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<blockquote data-quote="aviator41" data-source="post: 2225925" data-attributes="member: 30309"><p>Well, kinda.</p><p></p><p>You can have a drawn billet, a forged billet or a cast billet. "billet" just means 'from one piece' </p><p></p><p>For example, a forged lower is a billet lower that gets its initial shape by forging hammers. a cast billet lower is formed by melting the metal into a mold. both are machined to finish. Then you have drawn billets. that's where an extruded block of metal is machined to make the finished product. The initial block is extruded through a former, but it just comes out as a somewhat basic shape like a block. </p><p></p><p>So really, as long as the piece isn't made from parts that are joined together in some fashion (welded, soldered, glued, riveted, screwed, etc), it can be considered a billet piece.</p><p></p><p>Dead giveaway is a joint. Been a long time since I've seen a non-billet buffer tube.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aviator41, post: 2225925, member: 30309"] Well, kinda. You can have a drawn billet, a forged billet or a cast billet. "billet" just means 'from one piece' For example, a forged lower is a billet lower that gets its initial shape by forging hammers. a cast billet lower is formed by melting the metal into a mold. both are machined to finish. Then you have drawn billets. that's where an extruded block of metal is machined to make the finished product. The initial block is extruded through a former, but it just comes out as a somewhat basic shape like a block. So really, as long as the piece isn't made from parts that are joined together in some fashion (welded, soldered, glued, riveted, screwed, etc), it can be considered a billet piece. Dead giveaway is a joint. Been a long time since I've seen a non-billet buffer tube. [/QUOTE]
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