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Posted: 12/30/2020 4:31:56 PM EDT
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No
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Posted: 12/30/2020 4:33:04 PM EDT
[#2]
Sure. Damn near anything "can" be built.
But it would cost way, way more money than you would save by using "cheaper parts". Maybe you should think about a build based on one of those funky ARES SCR guns. You could get fairly close to the M1 Carbine "form factor". |
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Posted: 12/30/2020 4:40:26 PM EDT
[#3]
FPNI
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Posted: 12/30/2020 4:41:31 PM EDT
[#4]
yes, you can melt down an AR and grow a walnut tree
you should start now . |
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Posted: 12/30/2020 6:51:55 PM EDT
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Quoted: I like the size and shape of the M1 carbine, it fits me well and is fast on target. Could a M1 carbine be assembled from cheaper parts and have the same feel, shape of a real one? Yes. Plainfield, Universal, and Iver Johnson did exactly that. They all went bankrupt. |
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Posted: 12/30/2020 6:53:26 PM EDT
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No. The inline buffer is what makes the AR what it is.
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Posted: 12/30/2020 6:59:00 PM EDT
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Way cheaper to scratch that itch with a real one or a 10/22 build with the stock kit.
Reality is not likely without engineer skills, drafting skills, machining skills, and a lot of hand fitting and metal working skills. Toss in forging skills and some other hard won knowledge and skills to make it happen. |
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Posted: 12/30/2020 7:00:30 PM EDT
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There is the Fightelite SCR. Worth looking into, anyway. Different bolt carrier and buffer than an AR15.
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Posted: 12/30/2020 8:51:19 PM EDT
[#9]
Get a mini 14
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Posted: 12/30/2020 8:56:02 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yes. Plainfield, Universal, and Iver Johnson did exactly that. They all went bankrupt. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I like the size and shape of the M1 carbine, it fits me well and is fast on target. Could a M1 carbine be assembled from cheaper parts and have the same feel, shape of a real one? Yes. Plainfield, Universal, and Iver Johnson did exactly that. They all went bankrupt. Hold up! Plainfield was actually using surplus USGI parts in the early days. They bought a fuckton of them after the war and were assembling rifles from those parts. I used to have one that had a bunch of Inland (GM) internals. |
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Posted: 12/30/2020 9:00:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yes. Plainfield, Universal, and Iver Johnson did exactly that. They all went bankrupt. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I like the size and shape of the M1 carbine, it fits me well and is fast on target. Could a M1 carbine be assembled from cheaper parts and have the same feel, shape of a real one? Yes. Plainfield, Universal, and Iver Johnson did exactly that. They all went bankrupt. |
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Posted: 12/30/2020 9:04:32 PM EDT
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I wish Fulton would make one in a more stout, straight walled cartridge.
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Posted: 12/30/2020 9:05:41 PM EDT
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Quoted: Sure. Damn near anything "can" be built. But it would cost way, way more money than you would save by using "cheaper parts". Maybe you should think about a build based on one of those funky ARES SCR guns. You could get fairly close to the M1 Carbine "form factor". Side charging upper, 16" pencil barrel, 13" rail, CZ sights should be a pretty lightweight, handy gun. Hell, a big bore version would be a decent replacement for the Ruger .44 autoloader. Quoted: yes, you can melt down an AR and grow a walnut tree you should start now . lol |
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Posted: 12/30/2020 9:08:10 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/30/2020 9:21:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Hold up! Plainfield was actually using surplus USGI parts in the early days. They bought a fuckton of them after the war and were assembling rifles from those parts. I used to have one that had a bunch of Inland (GM) internals. Likely every carbine producer of the 50's & 60's started w/ surplus GI parts. Most went bankrupt or shut down when the supply of GI parts dried up. Plainfield & Universal struggled on the longest; Universal by redesigning the action for proprietary but less expensive production. Fully GI parts compatible carbines in current production run about the same as a good condition GI copy - you can build several consumer grade ARs for the same money. |
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Posted: 12/30/2020 9:25:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Get a mini 14 This. |
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Posted: 12/30/2020 9:37:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: This. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Get a mini 14 This. One day w/ the Universal and you're already back to the Mini? |
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Posted: 12/30/2020 9:41:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: One day w/ the Universal and you're already back to the Mini? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Get a mini 14 This. One day w/ the Universal and you're already back to the Mini? I took it out to the range today it functioned great I only have the half a box of ammo for it though. |
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Posted: 12/30/2020 9:49:40 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Get a mini 14 that's actually a pretty good idea  
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Posted: 12/30/2020 9:55:54 PM EDT
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