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TX, USA
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Posted: 8/1/2010 8:51:08 PM EDT
[Last Edit: CHelweg]
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This is my first post here so I hope this goes the way it should. Also this is my first retro build. This has been an ongoing project for the last 5 years I picked up a few parts during high school and just now finally was able to acquire all that I wanted and needed. Receiver is NDS XM16E1 got it in Fri. and got my LPK installed this mornin I wish I had a roll pin holder and punch would have made it much easier the pivot spring and pin was fun w/o the tool but not as bad as I thought it would be, Upper is a M16A1 I ordered from Cope's Dist., Hand guards, Butt stock (non-compartment), Flat delta ring ass.,and gas tube NOS off of GB, '70s vintage barrel (GB),A1 Buffer tube and Screw also from GB, New rifle spring, 1967-1969 (Wish I would have kept the paper can’t remember the actual date) buffer that I got to take out of the original packaging (which I thought was kinda cool) 3 prong FH from Trey @ Moore Millitaria, Sling swivel and gas tube pin I got from Tomball Pawn. This weekend I finally had everything together so it was prepped and all metal parts minus barrel was Dura Coated with their Colt Gray which was an almost perfect match to US Anodizing XM Gray the Dura Coat was just a shade darker but still retains the Anodizing and not a painted look, Barrel was done with Dura Heat in Mat Black which has a very gray appearance which is what I wanted. One of my favorite things about this build is that I have meet and talked to so many knowledgeable and nice people some of who have now become close friends. I apologize for the lengthy post but am just ready to get it done and out shootin. Many if not all of yalls rifles on here are great and have helped me both with a standard which I hope mine stands up to and also motivation. Again sorry for the lengthy post and Thanks.
Here are some pics I will get some more when it is all together. http://s880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/chelweg87/?action=view¤t=RetoAR003.jpg http://s880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/chelweg87/?action=view¤t=RetoAR005.jpg http://s880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/chelweg87/?action=view¤t=RetoAR006.jpg Corey H |
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Posted: 8/1/2010 9:42:10 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By CHelweg:
This is my first post here so I hope this goes the way it should. Also this is my first retro build. This has been an ongoing project for the last 5 years I picked up a few parts during high school and just now finally was able to acquire all that I wanted and needed. Receiver is NDS XM16E1 got it in Fri. and got my LPK installed this mornin I wish I had a roll pin holder and punch would have made it much easier the pivot spring and pin was fun w/o the tool but not as bad as I thought it would be, Upper is a M16A1 I ordered from Cope's Dist., Hand guards, Butt stock (non-compartment), Flat delta ring ass.,and gas tube NOS off of GB, '70s vintage barrel (GB),A1 Buffer tube and Screw also from GB, New rifle spring, 1967-1969 (Wish I would have kept the paper can’t remember the actual date) buffer that I got to take out of the original packaging (which I thought was kinda cool) 3 prong FH from Trey @ Moore Millitaria, Sling swivel and gas tube pin I got from Tomball Pawn. This weekend I finally had everything together so it was prepped and all metal parts minus barrel was Dura Coated with their Colt Gray which was an almost perfect match to US Anodizing XM Gray the Dura Coat was just a shade darker but still retains the Anodizing and not a painted look, Barrel was done with Dura Heat in Mat Black which has a very gray appearance which is what I wanted. One of my favorite things about this build is that I have meet and talked to so many knowledgeable and nice people some of who have now become close friends. I apologize for the lengthy post but am just ready to get it done and out shootin. Many if not all of yalls rifles on here are great and have helped me both with a standard which I hope mine stands up to and also motivation. Again sorry for the lengthy post and Thanks. Here are some pics I will get some more when it is all together. http://s880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/chelweg87/?action=view¤t=RetoAR003.jpg http://s880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/chelweg87/?action=view¤t=RetoAR005.jpg http://s880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/chelweg87/?action=view¤t=RetoAR006.jpg Corey H You have to use the direct link with Photobucket. 
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TX, USA
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Posted: 8/1/2010 10:33:13 PM EDT
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Plinkr415,
Thank you, I will hopefully get the handle of this forum soon and thanks for getting the pics up. |
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Posted: 8/1/2010 10:46:12 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By CHelweg:
Plinkr415, Thank you, I will hopefully get the handle of this forum soon and thanks for getting the pics up. maybe this will help you get the jist of posting the pics...which is very important here, as we all just love pics 
http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=3&t=638569 welcome to retro...looks like you're off to a nice start 
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TX, USA
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Posted: 8/1/2010 11:43:40 PM EDT
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I got a few questions on the acceptance stamps, first, where and or how do I get one, if correct for my build, also I have found little info on them when did they start using them. Early on right side, latter front of magwell? Would a early-mid XM16E1 have one?
