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Posted: 12/10/2023 2:12:53 PM EDT
[Last Edit: MSOGDAWG]
Found an archived thread and dont know how to resuscitate it. Mods forgive me if this is verbotten. Lets see em, any .30 cals. 308, 300BO, 7.62X39 or similar....Here is mine, any others?
 Little over twelve inch bbl with KAK 5/8X24 moderator that is P&W'd. midlength gas with lowpro gas block under HGs. A2 detachable carry handle. Not perfect but it scratched my lil itch. It was fun to build. No rounds down range yet. |
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Posted: 12/10/2023 2:17:36 PM EDT
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Put a 4X "retro" Colt style optic and it just didnt "look right". Irons rule the day for this old 0311 LOL.
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TN, USA
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Posted: 12/10/2023 4:12:09 PM EDT
[Last Edit: gurn-blanston]
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Awesome build!
Here's my 7.62x39 submission, the Unimag holds 28 rounds, it's not XMish though. 
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Posted: 12/10/2023 4:54:57 PM EDT
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Nice, very nice!!
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Posted: 12/10/2023 5:18:25 PM EDT
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TN, USA
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Posted: 12/10/2023 6:50:03 PM EDT
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That's pretty cool!
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Posted: 12/10/2023 7:48:18 PM EDT
[Last Edit: MSOGDAWG]
[#6]
I did a .308 dissy too!!
  Y'all's all look great....keep em coming!! It is on the list to have an A2 stock installed. |
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CA, USA
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Posted: 12/10/2023 7:49:53 PM EDT
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I really like the carry handle AR10 or LR308, but the CH upper or carry handle is mostly disappeared in the market.
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TX, USA
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Posted: 12/11/2023 11:07:43 AM EDT
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XM177-ish thirty cal, you say? Oh yeah. I haven't done it, but the idea haunts me, and entertains me sometimes while I try to imagine the best way to put it together. I'm not a cloner (and we're talking about a thirty anyway, right?) so the exact details vary, but something between a XM177 to a Menusar to a Heat 733, only in .300 Blackout.
Carry handle upper "of some sort." I'm left eye dominant, so I want me a Brunton bump, which means either an A2 or a C7 upper. .300 Blackout barrel between 10.5" and 12.5", front sight tower, delta ring and carbine handguards (with a low pro gas block at pistol gas length, of course). Run it exclusively with Blackout supers. I just think it would be a super cool little blaster. |
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Posted: 12/11/2023 11:25:11 AM EDT
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Dissys and XM177s are kewl until you get older and need optics. At that point flat top dissys and XM177 are kewl. Extra kewl points if you can easily swap between a moderator and a suppressor especially in bigger calibers where subsonics are a thing.
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Posted: 12/11/2023 4:37:54 PM EDT
[Last Edit: MSOGDAWG]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GaryM: Extra kewl points if you can easily swap between a moderator and a suppressor especially in bigger calibers where subsonics are a thing. I have an A1 upper enroute to do just that!! 10.5 .300BO in XM form with my Resonator R2. Gonna hide lopro gas block under carbine HGs & have a clamp on front sight. Only down side is the QD mount may look gooberish without the can. Dont care, its for funsies. |
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NC, USA
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Posted: 12/11/2023 10:58:55 PM EDT
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I've fought an urge for a 300 hamr in such a configuration.
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Posted: 12/13/2023 1:59:26 PM EDT
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My SP1 Carbine XM-177ed in 300 blk.
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Posted: 12/13/2023 5:38:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mark4: My SP1 Carbine XM-177ed in 300 blk. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/300/xm177_300aac_r_JPG-3058511.jpg mark4 NICE!! Thanks for sharing. |
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Posted: 12/13/2023 5:57:35 PM EDT
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Is the front sight base tall enough to be functional for the .308 size guns? Are you able to get a practical zero?
