Model 1 Sales

Don't hear much about them on this site....

They have what appears to be true 20" A2 uppers and barrels...

Their barrels are advertised as 1/7 chrome lined govt profile and look to be no ban.  Made by ER Shaw but I've got to assume is 4140 being that 4150 or vanadium is not mentioned.  Also not mentioned is whether or not there are M4 ramps and whether the FSB is F stamped or standard.

Anyone have any insight?  Is there a reason M1S is not mentioned much here?

Have an M1S A2 kit from about 10 years ago, fwiw.  I like it fine.  

I would put up a picture, but can't get that function to work.   I have to get past the low post count thing, so maybe in a few years.

Call them up- they are very helpful. I have bought a lot of parts and kits from them for over 10 years.

Same here. Never had an issue with any of their barrels or barreled uppers.

I have always had good luck when buying from Model One using their web site. Buying from the owner at a gun show is a different story. The last two times (both the Spring Shoot and Fall Shot at Knob Creek), the owner jacks up his price from what he sells for on the internet. Same story each time. "These are getting hard to find, so I have to charge more".

Model 1 and M&A parts are the greasy used car salesmen of AR parts.


I remember when they used ROLL PINS to secure the front sight base.

you'd ask  -   " who makes these barrels ?"

they'd always say "FN"

I got an A2 chrome lined 1/7 way back in 99. Void of all markings. Had a cast FSB, which I had replaced with a forged one.  I always wondered who actually made it.

I haven't bought anything from them since 2011 but I noticed now it's a $75 or so up charge for an A-2 upper as opposed to a flat top.
But their adds in Shotgun News doesn't reflect this. Anyone else notice this?

As for their barrels, mine is going well after six years. Unfortunately I didn't keep an accurate round count.

I know I bought a barrel in 2004 and I've had the fsb off and it used straight pins. I don't know what they use now, but back in the day it wasn't that rair to use roll pin because it was hard to find real AR parts.
I've bought a bit of stuff from M1S, actually most recently I bought a bunch of A2 rear sight components because the "kit" I got from Brownells was missing small parts. The thing about model 1 is that they used to be the go to place for AR parts, but today their prices aren't cheap and they pretty much only sell old school stuff. No 15" keymod rails, or anything like that. They're not a bad company and if they have what you want, like an A2 upper, go for it.

The A2 stock spacers, trigger guards, and delta rings tend to be plastic rather than aluminum. The A2 stocks themselves are the low quality type with the white interior. Other parts such as bolt catch and take down pins are OK. My experience with them at gun shows is fine, but you need to know what you are buying.

Good folks. These guys were in the biz when 95% of those in the biz today were born. The owners father owned a company called NESSARD. When i was a kid, if you were working on ARs, you were buying outta the Shotgun News from NESSARD.
When NESSARD closed, the old man had 2 daughters. Each daughter went and started their own company. Model 1 Sales and M&APARTS. All parties involved are quality people.
Cool thing, neither company resembles the other even their inventory is different.
I have bought from both for getting onto 25 years now. Sadly Billy doesnt come to the Tulsa Wannamaker show anymore.
Wish i woulda had some money back when their daddy was in the biz.
Buy with confidence.

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I think I heard that he originally named the 2 girls companies drassen and ssendra.

The A2 barrel I have from them actually has the right taper under the handguards, like a military barrel.  I might haul off and buy another one.

I bought parts once from Nessard after finding their ad in the Shotgun News.  After buying parts once from them, I refused to get parts from Nessard or any of the related companies for as long as I live.

Yes, they advertised parts that were hard to get as available at very attractive prices.  But I didn't know much about parts back then, and I order a "New" A2 rifle Kit (less Lower) along with parts from some other guns being worked on at the same time.  What I found out is that Nessard sells parts with questionable histories, or no history at all.  The Buffer Tube that came with the A2 rifle kit that I bought from them was made from copper plumbing pipe.  The LPK parts were cast from a soft metal that showed mechanical wear after less than 50 rounds, and I had to fill on the piece to get them to fit in my lower (Eagle Arms EA-15 bought separately from another Seller).

The magazines were used, rusty, GI surplus, that were supposed to be new.  Parts bought for my Springfield M1A were actually from a M1 Garand.  Parts for a .45acp I was building were cast, and did not fit correctly (threw them out).  AR bolt was used (M-16 Gov Surplus I suspect), and it was missing the extractor spring insert when I got it.  Stock was surplus A1, when supposed to be an A2.

The A2 barrel was the only new part that arrived as advertised.  It was an E.R.Shaw, and shot really well.

A2 upper

I got this one from AR15sport.com this spring. Very pleased with the quality and the company. Model 1 sales would never answer my emails, AR15sport answered all within 24 hrs.

 I built a couple ARs on Nesard parts kits back in the day(late 80s). They were pure junk. The upper receivers were cast IIRC.I got one to run half assed, and the other never did run. The Essential Arms receivers I used,although cast. were really nice and dimensionally spot on.

Gunshow grade parts

That's the polite way to say it

LOL

Just ordered a light weight car barrel from them. Happy with the barrel, but shipping was 22 bucks!

I ordered a CAR stock with buffer tube assembly from them like 3 months ago, without knowing anything about them. The Internet told me they were kinda shady but they shipped the same day and I got the parts in like 6 days.All parts are surprisingly nice. The metal parts have a nice finish and the stock is well made and feels like quality. For some reason the edges are razor sharp anywhere on the stock which is a little odd lol.

EDIT: I forgot to mention they add the shipping after they process your order and it's expensive. My stock assembly was $45 and they charged $14 for shipping.

I used them in the past and they worked fine to built a cheap AR15. Of course recently I used PSA and they worked fine as well for a cheap AR15.