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Posted: 7/28/2014 4:07:50 PM EDT
Am I smart or stupid? I'm wanting to build a pistol with a 6-8" barrel I can run one of my 45 cans on. Where do I find a barrel and bolt??  Any special parts I need? What happened to DDLES? Seems like a great idea!
Link Posted: 7/28/2014 4:32:15 PM EDT
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Contact Macon Armory (Rudy - aka...Mad Machinist) and there is another in Florida RMWXtreme (Ron Williams). Ron is building my upper for my DDLES .45. It's a DI and not blow back. For what I understand, the gas system is proprietary (Ron and Rudy designed it if I was told right). You won't find a barrel or bolt out on the market. Olympic made a blow back upper, some have had good luck and others, problems. Rudy makes an upper with a mag block for the lower (standard lower) that accepts H&K USC single stack mags. Others use a lower from CNCGuns.com that use Grease Gun mags. So far it's been 2 weeks waiting for my upper build. Can't wait to get my hands on it. Already got 6 Kriss Vector mags and a bag full of standard 13 round Glock mags. Hope all this helps...
Link Posted: 7/28/2014 4:34:58 PM EDT
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Oh, and for what I've found, DDLES went out of business...something with bad business practices or something like that. For what I've read - if it's on the net it's true, right?...the were not fulfilling orders but taking the payments. I'm sure there has to be more to this...I mean, a demand that you cannot keep up with??? Isn't that a small businesses dream?
Link Posted: 7/28/2014 6:34:42 PM EDT
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Contact Macon Armory (Rudy - aka...Mad Machinist) and there is another in Florida RMWXtreme (Ron Williams). Ron is building my upper for my DDLES .45. It's a DI and not blow back. For what I understand, the gas system is proprietary (Ron and Rudy designed it if I was told right). You won't find a barrel or bolt out on the market. Olympic made a blow back upper, some have had good luck and others, problems. Rudy makes an upper with a mag block for the lower (standard lower) that accepts H&K USC single stack mags. Others use a lower from CNCGuns.com that use Grease Gun mags. So far it's been 2 weeks waiting for my upper build. Can't wait to get my hands on it. Already got 6 Kriss Vector mags and a bag full of standard 13 round Glock mags. Hope all this helps...
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Agree. Contact Ron Williams. While I don't own one of his uppers I can tell you that many people here swear by him. I messaged with him about some ideas I had and he gave some great advice even though I wasn't purchasing something from him.

I would also suggest posting here.
Link Posted: 7/29/2014 1:45:34 AM EDT
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Ron also sells his own grease gun lower which is very nice. He can build you a complete gun, a complete upper or any of the parts for you to build it yourself.
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