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Posted: 8/10/2022 3:24:16 PM EDT
[#1]
Time to contact ECCO
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Posted: 8/10/2022 3:27:35 PM EDT
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The Gemtech Bi-Lock mounts are still available. I'm kinda partial to the Smith Vortex model.
SEI Vortex I would have considered buying them if they were in-state. |
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Posted: 8/10/2022 3:44:42 PM EDT
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Where is the serial number? Middle of the can, lengthwise?
Maybe ECCO machine @sixtysixdeuce can help you shave some weight and get a modern mount. I imagine that to be several hundred dollars if not close to a grand. Guess it depends on if the approved stamp means anything to you? I’d plasma cut it and jingle mail it to martinsburg out of spite and buy a modern can and eFile a stamp |
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Posted: 8/10/2022 3:49:36 PM EDT
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I am in kinda in the same boat with an M496-D that was "upgraded" to G5 baffle stack. I also have a TPRS that might as well be crew served. My answer was to keep them for future "low use" builds. Everybody needs an M4 in Arctic Camo, especially me in the piedmont of North Carolina where we see about 3 inches of snow a year. The TPRS, which had/has a POI shift that totally sucks ass will live on a bolt gun in something like 300 Win Mag where weight isn't necessarily a bad thing.
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Posted: 8/10/2022 3:54:02 PM EDT
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List them, there's a buyer for anything.
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Posted: 8/10/2022 4:29:47 PM EDT
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I have a bunch of old cans that I've been having Curtis Tactical re-core to something I want.
I have an old Gemtech M496C aka Predator. It is a heavy beast and rather than pay to have it re-cored, I just had Curtis Tactical jail break it so now it is user serviceable and use it for full auto 22LR use. So I don't care if it gets fouled up as there is no aluminum in that design and I can push the steel baffles out and dump them in my ultrasonic filled with 100% CLR and they clean up great. |
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Posted: 8/10/2022 6:24:50 PM EDT
[#7]
Rainy day cache on a psa AR?
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Posted: 8/10/2022 6:29:38 PM EDT
[#8]
I'd build up a nice 22-250 bolt-action for one to be dedicated to and get on the waiting list for ECCO to rework the other into something more useable for a short 5.56 gun.
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Posted: 8/10/2022 6:34:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'd build up a nice 22-250 bolt-action for one to be dedicated to and get on the waiting list for ECCO to rework the other into something more useable for a short 5.56 gun. This is a good idea |
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Posted: 8/10/2022 9:25:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'd build up a nice 22-250 bolt-action for one to be dedicated to. Quote HistoryQuoted: I'd build up a nice 22-250 bolt-action for one to be dedicated to. Quoted: Rainy day cache on a psa AR? Two decent ideas |
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Posted: 8/10/2022 10:27:34 PM EDT
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Contact ECCO Machine. I have a M496D that I had them convert the mount to the universal thread and now I mount Dead Air Keymo setup. Best thing I ever did and it breathed new life into a can I rarely used due to the mount.
Do it!!!! You will not be sorry!! |
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Posted: 8/10/2022 11:54:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Contact ECCO Machine. I have a M496D that I had them convert the mount to the universal thread and now I mount Dead Air Keymo setup. Best thing I ever did and it breathed new life into a can I rarely used due to the mount. Do it!!!! You will not be sorry!! $450 and it’s still heavy as hell? $700ish gets you new and skinny |
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Posted: 8/11/2022 12:36:49 AM EDT
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Add some nephews to your trust, place the cans w/ them. Be a vector - spread the quiet disease.
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Posted: 8/11/2022 3:00:14 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Add some nephews to your trust, place the cans w/ them. Be a vector - spread the quiet disease. That's a fantastic idea. Or buy one of the Smith mounts mentioned above. Throw them on a couple bench guns and go about your business. Trashing or destroying these two suppressors is just silly. |
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Posted: 8/11/2022 7:41:00 AM EDT
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I have the same problem with an old Coastal MIMS can and a SWR PCK2. Trying to find something to utilize them on to no avail.
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Posted: 8/11/2022 8:07:37 AM EDT
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OP...
If you need a second bi-lok mount, Ive probably got some in the parts bin that I really dont use since Ive long switched to more modern cans for moving from gun to gun. Lemme know and I can send ya one. |
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Posted: 8/11/2022 11:48:40 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: OP... If you need a second bi-lok mount, Ive probably got some in the parts bin that I really dont use since Ive long switched to more modern cans for moving from gun to gun. Lemme know and I can send ya one. Bi-Lock mounts for the Gemtech cans are currently available from GSL Technology (517-780-9090). |
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Posted: 8/11/2022 12:10:43 PM EDT
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There's nothing wrong with the bi-lock mounting system. It's just not the new hotness anymore. But if you are already running it, there's no reason to abandon it.
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Posted: 8/11/2022 2:27:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: There's nothing wrong with the bi-lock mounting system. It's just not the new hotness anymore. But if you are already running it, there's no reason to abandon it. |
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Posted: 8/11/2022 6:53:32 PM EDT
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You could give them to poor people in Virginia that can't afford suppressors.
Or just fellow Virginians that want suppressors. |
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Posted: 8/31/2022 5:50:04 PM EDT
[#21]
get them pinned to some bolt guns for an overall barrel length of 16"?
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Posted: 8/31/2022 7:27:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Add some nephews to your trust, place the cans w/ them. Be a vector - spread the quiet disease.  Attached File |
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Posted: 8/31/2022 10:26:31 PM EDT
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Any serial number tied to a tax stamp is always worth something. Maybe wait if/until cans go down the same path as MGs…
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Posted: 9/1/2022 2:08:33 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: There's nothing wrong with the bi-lock mounting system. It's just not the new hotness anymore. But if you are already running it, there's no reason to abandon it. It's not conducive to accuracy due to the requisite tolerances of a non-threaded, untapered mount (A2 mounts and some others have the same drawback), and they tend to get stuck. I've cut off more than a few for Bravo conversion that had muzzle devices locked into them hard, had to be split in half to recover the MD. Also seen a number of collapsed and broken springs, as well as the seating piece stuck with carbon to where it wouldn't apply pressure anymore, they just flopped around on the MD. So yeah, my professional opinion is that Bi-Lock is NOT a good mounting system. |
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Posted: 9/1/2022 4:01:58 AM EDT
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I had my gemtech halo changed to bravo mount by eco. I’ll shoot ir for awhile than eventually have them recore with a lighter option.
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