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Posted: 3/27/2022 1:12:49 AM EDT
I can't find the thread and am sitting hear drunk and god know what else eating a frozen pizza from the local turkey hill after playing a gig down in Philadelphia with Grateful Dead (and other stuff) cover band/
Wasa PSA going to just sell retro lowers and uppers or complete rifles ? Because if they are making rifles and they are available now, Ive got cash burning a hole in my pocket..just send me a link! |
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Quoted: I can't find the thread and am sitting hear drunk and god know what else eating a frozen pizza from the local turkey hill after playing a gig down in Philadelphia with Grateful Dead (and other stuff) cover band/ Wasa PSA going to just sell retro lowers and uppers or complete rifles ? Because if they are making rifles and they are available now, Ive got cash burning a hole in my pocket..just send me a link! View Quote @mike_NDS |
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Quoted: I barely even remember making this post. would have been a quick and easy sale last night! View Quote I don't think they even dropped yet. You will have to probably wait a few months after release to late night drunk order(been there) because the psa stuff sells out in minutes when something new drops. On the other hand I could be totally wrong about it not being available yet. |
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We are doing stripped A1 uppers and lowers first.
The first test batches will begin this week. Still have to work out the anodizing. |
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Quoted: We are doing stripped A1 uppers and lowers first. The first test batches will begin this week. Still have to work out the anodizing. View Quote Have you set an MSRP for stripped lowers yet? Very interested in these, if they're priced around $100 then I'll buy 5+, but if they're closer to $200 like NDS lowers then I'll only be able to justify a couple. |
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We are doing low shelf.
Pricing is still TBD, but most likely in the $150-$160 range. |
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Looks great and glad to hear it’s going along, even if it’s on the high end I know a few people ready to roll, here’s to hoping they come with that extra pin hole on the right….. for legal reasons that was a joke
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Quoted: Getting a test batch of 100 Monday. Going to do my checks and send some out for ano samples. Yes, we are leaving the forging flash, front, rear, and trigger guard. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/91277/first_batch_1-2334207.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/91277/first_batch_2-2334208.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/91277/first_batch_3-2334209.jpg View Quote Looking good! Hope the A1 uppers came out as nice, market availability is a complete desert right now, and they will definitely be in demand. |
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Might be worth considering. Nearly impossible to find good barrels with rifle ramps. The only source for A1/C7 uppers with M4 ramps is Luth and they have been discontinued. I always thought a contributing factor to Brownells retro line fizzling out was the slavish dedication to clone silliness forcing buyers to be chained to rifle feed ramps and 1/12 barrels. Nobody wants a 1/12 barrel unless its a vintage colt. |
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Quoted: Might be worth considering. Nearly impossible to find good barrels with rifle ramps. The only source for A1/C7 uppers with M4 ramps is Luth and they have been discontinued. I always thought a contributing factor to Brownells retro line fizzling out was the slavish dedication to clone silliness forcing buyers to be chained to rifle feed ramps and 1/12 barrels. Nobody wants a 1/12 barrel unless its a vintage colt. View Quote |
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@PalmettoStateArmory
@mike_nds Thanks for your work on the Retro line. I’ve been meaning to get a few toys built with your parts when they roll off the assembly line. Cheers! edited for spelling |
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Quoted: Might be worth considering. Nearly impossible to find good barrels with rifle ramps. The only source for A1/C7 uppers with M4 ramps is Luth and they have been discontinued. I always thought a contributing factor to Brownells retro line fizzling out was the slavish dedication to clone silliness forcing buyers to be chained to rifle feed ramps and 1/12 barrels. Nobody wants a 1/12 barrel unless its a vintage colt. View Quote There have been 1/7 and 1/9 twist pencil barrels in the market for years. They come in and out of stock just like everything else. Sometimes companies discontinue them because of slow sales. I have a CMMG 20" 1/7. Don't see those anymore. I would wager that Covid based supply chain issues have more to do with Brownells scaling back than lack if interest. The first batch of our 20" barrels will be 50/50. 1/12 and 1/7 |
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Quoted: There have been 1/7 and 1/9 twist pencil barrels in the market for years. They come in and out of stock just like everything else. Sometimes companies discontinue them because of slow sales. I have a CMMG 20" 1/7. Don't see those anymore. I would wager that Covid based supply chain issues have more to do with Brownells scaling back than lack if interest. The first batch of our 20" barrels will be 50/50. 1/12 and 1/7 View Quote I would be interested to know the sales stats between the two barrels. I know I’ll be jockeying to get a 1/7 from you. Id just like to see rifle feed ramps go away. |
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Any chance for an all goes well anticipated release time frame? Or is it still too early to tell?