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Posted: 12/14/2023 6:19:01 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MSOGDAWG: I have an A1 upper enroute to do just that!! 10.5 .300BO in XM form with my Resonator R2. Gonna hide lopro gas block under carbine HGs & have a clamp on front sight. Only down side is the QD mount may look gooberish without the can. Dont care, its for funsies. We will need pictures once it is done. Maybe even as you build it... |
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Posted: 12/14/2023 7:43:06 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GaryM: We will need pictures once it is done. Maybe even as you build it... Will do!! |
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Posted: 12/14/2023 7:45:02 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By KarlSG1: Is the front sight base tall enough to be functional for the .308 size guns? Are you able to get a practical zero? @KarlSG1 To be honest I have yet to shoot any of them. These were built just prior to my Dad passing away and things have been kinda wonky since. Need to just take some time and go freakin do some shooting. |
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Posted: 12/14/2023 7:52:48 PM EDT
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Condolences for your loss. I hope you have a fun range trip. Let us know how it shoots.
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Posted: 12/14/2023 11:48:41 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/15/2023 4:19:52 PM EDT
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awesome thread
i was going to build something similar awhile back , 11.5" "heat" clone in 308 with an old armalite a2 upper with a fsb barrel now this thread has me thinking about it again , but i already have 2 308 shorties 
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Posted: 12/16/2023 11:09:06 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 1iviper: awesome thread i was going to build something similar awhile back , 11.5" "heat" clone in 308 with an old armalite a2 upper with a fsb barrel now this thread has me thinking about it again , but i already have 2 308 shorties Go fer it!! If I could find an A2 .308 upper I would swap out my shorty upper. Post up pics if you build it. |
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IA, USA
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Posted: 12/17/2023 3:40:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By gurn-blanston: Awesome build! Here's my 7.62x39 submission, the Unimag holds 28 rounds, it's not XMish though. https://i.postimg.cc/Dfp328Pv/PXL-20231210-195927491.jpg what furniture is that? very nice looking. |
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TN, USA
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Posted: 12/17/2023 5:36:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By racer765: what furniture is that? very nice looking. Thanks! I made the forearm, the grip is from Canto Arms, I got the butt stock off the EE, it's A1 length. All 3 pieces are black walnut. |
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Posted: 12/25/2023 2:00:39 PM EDT
[Last Edit: J_taylor]
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Posted: 12/25/2023 10:50:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By J_taylor: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/548798/Screenshot_20231225_115413_Gallery_jpg-3070578.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/548798/20231225_114537_jpg-3070579.JPG Mid-length gas system XM266 build Really nice rifle Sir!! |
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Posted: 12/26/2023 6:34:33 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/26/2023 10:57:52 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By J_taylor: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/548798/20231226_161823_jpg-3071929.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/548798/20231226_161921_jpg-3071934.JPG 18 inch Mid-length 7.62x39 I like it!! |
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TN, USA
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Posted: 2/2/2024 9:28:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MSOGDAWG: Y'all's all look great....keep em coming!! . I turned down a 7.62x39 barrel to .625 and just got it back from ADCO for taper pinning the FSB. It will be my 7.62x39 XM177e2, I was going to do it as an Elisco, but I changed it. I have an A1 80% lower and most of the other parts. It will be a worn finish. I'll update my progress. 
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Posted: 2/3/2024 12:18:41 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By gurn-blanston: I turned down a 7.62x39 barrel to .625 and just got it back from ADCO for taper pinning the FSB. It will be my 7.62x39 XM177e2, I was going to do it as an Elisco, but I changed it. I have an A1 80% lower and most of the other parts. It will be a worn finish. I'll update my progress. https://i.postimg.cc/4yG33HWd/PXL-20240203-000622319.jpg Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By gurn-blanston: Originally Posted By MSOGDAWG: Y'all's all look great....keep em coming!!. I turned down a 7.62x39 barrel to .625 and just got it back from ADCO for taper pinning the FSB. It will be my 7.62x39 XM177e2, I was going to do it as an Elisco, but I changed it. I have an A1 80% lower and most of the other parts. It will be a worn finish. I'll update my progress. https://i.postimg.cc/4yG33HWd/PXL-20240203-000622319.jpg .1565" of barrel wall? |
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Posted: 2/3/2024 2:53:59 AM EDT
[Last Edit: MSOGDAWG]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By gurn-blanston: I turned down a 7.62x39 barrel to .625 and just got it back from ADCO for taper pinning the FSB. It will be my 7.62x39 XM177e2, I was going to do it as an Elisco, but I changed it. I have an A1 80% lower and most of the other parts. It will be a worn finish. I'll update my progress. Looks good!! Definitely interested in your progress. |
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TN, USA
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Posted: 2/3/2024 11:39:58 AM EDT
[Last Edit: gurn-blanston]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By backbencher: .1565" of barrel wall? I think an AK barrel diameter is .5925 past the gas block and gets even thinner at .573 before the muzzle. I think the wall would be .1625 on mine Edit: yep, checked my Romanian AK barrel, it measured at .582. Under the handguards is 1" diameter Edit 2: test fired with an h2 buffer, no problems, didn't get blown up |
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VA, USA
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Posted: 2/10/2024 12:39:33 AM EDT
[#32]
I also turned a 7.62x39mm barrel down to .625. Ended up great.
