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Posted: 12/7/2019 10:52:41 PM EDT
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Was wondering why the stock quantity of those dropped all of a sudden today.... now I know
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Posted: 12/8/2019 1:01:17 PM EDT
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That is a good deal? I have a little less than that in my all USGI FN A2 upper including a FN BCG and FN Barrel. Maybe I am out of touch on prices now,LOL
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Posted: 12/8/2019 4:20:16 PM EDT
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It’s not an amazing price, but it is fair. 20” govt barrels are a solid $200, A2 uppers $125-175. Its assembled with gas tube and hand guards. You just got a good deal on your FN upper. :)
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Posted: 12/8/2019 4:54:09 PM EDT
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That is a good deal? I have a little less than that in my all USGI FN A2 upper including a FN BCG and FN Barrel. Maybe I am out of touch on prices now,LOL |
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Posted: 12/8/2019 5:01:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Damn, you got a complete FN A2 upper for less than 375? Send link please. |
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Posted: 12/8/2019 5:12:24 PM EDT
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Gun broker has them for 360 shipped |
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Posted: 12/8/2019 8:28:02 PM EDT
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Just ordered. Always wanted an A2.
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Posted: 12/8/2019 9:11:55 PM EDT
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Never bought mine complete. Bought the complete FN BCG, FN barrel and FN upper receiver separate. I think the Barrel assembly with sight and Delta/Barrel nut was the most expensive at 150.00. FN BCG was right at 100.00 and the FK upper receiver was 40.00. It ss pinned and NM receiver.. I think I built the whole rifle with FN USGI stock, (20.00 at the local show), and BCP A2 clone lower for less than 450.00.
I always find it alot cheaper to be patient and put in the work searching for stuff, and it is fun too.. Bought another FN upper receiver recently too. It was more money though, nice, but 60.00, 20.00 more than the nice NM Pinned upper 
These prices make me think my upper is worth gold now
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Posted: 12/10/2019 8:10:01 PM EDT
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Gun broker has them for 360 shipped Found the for $360 plus 30 shipping from hoosierguy. |
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Posted: 12/11/2019 7:27:47 AM EDT
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Posted: 12/11/2019 4:25:22 PM EDT
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Got mine today. It looks good.
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Posted: 12/12/2019 11:40:33 PM EDT
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Got mine today. It looks good. plastics are a little beat, which is fine. The rest looks good. |
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Posted: 12/13/2019 6:44:05 AM EDT
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I have a real deal colt with glossy handgaurds for cheaper than this in the ee
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Posted: 12/13/2019 3:21:17 PM EDT
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I have a real deal colt with glossy handgaurds for cheaper than this in the ee |
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Posted: 12/14/2019 12:00:28 AM EDT
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Didn’t see the sale price
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Posted: 12/15/2019 3:43:16 AM EDT
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Here are similar FN uppers for $499
https://www.oowinc.com/exclusives/exclusives/fn-m16a4-upper-nos-3/ |
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Posted: 12/18/2019 3:34:30 AM EDT
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I have both the Capco and the FN uppers, I'm very happy with them. True military uppers for a fair price. Toolcraft BCG's work very well in them.
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Posted: 1/3/2020 8:11:12 AM EDT
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Anyone shot theirs yet?
Just got mine put together last night. |
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Posted: 1/3/2020 6:00:30 PM EDT
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Anyone shot theirs yet? Just got mine put together last night.  January 3, 2020 |
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Posted: 1/8/2020 10:34:01 PM EDT
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Neat video. Haven’t shot mine yet. Probably Saturday.
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Posted: 1/12/2020 5:59:28 PM EDT
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Anyone shot theirs yet? Just got mine put together last night. |
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Posted: 4/9/2020 1:23:23 AM EDT
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I hope you guys snagged some of those Capco uppers before they were all sold out! An excellent deal for a true military A2 upper. They run really good with Toolcraft nitride BCG's.
 My first A2 build using Capco upper. |
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Posted: 4/9/2020 1:51:51 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/11/2020 8:33:59 AM EDT
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Anyone have a current source up an A2 upper complete? I am having trouble finding any on the Net.
