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Posted: 3/16/2008 10:43:30 PM EDT
| Not real sure if this should be in Retro, but here goes. I am looking for a place to buy a 37mm M203 for my M4 clone. If anyone has any information or an idea of price it would be appreciated. Thanks |
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randy shivak at www.mr40mm.com He makes the M203 recievers but sells them as just a reciever or with a 37mm barrel. The reciever by itself is a normal title 1 firearm. It can be shipped to any FFL. You must file an ATF form1 and pay the $200.00 tax to put a 40mm barrel on it legaly. Cost for a reciever is 2,275.00 |
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They are listed on the equipment exchange pretty regularly and on gunbroker.com too. Price is usually around $250-$300. If you can find an old RPB brand launcher it looks pretty much dead on, although the barrel is steel and a little heavier than the real M203. The Cobray launchers are the ones you typically see, and due to the mounting system they hang a bit low, but they can be modified to pull them up to a position more like the M203. They have an aluminum barrel and are a bit lighter. |
| The real deal will cost you more, I own a LMT 40mm launcher and they retail for about $1900. Shivak makes them in both 40 and 37mm and they cost a bit more. Quality is excellent however. The cheapos will give you the basic look of a M203 and cost a lot less, so if your just after an aproximate look then that is your ticket. |
As far as I am aware it is OK as long as you are only using 12 gauge flares in a 37mm. In a DD registerd 40mm you should be OK to shoot shogtun shelss With a plastic adapter it would be more than just illegal to shoot a 12 gauge round, it would be downright dangerous to the user. |
| ORF has the real M203 rec for 599, they transfer like a reg rifle. Mr 40mm knows he's the only game in town, thats why his 37mm 203 barrels are so freakin exspensive. either way your looking at a coupla grand for an actual 37/40mm M203. Those flare launchers are sooo lame looking, not worth the 2-300 they go for. Because you can't get the ammo for either the 37 or 40mm easily or cheaply, just get a good high quality metal airsoft M203. airsoftextreme.com has them for 150, and you can get a metal barrel for it. I got a metal airsoft GP-30 for my AK74 that was Identacle to the real deal, even had MFG makers marks. |
I read it. Just sayin'. You know, since this is the RETRO forum. This is my 79-gunner, closest to the camera...  Just sayin'. |
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i have an orf receiver and 37mm barrel on mine. i would post pictures but im not savy enough to figure it out. i think i have about $1100 in it. kit for sale on sturm www.sturmgewehr.com/webBBS/parts.cgi?read=217339 |
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