toolmaker

I really dont want to get into the business of selling receivers. I have all of the required tooling, and fixtures to broach the magwells. I get alot of rfq's for magwell broaching, and the biggest sticking point has always been the cost of broach tooling. Since I have already made the tooling, I simply want to provide the broaching service for the .223, and more common .308 magwell styles. I have provided edm services for the magwells on many occasions, but its costly... about 60 bucks per reciever. I can broach them in the 20.00 range depending on qty. The ar-10 magwell dimensions seem to be readily available. I may have to buy a each of the .308 stlyes, and run them through the cmm to get the required dimensions. I have found that alot of folks would like to make 80% recievers, but shy away from the expense of the tooling.

I am currently tooled to broach the .223 magwells, and I have have tooling for one of the .308 magwells. To be very honest, I dont know much about the rifles, so I couldnt even say which style of the .308 magwells Im tooled up for. I know its not the ar-10, because that platform doesnt have a slot on both ends, one side is simply flat. Perhaps I can post the basic profile of the magwell, and someone can tell me which style it is. The customer who originally ordered the tooling backed out, and stuck me with many thousands of dollars in tooling. Since the tooling is mine, I am free to broach magwells for anyone who needs it done in the styles I have. I might as well make something back off of that nitemare.

I am looking for the magwell dimensions of the most popular .308 ar platforms. I understand there are several types, and am preparing tooling to cut the magwells. The .223 magwells I am quoting appear to all be the same. I am hoping to provide a source for magwell broaching for those unwilling or unable to cough up 18k for broach tooling, and want to avoid the high cost of wire edm. If anyone can link the magwell dimensions, I would certainly appreciate it.