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pipboy344 · Jan 28, 2015

Found

bigfutz · Jan 15, 2017

Been looking for quite some time, haven't you? You might want to broaden your search; tried Gun Broker Dot Com?

Clicker · Jan 22, 2017

I cringed (and laughed to myself) when I saw one at the SCACS last weekend for $3K.

pipboy344 · Feb 25, 2018

bigfutz said:
Been looking for quite some time, haven't you? You might want to broaden your search; tried Gun Broker Dot Com?

I need trades. Auction site is no good.

Blackbeard · Mar 3, 2018

Can't believe you're still looking. Would think with the excess AR-15's on the market you'd be able to fill this.

pipboy344 · Mar 7, 2018

Blackbeard said:
Can't believe you're still looking. Would think with the excess AR-15's on the market you'd be able to fill this.

Been looking for years. No one has anything that isn't custom or a carbine. Really desperate. Armslist is nothing but time wasters and really obvious ATF agents trying to get me to straw purchase.

Blackbeard · Mar 8, 2018

I do wish you the best at this!

fordnut · Mar 8, 2018

There is one listed on Armslist. It is in Charolette, NC But it is built with a later lower, but, it is still cool...Might look at it.
Steve

pipboy344 · Mar 8, 2018

fordnut said:
There is one listed on Armslist. It is in Charolette, NC But it is built with a later lower, but, it is still cool...Might look at it.
Steve

He isn't taking trades and how much he wants I could buy an all original Colt for.

pipboy344 · Mar 8, 2018

Blackbeard said:
I do wish you the best at this!

Don't care if it's a Match HBAR at this point, just desperate for something.

bigfutz · Mar 8, 2018

Well lucky you! Brownells heard your cries. They are now selling all the retro styles.
https://www.brownells.com/firearms/...s%20(Descending)&avs|Manufacturer_1=BROWNELLS

Geezer · Mar 9, 2018

Stand by for all the things wrong with those from Brownells.

bigfutz · Mar 9, 2018

Geezer said:
Stand by for all the things wrong with those from Brownells.

Why would you say that? What's your inside scoop? Who's actually making them?

pipboy344 · Mar 9, 2018

bigfutz said:
Well lucky you! Brownells heard your cries. They are now selling all the retro styles.
https://www.brownells.com/firearms/index.htm?s_o=New%20Products%20(Descending)&avs|Manufacturer_1=BROWNELLS

I saw the day it was announced. They're not for trade, and I've heard very bad things on Arfcom and Reddit.

pipboy344 · Mar 9, 2018

bigfutz said:
Why would you say that? What's your inside scoop? Who's actually making them?

I've heard from people who have their hands on them that the metal quality is very hit or miss,

there's many small parts in a dark black instead of gray,

the furniture is quite brittle compared to vintage and looks & feels much different,

the barrels may or may not be correct spec depending on when it was purchased due to the company producing them set up for modern suppressors which won't let a vintage flash-hider or washer sit right,

and i've heard there's several things a collector could nitpick that would actually be extremely easy to fix that Brownell's actually sells so it seems to them like Brownells is making them pay for more parts

(i:e they all have Type-D style stocks when the A1 should have the Type-E trapdoor stock Brownells sells separately, etc.)

pipboy344 · Oct 2, 2018

Anything

Brachus · Oct 11, 2018

You may have better luck building your own clone.
That's the route I took, found a barreled XM16E1 upper at a show years ago and built a matching Nodak Spud lower.

pipboy344 · Oct 26, 2018

Brachus said:
You may have better luck building your own clone.
That's the route I took, found a barreled XM16E1 upper at a show years ago and built a matching Nodak Spud lower.

No desire at all to build, also don't have the time or money. The shows here have NOTHING except for the occasional heavily worn upper for $2,500 or more & sets of the terrible quality Brownells reproduction furniture, last SP1 I saw was $3,000 heavily worn with a 10 round magazine welded inside the lower from California.