Vulcan AR15

jjgentes

I have a Vulcan AR15 lower receiver that has been collecting dust for a couple years. I have been told that it's useless and Vulcan went out of business. Should any upper receiver fit or is it just a paper weight? Please advise.

Jeff

jjgentes

Anybody know anything about the Vulcan Ar 15 in 223? Good, Bad or Ugly.

mark christian

Vulcan has an extremely poor reputation for quality, not just with ARs, but with everything that they produced. You can always put an upper receiver on it and sell it at a gun show to some unsuspecting guy walking the aisles [;)]

shoff14

run like hell[:D]

fastcarsgofast

If the lower is made to spec you should be able to put another companies upper on it.

I believe Vulcan is now known as Blackthorne.

beantownshootah

Vulcan was especially known for poor BUILD quality.

The receivers are variable. Some of the older ones were cast (not so good), newer ones are forged, and some of them (supposedly) weren't made by Vulcan at all.

Edit: I've read elsewhere that Vulcans receivers are actually re-branded seconds from Stag. Don't know if its true, and you can consider this an idle internet rumor. Don't know if its true for YOUR receiver (which is older). I wouldn't be at all surprised to hear that Vulcan buys whichever receivers it can get cheapest, then labels them itself.

In other words, despite Vulcan's poor reputation, there is at least a reasonably good chance that the receiver is fine.

Resale value will be low with the poor brand reputation, but I certainly wouldn't dismiss the receiver as totally useless without trying it. Unless the receiver is WAY out of spec, you should still be able to hang any upper off of it, and build up the rest of the lower.

You could also just try selling the receiver.

If you don't want to go to much effort listing it, drop me an email and *I'll* buy it from you.

tsr1965

Hello, and welcome to the forums here on Gunbroker.

Vulcan has been known as Blackthorne, and Hesse. They keep changing their name to try to outrun their quality, or lack there of problems. You might get another upper to function on it, but I would not believe it untill I seen it. Like Mark has suggested...put a low budget lower on it and pass it off at a gunshow...then run like a scalded dog.

I would then suggest to stayaway from anything that bears those three name brands.

Best

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Mobuck,

When you take into account the law of averages, the folks at Blackthorne/Hesse/Vulcan, have a well deserved reputation. You got lucky once. Don't tempt fate...take your chips and cash them in.

Mobuck

I'm not going to argue about quality of the Blackthorne products but I do have one of their uppers which is 100% functional and more accurate than most shooters. Maybe there's a golden egg once in a while. I suggest you put it together and give it a try before trashing it.

catpealer111

Use it to build a dedicated .22LR AR rifle.

donut77donut

My Vulcan V15 reciever works fine. YMMV