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Posted: 8/3/2022 7:20:33 PM EDT

I figured this stuff is pretty Retro. If not, feel free to delete.
I stumbled upon a LSO A1 grip recently and suddenly realized it was the last piece I needed to have every AR Furniture Item Lone Star Ordnance made, including this 1987-1988 Catolog

The Catalog is pretty awesome.

From the description, the new A2 style grip was new this year. I have never heard of the other 2 grips on the comparison chart.

It's kinda hilarious that the Rifle length hanguards pictured in the catalog look like A2 Handguards. I wonder if there wasn't some mistake made in the molding process? The carbine Handguards look almost Identical to the Colts, just not as glossy.

The A1 grip has a rougher texture than the A2

The stuff is not cheap and flimsy like some of the modern reproduction stuff.

The Thermold Magazine was not branded Lone Star Ordnance but it is prominently featured in the catalog so I figured I would throw it in.

Figured this stuff might be interesting to someone.

Posted: 8/3/2022 7:43:38 PM EDT

[#1]

I'll buy 100 LSO grips right now at $9.95 each

Posted: 8/3/2022 7:47:08 PM EDT

[#2]

Wasn't that long ago people were throwing that stuff away to upgrade to the new Tango Down grips.

Posted: 8/3/2022 8:02:45 PM EDT

[#3]

Very cool. Thanks for posting!!!

Posted: 8/3/2022 8:19:39 PM EDT

[#4]

That is super nifty. I picked up a set of what were supposedly LSO prototype midlengths.
They are marked with a 1 and look just like the middy's on the S&W rifles.
Like them so much, can't bear to part from them lol.

Posted: 8/3/2022 8:42:54 PM EDT

[#5]

That's an excellent haul of retro goodness,
thank you for sharing!

Posted: 8/3/2022 9:07:59 PM EDT

[#6]

Wish I still had my LSO catalog.

I do have an LSO A1 PG on my Block one-ish M4. Still have an A2 PG in the stash.

Posted: 8/4/2022 12:54:17 AM EDT

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I have a set of those carbine HGs.
They don’t feel as glass filled as the colts but the look is GTG

Posted: 8/4/2022 1:46:36 AM EDT

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here's my meager LSO furniture collection

my 2 Thermold mags are the ones that fit both the AR and the Mini-14

Posted: 8/4/2022 3:00:41 AM EDT

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my 2 Thermold mags are the ones that fit both the AR and the Mini-14

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Mind posting pics of those? I have a standard load of Ram-Line multi mags.

Posted: 8/4/2022 11:15:27 AM EDT

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That is super nifty. I picked up a set of what were supposedly LSO prototype midlengths.
They are marked with a 1 and look just like the middy's on the S&W rifles.
Like them so much, can't bear to part from them lol.

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Very cool
I didn't know they made midlengths.
can you post a picture?

Posted: 8/4/2022 1:40:04 PM EDT

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I've had a set of LSO carbine hand guards since the early 2000s. Used them on a clone 654 until I found some real Colts. I found a set of the rifle length last year. Have never run across a pistol grip that was for sale.

Posted: 8/4/2022 3:18:32 PM EDT

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Cool!

I had that catalog (I may still have it). I have one A1 Stowaway grip left and still like them.

Posted: 8/4/2022 11:19:49 PM EDT

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I had that catalog (I may still have it). I have one A1 Stowaway grip left and still like them.

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The A1 grips are Unicorns. I lucked into my A1 as a lot with some other stuff.

Posted: 8/4/2022 11:42:10 PM EDT

[#14]

Really cool stuff! All I’ve ever wanted from Lone Star was the A2 grip but now I see M1 stuff….

Posted: 8/5/2022 12:41:03 AM EDT

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My only LSA parts are these handguards, but I really like them.

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Posted: 8/5/2022 3:25:55 PM EDT

[#16]

There is hope.

I got a sample from them and it's pretty darn nice.

Posted: 8/5/2022 5:21:50 PM EDT

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There is hope.