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Posted: 6/11/2020 10:05:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Anyone have a current source up an A2 upper complete? I am having trouble finding any on the Net. Try calling Chris at SharkArms |
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Posted: 6/11/2020 10:06:03 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Anyone have a current source up an A2 upper complete? I am having trouble finding any on the Net. Try calling Chris at SharkArms |
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Posted: 6/11/2020 11:13:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Try calling Chris at SharkArms I second that. I got this complete FN / Anchor Harvey upper from Chris last year. He sold out of that batch but is always searching for more. He seems to have gotten a bunch of Colt A1 parts in recently, and he has surplus Colt A2 furniture sets in stock at the moment. Ask him to put you on his list (I think he maintains a big whiteboard or something with people's names and what they're looking for).  Attached File |
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Posted: 6/11/2020 11:44:26 PM EDT
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Chris at SAC gets some A2's in every now and then and is a pleasure to deal with. As people have said, he's had both FNs and Colts. Not sure if he's had Capco's in at any point.
Those you could find at a few places in the past year or so. Hans at GMI firearms had some Capco's but I think he's all out, he's another cool surplus A2/A4 dealer. Also DOA arms had some as seen in this thread, but they're also OOS. If you can't get them from those guys then just watch GB, but you'll probably pay a premium. I got a salty Capco upper from GMI Firearms for like 300 and a NOS Colt A2 upper with BCG/CH on GB for about 700. Not sure on the going rate for FN A2's. |
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Posted: 6/12/2020 1:02:59 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Chris at SAC gets some A2's in every now and then and is a pleasure to deal with. As people have said, he's had both FNs and Colts. Not sure if he's had Capco's in at any point. Those you could find at a few places in the past year or so. Hans at GMI firearms had some Capco's but I think he's all out, he's another cool surplus A2/A4 dealer. Also DOA arms had some as seen in this thread, but they're also OOS. If you can't get them from those guys then just watch GB, but you'll probably pay a premium. I got a salty Capco upper from GMI Firearms for like 300 and a NOS Colt A2 upper with BCG/CH on GB for about 700. Not sure on the going rate for FN A2's. I got a FN A2 upper and a BCG/CH with FN A2 stock and sling from shark for around $775. Prices will vary, but dealing with Chris is an absolute pleasure. When I made my initial order we chatted on the phone for like an hour. Highly recommend. |
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Posted: 6/12/2020 1:09:16 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: If you can't get them from those guys then just watch GB, but you'll probably pay a premium. I got a salty Capco upper from GMI Firearms for like 300 and a NOS Colt A2 upper with BCG/CH on GB for about 700. Not sure on the going rate for FN A2's. There was a surplus FN A2 kit - complete upper, stock, and pistol grip - listed on GB for months at $975 that finally sold recently. I think several months ago there were actually two of them listed, so I guess they both sold. That was almost $200 more than buying the components from Shark, as mentioned above, but as always, finding them in stock is the challenge. If GB is the only place you can find it, I can understand someone being willing to pay more to get the complete FN kit. I feel fortunate that I got mine from Chris. |
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Posted: 6/12/2020 1:37:04 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: There was a surplus FN A2 kit - complete upper, stock, and pistol grip - listed on GB for months at $975 that finally sold recently. I think several months ago there were actually two of them listed, so I guess they both sold. That was almost $200 more than buying the components from Shark, as mentioned above, but as always, finding them in stock is the challenge. If GB is the only place you can find it, I can understand someone being willing to pay more to get the complete FN kit. I feel fortunate that I got mine from Chris. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: If you can't get them from those guys then just watch GB, but you'll probably pay a premium. I got a salty Capco upper from GMI Firearms for like 300 and a NOS Colt A2 upper with BCG/CH on GB for about 700. Not sure on the going rate for FN A2's. There was a surplus FN A2 kit - complete upper, stock, and pistol grip - listed on GB for months at $975 that finally sold recently. I think several months ago there were actually two of them listed, so I guess they both sold. That was almost $200 more than buying the components from Shark, as mentioned above, but as always, finding them in stock is the challenge. If GB is the only place you can find it, I can understand someone being willing to pay more to get the complete FN kit. I feel fortunate that I got mine from Chris. And Chris may have some things squirreled away that arent listed on the site. It's worth calling and asking. I cant reiterate enough how awesome of a dude he is. |
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Posted: 6/12/2020 1:41:23 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I got a FN A2 upper and a BCG/CH with FN A2 stock and sling from shark for around $775. Prices will vary, but dealing with Chris is an absolute pleasure. When I made my initial order we chatted on the phone for like an hour. Highly recommend. Quote HistoryQuoted: I got a FN A2 upper and a BCG/CH with FN A2 stock and sling from shark for around $775. Prices will vary, but dealing with Chris is an absolute pleasure. When I made my initial order we chatted on the phone for like an hour. Highly recommend. Damn that's better pricing than I knew Chris could do! I never wanted to do a clone FN A2 till hearing this  Quoted: There was a surplus FN A2 kit - complete upper, stock, and pistol grip - listed on GB for months at $975 that finally sold recently. I think several months ago there were actually two of them listed, so I guess they both sold. That was almost $200 more than buying the components from Shark, as mentioned above, but as always, finding them in stock is the challenge. If GB is the only place you can find it, I can understand someone being willing to pay more to get the complete FN kit. I feel fortunate that I got mine from Chris. I saw that sitting at that high price. It was on Armslist too. I agree wholeheartedly, Chris at SAC and Hans at GMI are my go-to guys for newer-than-A1 cloning, though Chris has an A1 section on his site now. The only reason I'd turn down an FN A2 upper from either is because for some weird reason I particularly like the K forged FN uppers...the F K marking looks a lot cooler to me than the F cerro or F anchor harvey markings. |
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Posted: 6/12/2020 5:37:46 AM EDT
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Thank you the lead, I will take a look!