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TN, USA
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Posted: 2/10/2024 8:21:31 AM EDT
[Last Edit: gurn-blanston]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By velken: I also turned a 7.62x39mm barrel down to .625. Ended up great. https://i.ibb.co/bb5fXm3/IMG-5555-1.jpg That's awesome! Edit: I put mine together with a pin and welded flash hider from JSE ( the only one I could find in 5/8 threads) and mocked it up on another lower for the time being. I'm going to engrave it as an XM177e2. I may SBR it later. It will have the same faux worn finish. The magazine is a Unimag which works great.  
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USA
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Posted: 2/14/2024 9:12:53 AM EDT
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company called Mayhem Machine is going to do a run of C7 stye uppers in DPMS pattern
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Posted: 2/14/2024 11:03:09 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By gurn-blanston: That's awesome! Edit: I put mine together with a pin and welded flash hider from JSE ( the only one I could find in 5/8 threads) and mocked it up on another lower for the time being. I'm going to engrave it as an XM177e2. I may SBR it later. It will have the same faux worn finish. The magazine is a Unimag which works great. https://i.postimg.cc/VkknHkhr/PXL-20240211-143646429-2.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/QMB5hnhj/PXL-20240211-143737270.jpg I was gonna say, I recognize that mag, I have a standard load of em. |
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VA, USA
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Posted: 2/17/2024 9:40:34 AM EDT
[Last Edit: velken]
[#36]
If you SBR it later, Northern Gun Parts sells proper A1 FH's in 5/8-24: https://northerngunparts.com/ar-15m-16a-25slotheattreated-1-1.aspx.
KAK also has an XM177-ish FH: https://kakindustry.com/retro-4-inch-extended-flash-hider. |
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CO, USA
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Posted: 2/17/2024 11:04:10 AM EDT
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And just to muddy waters no one sells receivers that are “slim frame”? Psa is oos ans no one else decided on “standard”
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TN, USA
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Posted: 2/18/2024 10:39:49 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By velken: If you SBR it later, Northern Gun Parts sells proper A1 FH's in 5/8-24: https://northerngunparts.com/ar-15m-16a-25slotheattreated-1-1.aspx. KAK also has an XM177-ish FH: https://kakindustry.com/retro-4-inch-extended-flash-hider. Awesome, thanks! I do plan on SBRing it! |
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Posted: 2/18/2024 11:54:01 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By gurn-blanston: Awesome, thanks! I do plan on SBRing it! I grabbed one of these: 4.3" XM177 flash hider with grenade ring in 5/8x24. Other than the nitride finish they look really close to the originals. 
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Posted: 2/21/2024 1:54:02 PM EDT
[Last Edit: vmpglenn]
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Just put mine together in 7.62x39.
Diamondback barrel came in 10" size with 5/8x24 threads, which is pretty cool. Flash hider is from TNTE. 
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Posted: 2/26/2024 11:13:14 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By vmpglenn: Just put mine together in 7.62x39. Diamondback barrel came in 10" size with 5/8x24 threads, which is pretty cool. Flash hider is from TNTE. https://personal.visualitymedia.com/personal/ar47_xm177.jpg Looks great!! |
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