I got a sample from them and it's pretty darn nice.

https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/91277/Onyx_grip-2478237.jpg

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any word on them doing the A1 PG, or any of the HG's in the future?

and they should have put the name "Clonestar" on the grip itself

Posted: 8/6/2022 11:32:34 AM EDT

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The A1 grips are Unicorns. I lucked into my A1 as a lot with some other stuff.

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Cool!

I had that catalog (I may still have it). I have one A1 Stowaway grip left and still like them.

The A1 grips are Unicorns. I lucked into my A1 as a lot with some other stuff.

Interesting. I didn't know those were that rare. I got mine sometime in the mid-1980s I think.

Posted: 8/6/2022 3:40:35 PM EDT

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I didn't know they made midlengths.
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Posted: 8/7/2022 9:41:18 PM EDT

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didn't even know that mid length gas, and LSO, were around at the same time

what do the insides of those mid length hand guards look like? any markings you can show?

Posted: 8/8/2022 9:56:10 AM EDT

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There is hope.

I got a sample from them and it's pretty darn nice.

https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/91277/Onyx_grip-2478237.jpg

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Onyx has grip doors available now for those that need one.
LSO Replacement Grip Door

Found the grip page too...OUCH!
Clonestar Grip

Posted: 8/8/2022 12:56:27 PM EDT

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Have a 1978 SP1 that came with LSO handguards, because in the 1980’s whomever owned it tossed the triangle types and wanted to look A2 I guess. They seemed somewhat flimsy compared to real Colts, and I traded them out for Colt triangle takeoffs pretty fast. Sold them here on the EE I believe, wasn’t that much interest at the time despite folks saying they were collectible, I was happy to get enough to make it worth shipping.... had to have been less than 10 years ago as I traded a new “2013 configuration” 6920 that I had about $1000 into for the SP1, which was a deal even back then. Some LEO in CA wanted to “upgrade” and posted in the want to trade section. So I came out OK in my opinion as the SP1 is one of my favorites. But maybe I should have held onto the LSO handguards a while longer...

Just saw the same thing going on with the RRA entry shorty stock. Sold mine dirt cheap in 2004 and replaced it with a real collapsible...now they go for $300!!!

So new rule- never sell any oddball AR parts too early!

Posted: 8/8/2022 7:54:34 PM EDT

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That Mid-Length LSO handguard is awesome.
Very cool.
Your A1 LSO grip looks nice and shiny like an OEM A1, I wonder if someone took some sand paper to mine or something or maybe they changed over time?

Posted: 8/21/2022 2:02:14 PM EDT

[#24]

Here's an A2 grip. Paid $20 at the fun show yesterday:

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Posted: 8/24/2022 12:02:44 AM EDT

[#25]

Nice score

Posted: 8/24/2022 5:51:05 PM EDT

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Onyx has grip doors available now for those that need one.
LSO Replacement Grip Door

Found the grip page too...OUCH!
Clonestar Grip

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There is hope.

I got a sample from them and it's pretty darn nice.

https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/91277/Onyx_grip-2478237.jpg

Onyx has grip doors available now for those that need one.
LSO Replacement Grip Door

Found the grip page too...OUCH!
Clonestar Grip

$65.00 for a LSO knockoff!

Posted: 8/25/2022 10:13:59 AM EDT

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I picked up an LSO grip in the EE with a sling swivel on the bottom like the original prototype AR15's. Was that how they came from the factory, or something the seller added?

Posted: 8/26/2022 3:44:23 AM EDT

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That Grip probably came off a Tippman 68 Special Paintball gun.

I'm guessing it doesn't have a safety detente hole?

Posted: 8/26/2022 7:02:18 AM EDT

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Most of the Lone Star grips I’ve had came off ICD Thundercat paintball guns.

Posted: 8/26/2022 3:06:41 PM EDT

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Last weeks a4 build, (sorry not retro but it's the grip we talking about)I used one of these storage grips I found squirrel away .
Then I see this thread, lol.
Nice fat grip.
Like it so far.
JP

Posted: 8/28/2022 1:40:21 PM EDT

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That Grip probably came off a Tippman 68 Special Paintball gun.
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I'm guessing it doesn't have a safety detente hole?