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Posted: 6/12/2020 10:14:06 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The only reason I'd turn down an FN A2 upper from either is because for some weird reason I particularly like the K forged FN uppers...the F K marking looks a lot cooler to me than the F cerro or F anchor harvey markings. I completely agree. My understanding, from previous discussion about FN A2s here, is that the FK uppers represent the vast majority of complete rifles that FN delivered to the military. The Cerro and Anchor Harvey uppers, with the stamped (instead of raised) F were produced later, mostly as replacement parts, I believe. I posted some photos here of my Cerro and FK uppers when I swamped them out on the FN upper that I built from components purchased separately. There are at least three variations of FK uppers, but I'm not sure how they fit into the production timeline. The FN / Anchor Harvey upper from Shark in my photo above will be used on a clone of a late production FN that another member posted photos of a year or so ago. It's the only example I've seen of an FN A2 built with a later "M4" style lower, so that made it easier to clone. |
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Posted: 6/12/2020 7:22:42 PM EDT
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Additionally, and, I should have asked this before, can someone recommend a good book on the AR family of rifles for a new guy just getting started? Thanks.
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Posted: 6/12/2020 11:26:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I completely agree. My understanding, from previous discussion about FN A2s here, is that the FK uppers represent the vast majority of complete rifles that FN delivered to the military. The Cerro and Anchor Harvey uppers, with the stamped (instead of raised) F were produced later, mostly as replacement parts, I believe. I posted some photos here of my Cerro and FK uppers when I swamped them out on the FN upper that I built from components purchased separately. There are at least three variations of FK uppers, but I'm not sure how they fit into the production timeline. The FN / Anchor Harvey upper from Shark in my photo above will be used on a clone of a late production FN that another member posted photos of a year or so ago. It's the only example I've seen of an FN A2 built with a later "M4" style lower, so that made it easier to clone. Ah, interesting, I did not know that. But it makes some overall sense, looking at other examples. Raised lettering seems to indicate earlier production (ex: raised "C H" forged Colt A1 uppers, raised "CM"/"CMB" forged Colt A2 uppers) while stamped indicates later (ex: stamped "F" on FN A4 uppers, stamped "C" on some Colt A4/M4 uppers). Maybe it is easier or more economical to stamp the letters after the forging than it is to create a forge mold with the raised letters? I wouldn't know. I'm gonna keep a lookout for an FN "F K" A2 upper, just for the hell of it. Also the fact that the majority of war-time examples would have been "F K" marked makes an even better case for them, aside from just looking cooler. Please post up your FN A2 clone when it's done, no matter which FN upper you decide on. |
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Posted: 6/13/2020 2:15:27 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Additionally, and, I should have asked this before, can someone recommend a good book on the AR family of rifles for a new guy just getting started? Thanks. The internet and this site specifically is better than any book for learning damn near anything. |
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Posted: 6/13/2020 3:11:10 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Ah, interesting, I did not know that. But it makes some overall sense, looking at other examples. Raised lettering seems to indicate earlier production (ex: raised "C H" forged Colt A1 uppers, raised "CM"/"CMB" forged Colt A2 uppers) while stamped indicates later (ex: stamped "F" on FN A4 uppers, stamped "C" on some Colt A4/M4 uppers). Maybe it is easier or more economical to stamp the letters after the forging than it is to create a forge mold with the raised letters? I wouldn't know. That’s what I always figured, that the company that forged the upper would have to make specific dies for Colt and FN to produce those receivers, whereas they could simply stamp the F on the forgings later. I upload the photos here of the late production FN A2 with the Anchor Harvey upper. I’m planning to clone a version like that since that style of M4 lower forging is easy to get. I’ll share photos if/when I get it put together. |
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