Thanks, Corey |
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NM, USA
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Posted: 8/2/2010 12:00:52 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/3/2010 3:55:59 AM EDT
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Hey Corey,
There is a member here - morrie419 - contact him for info on buying the DOD stamps. There's not a lot of info on the stamps around here - only bit is on the RBR site - DOD Acceptance Stamps |
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NC, USA
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Posted: 8/20/2010 10:00:00 AM EDT
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Some 70's porn:
Remington 870 Wingmaster and Colt SP1 |
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IL, USA
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Posted: 9/1/2010 1:05:48 PM EDT
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I finished this one up a few weeks ago. M16A1 clone. All parts USGI except disconnector and NDS lower.
regards, Ralph |
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Posted: 9/4/2010 10:37:10 PM EDT
[Last Edit: mjkberg]
[#10]
Colt 606B clone. Circa 1964.
Original Colt upper, furniture, trigger group and flash hider, NDS partial fence lower, new heavy barrel, adaptor made by HeatNBeat, M2 bipod, repro M16 sling. 
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Posted: 10/3/2010 2:27:22 PM EDT
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SD, USA
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Posted: 10/8/2010 4:22:17 PM EDT
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Nice day so I thought I would get the boys out for a photo op.
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Posted: 10/8/2010 7:51:53 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By FMJ52:
Nice day so I thought I would get the boys out for a photo op. 
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Posted: 10/8/2010 8:00:42 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By FMJ52:
Nice day so I thought I would get the boys out for a photo op. <a href="http://img156.imageshack.us/i/m16circle.jpg/" target="_blank">http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/1526/m16circle.jpg</a> Looks like somebody has an affinity for 604's.
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Posted: 1/8/2011 11:35:23 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By FMJ52:
Nice day so I thought I would get the boys out for a photo op. <a href="http://img156.imageshack.us/i/m16circle.jpg/" target="_blank">http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/1526/m16circle.jpg</a>
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Posted: 1/11/2011 7:38:00 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By FMJ52:
Nice day so I thought I would get the boys out for a photo op. <a href="http://img156.imageshack.us/i/m16circle.jpg/" target="_blank">http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/1526/m16circle.jpg</a> WHOA?! Jebus H. Fartwhistle?! Where in SD are you at? The NE retro contingent should come up and add our rifles to the pic and have a shoot! |
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THA
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Posted: 1/12/2011 9:51:19 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By GVS:
mr_hankie, I must say you have a great retro rifle and girl in the photo. GVS Glad you enjoyed it, the girls are always ready to ham it up for the camera 
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Posted: 1/12/2011 10:15:31 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By mr_hankie:
ham it up for the camera 
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Posted: 1/13/2011 11:23:09 AM EDT
[Last Edit: pukindog]
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I have posted both of these separately in this thread before, but here's a group shot of my NDS retro replicas.
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FL, USA
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Posted: 1/14/2011 12:31:26 PM EDT
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Armalite lower, Saco barrel, Martin-Marietta upper rec, Bushmaster Internals.
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FL, USA
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Posted: 1/15/2011 6:15:54 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Hntrman]
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WA, USA
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Posted: 1/17/2011 3:02:39 AM EDT
[Last Edit: somebob]
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I've got a dedicated 22LR upper that is lots of fun but I don't like carbines and have never really liked the way it looked. Here is the "before" picture, its a M1S 16" barrel so the FSB is .75 inch and the barrel is too fat between the legs. I added fake plastic "fake 607 handguards" but I have grown to hate them. My friend has a home made 605 replica and every time I held this thing next to it I wanted to move the FSB out to the end of the barrel so bad it was driving me crazy. We finally did it! Assemble the complete upper and use a flash hider to hold everything in place. The barrel is actually too short so threads will run into the FSB. (the chamber is further back in the upper receiver with a dedicated 22LR barrel) The front of a .625 FSB centers on the shoulder for the flash hider and there is just enough material to drill and seat the front pin into it. (the rear of the FSB floats on the too narrow barrel) When the front pin is in place, remove one hand guard so you can weld the rear of the FSB to the barrel. (things get hot, use a junk handguard) My front end cap was .75 inch and we were afraid it would be too lose on the barrel so we decided to weld it in place. Things got too hot and part of the triangle blew through. I'm not mad, my friend is mad at himself for doing it.