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It does have the hole, but someone must have added it. It's pretty poorly done, i might end up sending it off to the guy that chops the top off and turns it into a vertical foregrip.

Posted: 8/28/2022 7:03:57 PM EDT

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It does have the hole, but someone must have added it. It's pretty poorly done, i might end up sending it off to the guy that chops the top off and turns it into a vertical foregrip.

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don't chop it up ....if you need a grip for that purpose, I'll trade you an A2 for the Lone Star

Posted: 8/29/2022 10:29:01 PM EDT

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It does have the hole, but someone must have added it. It's pretty poorly done, i might end up sending it off to the guy that chops the top off and turns it into a vertical foregrip.

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I think I bought an LSO grip with sling loop from the same guy. I ended up chopping it and making it into a gangster grip.

Posted: 8/29/2022 10:44:00 PM EDT

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I've got a couple of the self-storing magazines somewhere.

Posted: 8/30/2022 12:17:30 AM EDT

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Posted: 8/31/2022 4:04:54 AM EDT

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Have they been safely storing ammo for 20 years?
Talk about a problem looking for a solution.
Pretty neat that they would work as 45 rounders.

Posted: 8/31/2022 9:30:54 AM EDT

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Oh, the extendable Thermolds.

Posted: 8/31/2022 3:56:58 PM EDT

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I scored an LSO A1 grip and "A2" rifle handguards off Ebay a couple of years ago. I almost like them better on my A1 clone than the correct GI furniture, for looks and feel. Plus they give me big time late 80s flashbacks.

Either way, I think the LSO A1 grip is one of the best ever made. I wish I had more.

Posted: 8/31/2022 5:34:38 PM EDT

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I scored an LSO A1 grip and "A2" rifle handguards off Ebay a couple of years ago. I almost like them better on my A1 clone than the correct GI furniture, for looks and feel. Plus they give me big time late 80s flashbacks.

Either way, I think the LSO A1 grip is one of the best ever made. I wish I had more.

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[Billy from Predator smiles]

Posted: 8/31/2022 6:34:08 PM EDT

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I was terribly tempted to look for a Mossberg Cruiser...

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Posted: 9/1/2022 1:15:43 AM EDT

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I was terribly tempted to look for a Mossberg Cruiser...

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Posted: 9/1/2022 4:00:48 AM EDT

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I was terribly tempted to look for a Mossberg Cruiser...

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I was unable to resist that temptation

Building this is how I first started looking for Lone Star Ordnance stuff.

Posted: 9/1/2022 4:38:11 AM EDT

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How does the Mossberg attach to the AR?

Posted: 9/1/2022 4:41:55 AM EDT

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4 Screws through the handguard and into the threaded scope rail holes in the top of the Mossberg receiver.

Posted: 9/1/2022 9:54:58 AM EDT

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That holds it under recoil?

Posted: 9/1/2022 1:36:54 PM EDT

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This is easier and you can actually use the safety

Posted: 9/1/2022 11:27:01 PM EDT

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That holds it under recoil?

If I ever work up the nerve to shoot the shotgun, I will let you know.

Posted: 9/1/2022 11:34:15 PM EDT

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This is easier and you can actually use the safety

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Very cool
Deep pockets right there.
I built mine with a Maverick 88 trigger that has a safety on the trigger guard.
It was almost all spare stuff I had lying around.
Not counting the SP1, I probably have $200 bucks into it.
Its very heavy and impractical
It was pure nostalgia for the Movie Predator that made me put it together.

"There's something out there waiting for us, and it ain't no man.
We're all gonna die."

Posted: 9/1/2022 11:51:15 PM EDT

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If I ever work up the nerve to shoot the shotgun, I will let you know.

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That holds it under recoil?

If I ever work up the nerve to shoot the shotgun, I will let you know.

Try it w/ the little mini-shells 1st, there are some very light birdshot loads. I think you'll shear the screws or the threads in the receiver if you run anything heavy. Clever w /the Mav88 FCG, but I dunno about your mount.