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Posted: 10/31/2010 3:08:32 PM EDT
I've this mil spec height detachable carry handle with the forged mark on the handle to the right of the sight assembly, and I don't know who the manufacturer is. Can someone here please identify it for me? Thanks in advance.
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Posted: 10/31/2010 3:25:50 PM EDT
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Cardinal Forge mark
Rock River, Stag, and some Colts use Cardinal Forge carry handles |
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Posted: 10/31/2010 3:34:27 PM EDT
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Yeah it's Cardinal Forge. Otherwise you can't tell whether it came off a Colt or FN, etc.
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Posted: 10/31/2010 3:41:20 PM EDT
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Great, thanks! The guy I bought it from said it came off a Colt so it's true. He thought it was strange that it doesn't have the letter "C" on the handle but instead it's just a forge mark. He didn't know and neither did I. Learn something new everyday!!!
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Posted: 10/31/2010 3:44:07 PM EDT
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The carry handle on my Colt LE 6920 was a simple square in the very same place. Aynone know who forged that one?
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Posted: 10/31/2010 4:09:47 PM EDT
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The carry handle on my Colt LE 6920 was a simple square in the very same place. Aynone know who forged that one? The Colt and BCM I have are with this same simple square. The Splinter A and Cardinal forged like the OP I have seen have been Comercial height. They would not work with a F front post without making the front sight very low or setting the rear up from bottom. |
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Posted: 10/31/2010 4:10:58 PM EDT
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The carry handle on my Colt LE 6920 was a simple square in the very same place. Aynone know who forged that one? BAFE 458 |
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Posted: 10/31/2010 4:11:31 PM EDT
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The carry handle on my Colt LE 6920 was a simple square in the very same place. Aynone know who forged that one? I would like to know that one as well!  I bought one from BCM and it does have the same simple square forge mark.
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Posted: 10/31/2010 4:19:56 PM EDT
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The carry handle on my Colt LE 6920 was a simple square in the very same place. Aynone know who forged that one? I would like to know that one as well! I bought one from BCM and it does have the same simple square forge mark.
?? BAFE http://www.baforging.com/pages/aluminum.htm 458 |
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Posted: 10/31/2010 4:26:39 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/31/2010 4:48:52 PM EDT
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Not seeing what you are trying to point out.
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Posted: 10/31/2010 4:52:07 PM EDT
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–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– A (splintered) = Anchor Harvey Aluminum AF = Alcoa Forge C AF = Colt Alco Forge C MB = Colt / Mueller Brass Cardinal (stylized) = Cardinal Forge CH = Colt Harvey Aluminum Circle/Crosshairs w/"AR" = ArmaLite CK = Colt / Kaiser Aluminum CM = Colt / Martin Marietta D (stylized) = Diemaco DK = Diemaco / Kaiser Aluminum E = Emco EK = EMCO/Kaiser E MB = EMCO/Mueller Brass F keyhole = FNMI / Cerro Forge FA = FNMI / Anchor Harvey FK = FNMI / Kaiser Aluminum FM = FN/Martin Marietta FMB = FNMI / Mueller Brass Keyhole = Cerro Forge L = Lewis Machine & Tool LK = LAR / Kaiser Aluminum LM = LAR / Martin Marietta M (under diamond) = Mueller Industries PA = Capco / Anchor Harvey PM = Capco / Martin Marietta [] (square) = Brass Aluminum Forging Enterprises Colt and other MFGs have distributed [] marked carry handles in the past |
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Posted: 10/31/2010 5:06:28 PM EDT
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From what I found out, Colt puts a C following the forge mark.
You have to measure from the bottom to the rear shelf that the sight sits on to be sure if it's commercial or not. I think I remember commercial is .795 Mil Spec is .835 |
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Posted: 10/31/2010 5:38:06 PM EDT
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The reply just above his had completely ignored HIS reply that answered the question: the square forge mark is from BAFE or Brass Aluminum Forging Enterprises in Ferndale, MI.
Not seeing what you are trying to point out. |
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Posted: 10/31/2010 5:49:19 PM EDT
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From what I found out, Colt puts a C following the forge mark. You have to measure from the bottom to the rear shelf that the sight sits on to be sure if it's commercial or not. I think I remember commercial is .795" Mil Spec is .835" Fixed it 458 |
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Posted: 10/31/2010 5:59:46 PM EDT
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Thanks, I was afraid I got it wrong.
Fixed it. |
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Posted: 10/31/2010 6:59:49 PM EDT
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The carry handle on my Colt LE 6920 was a simple square in the very same place. Aynone know who forged that one? I would like to know that one as well! I bought one from BCM and it does have the same simple square forge mark.
As soon as I read the OP's question I reached over and looked at the handle on the desk I got from BCM, it's got a square. |
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Posted: 11/1/2010 11:21:54 AM EDT
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I saw an upper this morning with the F & Keyhole thing going, but it also had a series of raised dots (roughly) arranged in a square after the Keyhole.
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Posted: 11/1/2010 3:18:27 PM EDT
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The carry handle on my Colt LE 6920 was a simple square in the very same place. Aynone know who forged that one? I would like to know that one as well! I bought one from BCM and it does have the same simple square forge mark.
?? BAFE http://www.baforging.com/pages/aluminum.htm 458 Thank you!
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Posted: 11/1/2010 4:41:49 PM EDT
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I saw an upper this morning with the F & Keyhole thing going, but it also had a series of raised dots (roughly) arranged in a square after the Keyhole. That's FN-Cerro. But the raised dots are almost certainly just an identifier for which dies struck the blank. |
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Posted: 11/1/2010 4:47:42 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: The carry handle on my Colt LE 6920 was a simple square in the very same place. Aynone know who forged that one? I would like to know that one as well! I bought one from BCM and it does have the same simple square forge mark.As soon as I read the OP's question I reached over and looked at the handle on the desk I got from BCM, it's got a square. My Colt 6700 has the square forge mark. |
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Posted: 11/2/2010 7:40:37 AM EDT
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I've this mil spec height detachable carry handle with the forged mark on the handle to the right of the sight assembly, and I don't know who the manufacturer is. Can someone here please identify it for me? Thanks in advance.
http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/ac47/U5512/AR15/Picture1193.jpg It was forged by Cardinal Forge, but that's all it tells you. The forge mark doesn't denote who machined & finished the carry handle to the final product. Unless there is a C or an F in addition to the forge mark you can keep guessing as to who finished the piece. |
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