I didn't have a dedicated lower ready for it, so my buddy Hermes from Reliable gun got me a stripped Colt Canada lower for pretty cheap. Actually, it was about half the price of my first stripped lower when these things first came out.
This one was a light gray like my previous ones, but I didn't bother soaking this one in G96/CLP for three weeks to darken it up. This one also didn't have any markings between the maple leaf and the serial number. I had it engraved before I had a chance to take a pic of the virgin receiver though, so you'll have to use your imagination. Also, I had the wrong engraving put in, as this build was supposed to have a fixed carry handle so it should have just been C7 instead of C7A2.
The engraving wasn't perfect, I think the font is a bit on the small side, but whatever, the lower didn't cost me much so I don't really care.
Aside from the stripped lower, and the DPMS LPK, I dug a few other Colt Canada parts out of my spare parts box. I don't think these items however were on the earliest C7s.
Anyway, slapped it together and ended up with this:
Yeah, the upper came with this sling and I just threw it on. I was too lazy to dig out the C7 sling that came with my SA20.
As mentioned before, I don't think the first C7s came with the TRIAD rail, but since it was in my spare parts box, I threw it on anyway. I also have a KAC M5 RAS rail for this length of barrel, but I don't think I'll be using that one unless I go with a flat top upper for it.
A replica "Claw" from Frontier Firearms I think. It was cheap and in my spare parts box.
The colors don't match, just like the real deal.
Not exactly the same as the C7 when I first joined the CF, but it's black.
When I first joined the CF, our unit didn't have the green furniture. The rifles were all black, fixed A2 buttstocks, but flat top uppers with the Elcan. They didn't have the Norgon ambi mag release, ambi selector, TRIAD rail, or the "Claw" charging handle. I have no idea what configuration they were before I joined, so I'm not even sure if they ever had the fixed carry handle.
I'll have to find some time to take this thing out to shoot one of these days.