The weld blobs behind the triangle cap prevent the hand guards from seating properly so you will have to grind some material away from the front end of each handguard. As you can see, I "sacrificed" a beater set of hand guards. They don't fit very tight so I will have to "adjust" them later. I am liking this more and more, I might commit a nicer set of handguards and try grind / weld / grind a 603 upper receiver into a 605 upper receiver. I need to to grind / weld the lower into a partial fence lower too. Looking at pictures of real 605s I'm noticing my flash hider should be closer to the FSB, right now there is one of those "thick" split washers behind it. Its the rainy season in this part of the country but we managed to get out and shoot it, works as good as it ever did.
Before 
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WA, USA
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Posted: 1/18/2011 2:20:49 AM EDT
[Last Edit: somebob]
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Dodger57, did you have the lower custom anodized or did the original finish on the NDS lower wear through to the gold color? Very nice job.
Finished the 653 - photos below. Only non original Colt parts are the stock (EA for now), lower receiver (NDS). Went with a spacer instead of an extended FH to bring it to 16". Thanks.
http://www.dreamscraps.com/misc/653/DSC_0608.jpg |
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NC, USA
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Posted: 1/22/2011 12:09:30 AM EDT
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- NoDakSpud Lower - Original Colt upper - Original Furniture (www.mooremilitaria.com) - Original Sling (www.mooremilitaria.com) - New Chrome bolt - RRA lower parts kit - Charging handle, mag release, and Trigger guard sent to US anodizing to change black finish to grey. |
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Posted: 1/25/2011 8:22:16 PM EDT
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My humble contribution.
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Posted: 1/26/2011 10:02:47 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By thanegrooms:
http://www.auctionadvisory.com/ar15/ar15colt4.jpg http://www.auctionadvisory.com/ar15/ar15pal1.jpg What is the handguard in the top pic? Is that only used with the m203 grenade launcher? I like it and would like it for my build. |
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IN, USA
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Posted: 1/27/2011 8:09:46 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By JohnMatrix:
Originally Posted By thanegrooms:
http://www.auctionadvisory.com/ar15/ar15colt4.jpg http://www.auctionadvisory.com/ar15/ar15pal1.jpg What is the handguard in the top pic? Is that only used with the m203 grenade launcher? I like it and would like it for my build. It is an M203 handguard. You can use it without an M203 but the botton is open. You can find them pretty easily. Dustin |
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LA, USA
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Posted: 1/27/2011 9:26:28 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By pezboytate:
Originally Posted By JohnMatrix:
Originally Posted By thanegrooms:
http://www.auctionadvisory.com/ar15/ar15colt4.jpg http://www.auctionadvisory.com/ar15/ar15pal1.jpg What is the handguard in the top pic? Is that only used with the m203 grenade launcher? I like it and would like it for my build. It is an M203 handguard. You can use it without an M203 but the botton is open. You can find them pretty easily. Dustin +1 for what pezboytate said. They are pretty flexible and not very rigid on the open bottom portion if that matters to you. I bought one for my A2, but due to its aforementioned flexibility, I never used it. I still love the look of it though. Those large holes scream machine gun. If you want, I can install it on my A2 and take pictures.
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Posted: 1/27/2011 2:09:57 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By pezboytate:
Originally Posted By JohnMatrix:
Originally Posted By thanegrooms:
http://www.auctionadvisory.com/ar15/ar15colt4.jpg http://www.auctionadvisory.com/ar15/ar15pal1.jpg What is the handguard in the top pic? Is that only used with the m203 grenade launcher? I like it and would like it for my build. It is an M203 handguard. You can use it without an M203 but the botton is open. You can find them pretty easily. Dustin Thanks. |
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MN, USA
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Posted: 2/6/2011 1:47:35 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Mach1]
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Love that classic AK-47 look. Oh wait, wrong forum.
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FL, USA
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Posted: 2/9/2011 5:01:03 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Blanco_Diablo]
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Originally Posted By Mach1:
http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff515/Photoman47/AR-151640.jpg Love that classic AK-47 look. Oh wait, wrong forum. I'll join the club
Mine is Russian, though, and from 1958  Still need to have it re-blued.
