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Posted: 12/1/2005 6:10:50 PM EDT
| Where do I find one or close to it? I have an upper off an M16 and looking for an original looking lower. SP1 would do fine. I'm watching for a used one. Does anyone sell new A1's? Thanks Joe |
Me.  And I'm currently working on an early Air Force type lower. The A1 lower is on a milsurp M16A1 upper assy, and a delight to my soul The current project will go under the AF surp upper assy I already have.Understand. If you're like me and want to do the job w/only hand tools, you're probably looking at weeks of filing. polishing and finishing. I don't have a machine shop, nor the skill to use anything other than a drill press anyway, so it's an hour or so of filing 4 or 5 nights a week, and maybe part of a weekend day. Since I don't own a digital camera, I can't post any pics of the completed piece yet; but have committed myself to beg, borrow, or steal one after I finish the current project; which will almost certainly be in early 2006. BTW; for anyone contemplating such a project, who is going to acquire a new lower to start with; I strongly recommend getting any of the lowers made made by Continental. That would include Rock River, Century, Stag, and ??. Basically, if the serial no. starts with "CM" it;'s a Conti piece. My A1 project was with a Rock River lower, and was much less of a hassle than the DPMS unit I'm currently hacking on. Things like corner chamfers, front wall finish, and such are making this second project even more of a tussle than the first one was.  I empathize with anyone who wants the lower under his early type upper to "look right". But at least for the moment, it appears to be a do it yourself job. |
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A1s aren't slabsides, A1's are reinforced descriptions and pics are here |
No pics at the moment, since my only camera is a stone age Nikon from the PX a million years ago. As I posted in my first note, I'll wait 'til the early AF clone lower is finished, then figure out a way to get postable pices, and take some. Of course I'll have to go over to General Discussion and find out how to post pictures on the internet. I really am a total idiot on these things. Guess I spent too much time learning about firearms and shortwave radio when I was younger. My knowledge a/b shortwave and ham radio is now totally obsolete and useless, and sometimes I feel the my knowledge of firearms is getting that way. Maybe that's why I gravitate tho the early types of ARs, Spend much more time shooting the A1 and XM177E2 clones than the M16A2 and M4geries I've got And of course, Tweak is right. The only "slabside" LOWERS are the early experimental types and the Colt SP1s and 2s. |
Yes, this is correct about the slab sides. I have an upper off a Colt model 604. This should have either partial or full fence without the A2 reinforcements. I think I'll build my own and have some questions for BIY forum now. Thanks for any comments or help on this, Joe |
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