Ode to the 602...

[imarangemaster]

I have been really busy lately, first spending a lot of time with my M1 Carbines (shooting and reloading), then for the last month I have worked 23 of the last 28 days...12 hour shifts with an hour commute each way added. Add to that my frustrated efforts to complete an M4gery for a patrol carbine (for my high country security contractor job), dealing with hysteria prices and scarcities, and I have been busy.

I alluded to this in another thread, but decided it was worthy of its own thread. I decided to take my 602/SP1 clone on patrol since I was working day shift for a change. I already had my range bag and magazines and ammo in the jeep, so it was simple to grab the 602 on my way out the door. The only reason I don't use it for patrol is the Kalifornicating bullet button and 10 round magazines. I refuse to make it "featureless" like my M4gery (allowing me to use high-caps), and spoil its beautiful retro lines.

My 602 is basically a complete Colt SP1, put on a California legal Nodak Spud 601 lower, with early mottled furniture. I haven't shot the 602 in over a year. WOW! I forgot how absolutely wonderfully the retro AR-15 handles, and its light weight, balance, and symmetry. Off-hand at 75 to 100 yards, no can or pinecone was safe. I had a ball, even limited by 10 round magazines and a bullet button. The 601/602 IS the purest form of AR-15, as originally envisioned and designed Eugene Stoner's design team at Armalite. What a weapon.



I tried making it featureless so I could carry it with high caps and a regular mag button, but it was UGLY:

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