping, other than the bolt and maybe an H buffer(It has a standard carbine buffer) what would it need to be a solid rifle?
P.S. I can’t remember if it has M4 cuts. I’ll have to dig it out and see.
I wouldn’t bother keeping it. This is my opinion and reasoning: Anderson lowers aren’t worth a darn. The 1/9 twist is a “hobby grade” twist. It will limit how well your gun shoots the heavies. If the bolt carrier isn’t even staked well, that would lead one to think that the rest of the bolt and bolt carrier aren’t necessarily up to top quality standards. I’ve never even heard of a Center Point scope, and a Nikon mount is not something I would put on a serious gun. I’d look at something like a Geiselle, a NightForce Unimount, even a Badger Mount. So, you’re going to have to get a new bolt, bolt carrier, new barrel, new scope or an Aimpoint and mount. IF you go through all that, you’re still putting it in a very low end receiver that will never be worth any money. I wouldn’t bother. If you were going to replace all those parts, you might as well start over with a gun worth having.
Just my opinion, but I would off it, and put the money into a gun with top shelf components. Otherwise, you’re just polishing a turd.
As far as I can tell, the firearms market is sill really soft. You won’t get much for it now, so unless you’re hurting for cash, I’d toss it in a closet and forget about it until the next buying frenzy…
Center Points are like $80 to $100 from Walmart. Nothing High end for sure. I’ve been told they’re decent for the money. It’s pretty much setup as a cheap varmint gun right now.
Don’t roast me too bad for saying it on an AR board but if I was gonna put the money towards another rifle I’d like another Saiga AK to convert.
This would be where I’m at. I don’t think you’d be able to get enough out of it to counter the fun you’d have beating it around. Shoot it and see what goes wrong.
If the lower allows the rifle to function properly and the pins don’t walk out, who cares whose name is on it?
Non-chromed barrels have killed a lot of people and animals over the years, so take it out and zero it with some 55gr and see how it shoots.
Sounds like your savvy enough to figure when you are leaking around the gas key, etc., so use it as a rifle to learn to practice wrenching on if nothing else.
Shoot a couple thousand through it, take care of it as you are doing so, and then sell it, on down the road. You’ll probably get as much or more as you would today.
Same thoughts here. It is a used weapon which is most noticeable for being the absolute lowest price and lowest quality obtainable. Wait until it may have some hope of value and then sell it.
I’m with 26I…just go and shoot it and enjoy it. If it breaks, fix it with better parts. 1 in 9 twist doesn’t shoot heavy bullets…so what? Buy up a bunch of decent 55 grain .223/5.56 and blast away. It may just handle them fine. And you can buy Gold Dot/HST/TAP in 55 grain…
Buzzing &261 are right and I know I’m going to get a lot of hate here but the truth is most people who knock Anderson would not be able to tell me one lower from the other if they were not marked as far as not being chrome lined goes you are not going to be shooting full auto and probably not mag dumping every day so it’s probably best it’s not because chrome lining is not usually as accurate all things being equal . As far as 1-9 twist I have shot pretty good groups with 65 game Kings and 60 nosler partition with one and most people shoot 55 anyway .The scope is low end but if it works it works ,I have luepold and vortex on ARs but my fun rifle has a Cabela’s 3power circle dot . Stake it properly and shoot it or sell it to someone who is not a brand snob .
I may just sit on it for now and shoot it some. Sell it if the market picks up. I figure if I get a bcg for it I can keep it as a spare for my other one and put this one’s original bcg back in it when I sell it.
The lower itself is fine, if it’s in spec. Anything that you need can be replaced on that. You can always get a more expensive upper to go on it, and have a great rifle.
I’ve built a few from Anderson lowers, and haven’t had a problem yet with them. They’ve been running with the best of them. I use quality parts throughout, and wouldn’t hesitate to use to defend the family. I’ve got more spendy models, but they share the same make-model of parts.