Mike's OFFICIAL H&R Retro thread (Page 6 of 158)
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Originally Posted By EagleArmsHBAR: Fuck, you guys are more impatient than a ten year old.  If he'd planned this more carefully, the anguish on 1 April would've been epic. ETA: He should probably increase the price by $1 for each question that has already been answered. That would solve the issue of folks not getting in on the 1st hundred lowers nicely. 
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Originally Posted By grondike: Are we there yet? No, we are not! I am not in on the first 100 anyway. Waiting for full production of the uppers and lowers to buy sets upper and lowers and then be done with it and then move on to getting the barrels and the rest of parts to complete. I was a customer of Nodak Spud. Get on the wait list for 4 to 6 months to get your A1 lowers and 603 uppers. Patience is key in buying specialy AR stuff. Every time the reward was worth the wait. The receiver sets were the best I have ever purchased. Mike makes the best! |
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Originally Posted By KitBuilder: I believe they only ever made late M16A1 rifles (model 603) so those would've been full fence, birdcage, with type E trapdoor stocks. That's what I thought, just wasn't sure. So a 603 clone might have a bit more appeal with these receivers. The furniture set I have waiting includes a type E stock too. I highly doubt I'll be fast enough to score any of the first batch, but we'll do what we can when we can. |
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Originally Posted By dash13: @mike_nds Is this the thread I would ask a about future availability of the nds-1815 lowers? Sure, why not.  I would like to do more, but right now our capacity if focused on other things. |
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| Question out of curiosity... and I know it's hard to tell from random photos, but the grey color on the receivers looks relatively light in comparison to typical A1 era parts. Is that because the older H&R were also that color, or just how they came out, or the photos just look light? |
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| Dammit Mike! I bought my 2 M16A1 NDS Lowers years ago and love them. I thought I was satisfied with my 653 and 603 retro builds, but after seeing that H&R lower, I may have to get one. Those H&R lowers are really a complete package with all the markings! Just found these threads today. Not in the Retro section much these days. |
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Originally Posted By KitBuilder: I believe they only ever made late M16A1 rifles (model 603) so those would've been full fence, birdcage, with type E trapdoor stocks. Harrington and Richardson also made at least 246,000 M16A1 rifles during Vietnam. http://pullig.dyndns.org/retroblackrifle/ModGde/RflGde/OtherManu.htmlH&R's one known contract started November 1968 and ended April 1970. H&R was type D all the way through to the end. |
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Alright people, the first batch of lowers is going live today at 4:30pm EST. Here's the link. https://palmettostatearmory.com/harrington-richardson-retro-m16a1-lowers-receiver-gray.html These are "A" grade parts, the blems and the uppers will be put up after some administrative work. Probably early next week. I will post links when I have them. There's a limit of 1 per order, and no backorders at this time. It will be at least 3-4 weeks before the next batch of lowers is up. I have a ton of stuff to do this afternoon and will not be able to answer any questions right now. |
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Wheel of doom, I had the same problem about a month or two ago, unable to check out. Spinning blue wheel Attached File Same issue a month ago, unable to check out. I literally place 5 - 10 orders a week on various websites with no issues  Cleared cookies, logged out/back in, still spinning wheel. Same old same old I am out |
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Originally Posted By BGENE: Wheel of doom, I had the same problem about a month or two ago, unable to check out. Spinning blue wheel https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/187445/wheelofdoom_PNG-2462150.JPG 
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@mike_nds @PalmettoStateArmory I just want to take a moment to thank everyone who made this a reality!  Attached File I'll be back for a Commando and GX-5857 lower. |
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Awesome that they came up for sale, and that there's kind of obviously a demand for the product. I would like to ask for just one minor thing... maybe a *day's* notice rather than an hour? Please?  Also, folks were watching the H&R site for news, and no updates there as yet. Ten minutes, geez. I was betting it'd be about 22, myself. 
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