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Posted: 8/3/2008 2:45:10 PM EDT

Just want to say thanks to all you guys.
The information on this site has been invaluable.
Last part arrived yesterday (NoDak lower).

On to my next build, because there is no cure for BRD http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/3476/retro1smxs8.jpg

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/4252/retro2smhq4.jpg

Posted: 8/3/2008 3:02:08 PM EDT

[#1]

Ahhhh...

Good job!!

Posted: 8/3/2008 3:29:09 PM EDT

[#2]

Great job!

Posted: 8/3/2008 4:16:15 PM EDT

[#3]

That's really nice!

Posted: 8/3/2008 4:31:49 PM EDT

[#4]

Nice job!!!

Posted: 8/3/2008 4:38:45 PM EDT

[#5]

Very nice build. Great job!

Posted: 8/3/2008 6:15:26 PM EDT

[#6]

Sweet!!!
be prepared for the addiction

Posted: 8/3/2008 6:28:46 PM EDT

[#7]

Nice! There is no twelve step program to cure BRD either.

Posted: 8/3/2008 8:00:09 PM EDT

[#8]

Quoted:
Nice! There is no twelve step program to cure BRD either.

Twelve step program?

I'm on step 17 and nothing is helping!!!

Posted: 8/3/2008 8:15:15 PM EDT

[#9]

What kind of helmet cover is that? It doesn't look like the 'Nam-era "Mitchell" pattern.

Nice rifle, too.

Posted: 8/4/2008 2:56:21 AM EDT

[#10]

A job well done. Looks great

Posted: 8/4/2008 5:24:51 AM EDT

[#11]

Don't have a clue as to the helmet cover.
Found the steel pot helmet, cover and liner at Army surplus store for 20 bucks
and picked it up as an impulse buy.

Posted: 8/4/2008 1:13:22 PM EDT

[#12]

A Great Job indeed!

Posted: 8/4/2008 8:28:42 PM EDT

[#13]

Nice looking rifle. Man, I've got to find one of those black "US" marked holsters for my Colt 45.

Doc

Posted: 8/7/2008 9:09:21 AM EDT

[#14]

Found quite a few black .45 holsters at the last gun show I attended.
But watch out, the prices were all over the map, between 20 and 110 bucks.
Paid around 30 for mine.

Posted: 8/15/2008 8:11:03 AM EDT

[#15]

Suweet.

Posted: 8/15/2008 8:49:55 AM EDT

[#16]

This is his rifle... And this one... and this one... And them over there, too. There are many like it, and I wish they were mine.

Nice job on the build and the display, too.

Posted: 8/15/2008 3:45:37 PM EDT

[#17]

That's either a very short room, or some very long rifles.?

Posted: 8/15/2008 6:17:41 PM EDT

[#18]

I got a crick in my neck from staring at them.

Posted: 8/15/2008 10:47:42 PM EDT

[#19]

Quoted:
That's either a very short room, or some very long rifles.?

I reckon that's the "Hall(way) of Fame"

(Viewed sideways)

Posted: 8/16/2008 3:39:25 AM EDT

[#20]

Looks great! My only suggestion is to get some surplus checkered plastic grips for the 1911. They're out there for about $12.

Posted: 8/16/2008 6:15:04 AM EDT

[#21]

Sweet. Good job!

Posted: 8/16/2008 7:31:40 AM EDT

[#22]

I really need to build a retro rifle

Posted: 8/16/2008 7:57:41 AM EDT

[#23]

Quoted:
I really need to build a retro rifle

Can you eat just one potato chip?

Posted: 8/17/2008 12:47:44 PM EDT

[#24]

Quoted:

Quoted:
I really need to build a retro rifle

Can you eat just one potato chip?

Nope.

Posted: 8/17/2008 3:17:13 PM EDT

[#25]

Quoted:
I really need to build a retro rifle

Why, yes... YES YOU DO!!!

Posted: 8/17/2008 3:20:23 PM EDT

[#26]

Quoted:

Quoted:
That's either a very short room, or some very long rifles.?

I reckon that's the "Hall(way) of Fame"

(Viewed sideways)

I caught that too. Nice piece of photography.

Posted: 8/17/2008 4:17:25 PM EDT

[#27]

Quoted:
I reckon that's the "Hall(way) of Fame"

(Viewed sideways)

I see it now...If that was my house, there'd be dogs walking around carrying AR-15's...

(Whenever I leave the cellar door open, they go exploring..."Honeybunch, why is there a 2x4 in the living room???"...)

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