My retro AR

I'm new here, and love it. Mainly, I collect old stuff. Among other things, I have a complete collection of all the US Army main battle rifles ever issued using cartridges and all their accessories.
My wife and I were watching a show on the history channel on this and she commented that of all the rifles and such I had ....I didn't have an early m16.
I never really thought about it before. I do have a class 3 M16a2 to cover my m16 niche, but I didn't have one like the one I carried in '71 (101st Abn).
At this stage in my life I didn't want another NFA rifle, so I did the next best thing and built this AR.
The only thing about this rifle that's 'modern' is the lower receiver and trigger group...all the other parts are vintage M16A1. The barrel is a Colt stamped chrome lined unissued A1 military barrel, the other parts are old Colt military. The sling is vintage Nam as are the magazines(Colt) and bayonet, they are actually my original issued items.
The helmet is my fathers WW2 original issued item it served him during the liberation of the Philippines.
I'm a Colt trained Leo armorer.
The rifle shoots dead center from a bench rest at 100 yards!
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very , very , nice , its a looker , whos lower did you use ?

im not in possesion of a WWII helmet but i have a VN vintage , and likt you , i felt i needed one of these , ill show mine [photos not as nice as yours] ignore the scope - i shoot this and cant see anymore :>{
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...ifles026-1.jpg
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...fles0201-1.jpg
i used a DPMS lower [they are just down the road from my office , mine is fitted out to 1967-69 vintage ,

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...fles0191-1.jpg
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...fles0181-1.jpg
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...fles0171-1.jpg

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...elmit001-1.jpg
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...elmit002-1.jpg

and oddly enough i just took an armourers school with some LEOs from wisconsin , and some folks from here , not colt tho ............

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Originally Posted by A square 10

very , very , nice , its a looker , whos lower did you use ?

im not in possesion of a WWII helmet but i have a VN vintage , and likt you , i felt i needed one of these , ill show mine [photos not as nice as yours] ignore the scope - i shoot this and cant see anymore :>{
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...ifles026-1.jpg
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...fles0201-1.jpg
i used a DPMS lower [they are just down the road from my office , mine is fitted out to 1967-69 vintage ,

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...fles0191-1.jpg
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...fles0181-1.jpg
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...fles0171-1.jpg

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...elmit001-1.jpg
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...elmit002-1.jpg

and oddly enough i just took an armourers school with some LEOs from wisconsin , and some folks from here , not colt tho ............

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Pretty cool, Looks like we went to different High Schools together:D !

Say ..on your scope and mount, I guess great minds think alike ...I have the same scope and mount. I don't have a pic, but I improved the setup a lot...here's what I did, you may want too also:
I cut the mount off right over the front curve of the carry handle and recentered the scope. A drop of black paint on the edge only makes it look cherry!
Works like a champ.... aids in eye relief and looks a whole lot better that way!

Nice stuff, guys. Thanks for sharing.:thup:

I'm

Nice stuff, guys. Thanks for sharing.:thup:

I'm sure

Nice stuff, guys. Thanks for sharing.:thup:

I'm sure my M4-gery will be "classic" or "retro" one day, if the gov't lets me keep it.

:confused: worst thing is that it was a brand new concept hot off the assembly line when they told me to report to the arms depot, turn in my 14 and pick it up!

Guess that makes me retro too!:banghead: