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WTK: Stoner 63 (Page 2 of 2)
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Originally Posted By HeavyMetal: Robinson never gave the market what it really wanted, which was a belt fed option. Originally Posted By HeavyMetal: Originally Posted By mike_nds: If that was a successful commercial product, Robinson would still be making it. Robinson never gave the market what it really wanted, which was a belt fed option. |
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Originally Posted By sgthatred: picture from the manufacturer of latest ones that were shipped out. https://i.imgur.com/Bfjoe2B.jpeg |
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Originally Posted By desertmoon: Holy smokes! Just need a flag safety and center/top charging handle variant! Those are gorgeous!!!! Ian details the differences in this video at the 37:16 mark.  Stoner 63, 63A, & Mk23: History and Mechanics These two 63 models look fantastic though. Who is the manufacturer? Is it Timothy Polston (Polston Patent Arms) in Jacksonville, AR? Do buyers have to send him their parts for assembly onto new receivers? (I’m assuming he’s not manufacturing everything.) What parts besides the receiver are actually being newly made at this point? I’d love a MK23 as that’s my favorite variant, but I doubt I can afford all the (presumably necessary) original parts. |
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Originally Posted By KitBuilder: You're describing the 63A, and yes it's the better design. Ian details the differences in this video at the 37:16 mark.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCNw9Z2Q3T0These two 63 models look fantastic though. Who is the manufacturer? Is it Timothy Polston (Polston Patent Arms) in Jacksonville, AR? Do buyers have to send him their parts for assembly onto new receivers? (I'm assuming he's not manufacturing everything.) What parts besides the receiver are actually being newly made at this point? I'd love a MK23 as that's my favorite variant, but I doubt I can afford all the (presumably necessary) original parts. There is two Stoner 63 groups on Facebook that discuss semi and fullauto guns as well as tracking history of them, changes, and parts manufacturing. You can join but make sure you asnwer the questions to apply or your app will be trashed. If you have any questions about the Stoner 63 and differences between models feel free to ask me in this thread. Some times it takes me a few days to get back to this thread since I don't always notice updates here now that I do not have a membership.  |
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Originally Posted By HeavyMetal: Robinson never gave the market what it really wanted, which was a belt fed option. Absolutely true, and they just abandoned it completely. Seems it was resurrected recently but also never went anywhere. Recall this was during the ban years as well so... |
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I should have cross posted this here but forgot about this thread. You want to know what makes a Stoner 63A so damn expensive, well here is my drawings/models of every part in the Stoner 63A Weapon System. The file is still a work in progress for the smart links in it but it has everything drawn except a right side feed unit. Here is the latest of the Complete Stoner 63A parts/assemblies pdf file. Its watermarked still since its a work in progress. I have started making the pdf smart linked so if you try it you can see that you can click on the part/assembly number bubbles or on the bill of materials list and it will move in the pdf file to either the assembly exploded view or to the individual part drawing. The only page the is fully complete for links is the Rifle configuration page but there are working hot links on other pages. There are bad links too on the other pages but that's going to be a while working on finishing it up. There are also missing part numbers and some missing assembly numbers and you will see I have assigned obvious replacement numbers until I find the correct number for which ever item. Please try it out and give some feedback. Link to 13mb pdf file: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/6xwo00h7i92c45izd7v3o/Stoner63A-Complete-Locked.pdf?rlkey=ck6d4de0iu0xxurw16iuzkrmw&st=86qk56zj&dl=0  |
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Originally Posted By sgthatred: I should have cross posted this here but forgot about this thread. You want to know what makes a Stoner 63A so damn expensive, well here is my drawings/models of every part in the Stoner 63A Weapon System. The file is still a work in progress for the smart links in it but it has everything drawn except a right side feed unit. Here is the latest of the Complete Stoner 63A parts/assemblies pdf file. Its watermarked still since its a work in progress. I have started making the pdf smart linked so if you try it you can see that you can click on the part/assembly number bubbles or on the bill of materials list and it will move in the pdf file to either the assembly exploded view or to the individual part drawing. The only page the is fully complete for links is the Rifle configuration page but there are working hot links on other pages. There are bad links too on the other pages but that's going to be a while working on finishing it up. There are also missing part numbers and some missing assembly numbers and you will see I have assigned obvious replacement numbers until I find the correct number for which ever item. Please try it out and give some feedback. Link to 13mb pdf file: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/6xwo00h7i92c45izd7v3o/Stoner63A-Complete-Locked.pdf?rlkey=ck6d4de0iu0xxurw16iuzkrmw&st=86qk56zj&dl=0 https://i.imgur.com/R58oqN3.jpeg Very cool. Thanks for this. |
WTK: Stoner 63 (Page 2 of 2)
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