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Posted: 5/26/2004 4:10:28 PM EDT
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Could someone please post a picture of the back of a coated aluminum SP-1 CAR stock. In particular, the back of the buffer tube with the stock retracted. thanks Scott |
I bought a Colt SP1 CAR stock off of ebay. The dimension inside the stock (where it rides on the buffer tube) is the standard colt 1.15", however, the stock has the more curved cuts where the round part of the buffer tube goes into the square (bottom) part of the buffer tube like on a non-Colt collapsible stock. I am wondering if this stock is acutually Colt. |
Checking my Colt metal jpb against a recent non Colt M4 type, I can't see any noticable difference in the area you're referring to; certainly not enough to show up in a photo. Re the letters under theadjuster; that does sound like Colt. My own stock doesn't have any the you can see, but i've always assumed that the coating was thick enough on the base to obscure the letterson the base. Since I bought mine new in the box in 1977 (or was it 78?) never questioned the origin
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The markings on mine are visible under the latch. It has some other markings on the other side. I think Colt aluminum CAR stocks were sprayed as there is no thick coating where the buffer tube rides. I have been reading about the processes on the internet that companies use to plastic coat stuff. |
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The knurling is almost totally non existant on mine, because the coating is so thick. You can see it, but you really can't feel anything but a kind of wavy sensation if you run your hand over it.. I keep a rubber slip on pad on it anyway, to give a slightly longer length of pull, and to keep the coating from getting chipped off or dinged. |
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Colt Sp1/Xm177 stocks are coated with vinyl acetate a black rubber like finish that was applied by a spray on finish. Colt stocks are marked with (nn) on the right side of the stock under the release lever, sometimes it's hard to see the mark as the finish can vary from thick to thin . The new replica stocks I have are not marked with the (nn) but are made by the same manufacturer. If you need pics of stocks you can search under my screen name and see vaious pics of Sp1 and XM177 carbines I've posted over the last year. |
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