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Posted: 2/9/2011 7:50:39 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By Blanco_Diablo:
Still need to have it re-blued. Why? |
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FL, USA
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Posted: 2/9/2011 8:55:44 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By GulfCrow:
Originally Posted By Blanco_Diablo:
Still need to have it re-blued. Why? It was a rewelded kit and there's no finish on the back 3/4 of the receiver besides some sloppy cold blue I put on it. The rest of the gun is parkerized which is gross to me on a Russian Type III. I'm going to sandblast and polish the whole rifle and then try to do a glossy black oxide or have it professionally hot blued. Also going to have the furniture refinished. I've always wanted a "new" looking Type III. |
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Posted: 2/10/2011 12:46:41 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By Blanco_Diablo:
... rewelded kit and there's no finish on the back 3/4 of the receiver... I've always wanted a "new" looking Type III. Gotcha! 
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LA, USA
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Posted: 2/10/2011 2:16:50 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By Blanco_Diablo:
Mine is Russian, though, and from 1958 Still need to have it re-blued.It looks really good. I have a Yugo that I need to have re-welded, but I keep putting it off for AR related stuff. 
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Posted: 2/10/2011 4:22:59 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/14/2011 8:11:02 PM EDT
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gotta TQ the barrel on and install the gas tube tomorrow. the barrel is a del-ton 1/9 so i can use heavier bullets. It uses an A2 FSB, so that area is thicker and its A2 profile up to the FSB. I didn't know that till i saw it, but I wan't going for a pure 100%, i wanted versatility of ammo for my first one. Lower is NDS XM16E1, JUST came in today. |
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LA, USA
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Posted: 2/14/2011 8:35:27 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By HaveBlue83:
<a href="http://img40.imageshack.us/i/screenshot20110214at806.png/" target="_blank">http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/1453/screenshot20110214at806.png</a> gotta TQ the barrel on and install the gas tube tomorrow. the barrel is a del-ton 1/9 so i can use heavier bullets. It uses an A2 FSB, so that area is thicker and its A2 profile up to the FSB. I didn't know that till i saw it, but I wan't going for a pure 100%, i wanted versatility of ammo for my first one. Lower is NDS XM16E1, JUST came in today. Looks really good! I love the 603.
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Posted: 2/14/2011 10:18:23 PM EDT
[Last Edit: HaveBlue83]
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Thanks!
Can't wait to shoot the thing. I'm taking her out this weekend and breaking it in. oh, the post above my last one, those things are NICEEE!!! finally got it together 100% (again). 
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NLD
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Posted: 2/19/2011 1:25:42 PM EDT
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This baby found it's way to The Netherlands quite a while ago and I bought it last wednesday:
Nice detail: 
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MS, USA
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Posted: 2/20/2011 6:01:38 PM EDT
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Got a sweet deal on a complete 1977 vintage SP1 kit (minus stripped lower and bolt catch). I replaced the birdcage with a USGI 3 prong, and the trapdoor stock with an early M16 srock. I know a NODAK SPud lower would be best, but the lower was a present from my son. I gave my son my retro shorty (less receiver), so he picked up 2 JD Machine Tech lowers in San Diego and gave me one. I picked up an offset adapter for the large hole SP1 upper and a USGI I added a VN era OD nylon M14-M16 sling, and a vintage Chu Hoi mag bag and original comic book manual and accessories. These. are the first pictures. They are crummy indoor photos, but when I get a good bright day, I'll do better. Everything is from a 1977 vintage SP1 Colt AR-15 (except 3 prong and early stock) on a JD machine T-1 lower.
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Posted: 2/27/2011 6:48:14 PM EDT
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OK, USA
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Posted: 3/1/2011 9:06:05 AM EDT
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Some of the safe?! Wow!!
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OK, USA
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Posted: 3/1/2011 10:39:56 AM EDT
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My kinda wagon wheel!!!
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MD, USA
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Posted: 3/9/2011 7:39:22 PM EDT
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MA, USA
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Posted: 3/20/2011 2:03:42 PM EDT
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My attempt at a 629. NDS upper and Colt Sporter lower. I'll eventually gring off the bayonet lug.
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c325/ranger4-7/Image005.jpg http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c325/ranger4-7/Image007.jpg Thanks, Chris |
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VA, USA
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Posted: 3/20/2011 7:55:21 PM EDT
[Last Edit: dmtsc]
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I don't think I have posted this in the picture thread, so here it is. I really need to take this out on a date and bust her cherry
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CA, USA
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Posted: 5/28/2011 4:00:40 PM EDT
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This is my XM177E2 build. I decided to go with the A1 flat delta ring instead of the tapered delta ring.
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PA, USA
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Posted: 7/14/2011 3:03:35 AM EDT
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Not true retro, but will have to do until I have the loot to build another.
It's more like the new Camaro.... Similar lines but a totally different animal underneath. 
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PA, USA
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Posted: 7/19/2011 9:12:37 AM EDT
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