Finished product of the "Doing the Retro Thing Again" thread.
The display is a prototype of a display case I designed/built for a USAF GAU-5/A/A Commemorative AR project I started with two other...
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Finished product of the "Doing the Retro Thing Again" thread.
The display is a prototype of a display case I designed/built for a USAF GAU-5/A/A Commemorative AR project I started with two other...
Not too bad. Better than a fin grip!
Found a slick side chrome BCG on sale at Brownells. PERFECT! Ordered it
MY bug out is my 6400C 2002 vintage M4 Match Target. Hits golf balls at 100 yards with iron sights from a rest....
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I had put a current Colt BCG in the SP1 upper, but opted instead for a Stag Nickel Boron BCG I have. Close to "chrome" in appearance. Looks better. May eventually round up a chrome slick side for...
My 601 rifle project from about 15-16 years ago....
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US Military Advisors in Vietnam 1961-1963 (project AGILE). Love the Duck Hunter "Beu Gam" camouflage. Bought commercially from stateside sporting goods retailers
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Been awhile since I have retroed, the closest lately being my Colt 6400C ban era M4. The stupid prices for original retro and even repop has kept me away.
It all starts with a part. Came across...
There was the 22 Gustovsen (sp?), which was a necked down 30 carbine, IIRC, but it lacked case capacity. Then cam the .224 Winchester. It had the same case as the current 223, but a shorter, stubby...
I have noticed from both working at the gun shop and selling stuff on Gun Broker that Carbine prices are down. Recently I have seen mix-masters for $1000 to $1100 again. Last year, the cheapest were...
A bunch of "Thump"
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The 300 shines in sub-sonics, if supressed. otherwise it performs like a 45 ACP with better bullet. When using the factory loaded super-sonics (110, 115,120, and 125s) it is just below 7.62x39 in...
I have had an AR in 300 BLK for awhile and LOVE the round also. Ruger makes it in Tactical model with flash hider, but those are a no-no in Commiefornia. I found this one with a standard barrel,...
It is no secret that I am a M1 Carbine fan, going back to my be a kid in the 19502, hearing my dad talking about carrying one on Iwo Jima, and subsequently carrying one my self as a law enforcement...
I think Ill try to find a period correct aluminum Tyler T grip.
Mine will live in a pistol lock box in the RV with three speed loaders of Winchester standard Velocity Winchester 110 grain Silvertip HPs and two Bianchi speed strips of Snake Shot. I'm retired LEO,...
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Letters are $100 now.
It is actually a Victory model, with the V serial number. IIRC, it was made in 1943 based on serial number. Thousands were without US Government property markings, and shipped to police departments...
I work part time in a local gun store, and I just picked up a S&W Victory model, .38 Special, 4 inch, lanyard ring, walnut grips, with a V serial number and all matching numbers. I does not have "US...
I also replaced the recoil spring with qa Wolf factory standard 16 pound one.
Here it is. Probably zero collector value, but a really good shooter! The lugs on the barrel are crisp and intact, and the lock up in the Brazilian slide is 100%. It floated around in the Colt...
Picked up an interesting basket case. According to serial number, it was made by Colt in 1920. It had some pitting polished out and re-blued for an ugly finish, and for some reason had the channels...
I last saw waffle mags "in the wild" was occasionally at gun shows in the late 80s and early 90s. They ran about $75 a piece then.
Finished project: Replaced the factory fixed M4 stock with a Colt N1 Fiberite CAR-15 stock and 4 position tube, and replaced the heavy factory epoxied, dual heat shield M4 handguards with CAR-15...