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Quoted: Good thing H&R lowers are coming, because PSA's are total crap now. Not happy with this at all. Here's one of the originals from about three years ago: https://i.imgur.com/9kw334u.jpg It's about as good as you can get with a laser engraving instead of an actual rollstamp. @Brickwurx did a fantastic job on this design. And here's one of the current ones: https://i.imgur.com/unf9bod.jpg First of all, it's not even the same design. No, they didn't bump the laser and accidentally shrink the output size or something, this is not the same design as the original PSA M4A1s. Proof? There aren't any periods in "SC". Not to mention that when you look closer, the fonts are all wrong. It looks like shit. @PalmettoStateArmory what happened? You had a great product once. Maybe this is just a sneaky way to steer people towards H&R's significantly more expensive lowers. If so, it's working fantastically well. No more PSA clone lowers for me. View Quote Please PM me your latest order number. I would like to take a look at it. Thanks, Josiah |
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Are there any updates on the availability and pricing for the striped HR lowers? Thanks….
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Quoted: Good thing H&R lowers are coming, because PSA's are total crap now. Not happy with this at all. Here's one of the originals from about three years ago: https://i.imgur.com/9kw334u.jpg It's about as good as you can get with a laser engraving instead of an actual rollstamp. @Brickwurx did a fantastic job on this design. And here's one of the current ones: https://i.imgur.com/unf9bod.jpg First of all, it's not even the same design. No, they didn't bump the laser and accidentally shrink the output size or something, this is not the same design as the original PSA M4A1s. Proof? There aren't any periods in "SC". Not to mention that when you look closer, the fonts are all wrong. It looks like shit. @PalmettoStateArmory what happened? You had a great product once. Maybe this is just a sneaky way to steer people towards H&R's significantly more expensive lowers. If so, it's working fantastically well. No more PSA clone lowers for me. View Quote Definitely doesn't "look like shit". I couldn't barely see the difference between the two. |
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Quoted: Are there any updates on the availability and pricing for the striped HR lowers? Thanks…. View Quote I'm going to be getting some darker samples back early this next week. If I'm happy I'll start running batches of uppers and lowers. I will post in my Official thread when I have price/availability updates. |
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Quoted: Might be worth considering. Nearly impossible to find good barrels with rifle ramps. The only source for A1/C7 uppers with M4 ramps is Luth and they have been discontinued. I always thought a contributing factor to Brownells retro line fizzling out was the slavish dedication to clone silliness forcing buyers to be chained to rifle feed ramps and 1/12 barrels. Nobody wants a 1/12 barrel unless its a vintage colt. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: M4 feed ramps? No Might be worth considering. Nearly impossible to find good barrels with rifle ramps. The only source for A1/C7 uppers with M4 ramps is Luth and they have been discontinued. I always thought a contributing factor to Brownells retro line fizzling out was the slavish dedication to clone silliness forcing buyers to be chained to rifle feed ramps and 1/12 barrels. Nobody wants a 1/12 barrel unless its a vintage colt. I mean 55gr works fine with 1/12 and there is plenty of that out there. I'm fine with going back to original ratio with a retro. My bigger problem is I insist on CL for a retro build and that's much harder to find in a pencil barrel. |
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Shit just found this thread. Now can't wait for one of these. Looked at the psa ones but this is what I really want. A
Any updates? |
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Quoted: Shit just found this thread. Now can't wait for one of these. Looked at the psa ones but this is what I really want. A Any updates? View Quote @mtomso7464 Scroll to the end. Better thread |
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Quoted: Any info on when the retro uppers will be available? View Quote That will be through H&R. Here is the thread. https://www.ar15.com/forums/Industry/Mike-s-OFFICIAL-HandR-Retro-thread/301-301583/ Thanks, Josiah |
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