Ident Marking - now is the time!

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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Ident Marking - now is the time!

Posted: 6/7/2010 1:36:56 PM EDT

Talked with Jason over at Ident Marking he says that with school out they have extra hands helping and the production time has been drastically reduced. Now is the time to send in that lower for engraving if, like me, you were born with no patience at all.

Posted: 6/7/2010 2:22:13 PM EDT

[#1]

Congrats! Now you won't have to rely on the Photoshopped pics.

Did you go with the M16A1 markings?

Posted: 6/7/2010 11:08:34 PM EDT

[#2]

I wasn't able to get them to put the Colt AR15 markings on mine. Are they doing that at all? Or was it just in my case.

Posted: 6/7/2010 11:50:09 PM EDT

[#3]

I'm not aware of Ident having any issues with retro markings - they are the ones that use the slightly altered (copyright issue) Colt logo. They have done some awesome magwell roll markings that look spot on. They put the Prancing Pony logo as well as the M16A1 text on mine. Now, on the other hand ... Orion-Arms will not put the Colt logo on a weapon, they just don't care to fool around with the copyright issue at all. Could it have been Orion you are talking about?

Posted: 6/8/2010 2:18:17 AM EDT

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OK Now I am kinda miffed. I got them to put the USGI markings and the Colt prancing pony, but they refused to do the Colt AR15 markings on them even though I did specify them. After some phone calls they said something about their lawyer could not protect them if they did that or something like that. I am willing to send another one if they will do it correctly. Honestly guys, thats all I want is what I have been seeing in the photos. They look good!

Posted: 6/14/2010 4:38:07 PM EDT

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Quoted:
OK Now I am kinda miffed. I got them to put the USGI markings and the Colt prancing pony, but they refused to do the Colt AR15 markings on them even though I did specify them. After some phone calls they said something about their lawyer could not protect them if they did that or something like that. I am willing to send another one if they will do it correctly. Honestly guys, thats all I want is what I have been seeing in the photos. They look good!

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Tom was this an 80% lower? We don't mark 80% lowers with any retro marking unless you have manufacturer marking done as well. This prevents someone from trying to pass our work off as the real thing. Check your IMs as well- we saw this and IMed you about it...

Posted: 6/14/2010 4:51:11 PM EDT

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Dodger,IM sent,please read.

Posted: 6/14/2010 4:53:05 PM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:
I'm not aware of Ident having any issues with retro markings - they are the ones that use the slightly altered (copyright issue) Colt logo. They have done some awesome magwell roll markings that look spot on. They put the Prancing Pony logo as well as the M16A1 text on mine. Now, on the other hand ... Orion-Arms will not put the Colt logo on a weapon, they just don't care to fool around with the copyright issue at all. Could it have been Orion you are talking about?

Here are some examples of ident's work on with roll marks on NDS lowers:
http://www.dreamscraps.com/misc/ident.jpg

Larger Pic

I don't see the rollpin hole on the GX-5857.

Posted: 6/14/2010 5:21:01 PM EDT

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Quoted:
OK Now I am kinda miffed. I got them to put the USGI markings and the Colt prancing pony, but they refused to do the Colt AR15 markings on them even though I did specify them. After some phone calls they said something about their lawyer could not protect them if they did that or something like that. I am willing to send another one if they will do it correctly. Honestly guys, thats all I want is what I have been seeing in the photos. They look good!

"Colt" and "AR15" are copywrite protected. I don't think they can do it without get sued.

Posted: 6/15/2010 12:41:38 AM EDT

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"Colt" and "AR15" are copywrite protected. I don't think they can do it without get sued.

They make very small, almost imperceptible changes to the logos to stay within legal copyright boundaries.

I just got one back for my 653 - they do great work!! And the turnaround was shorter than expected!

The new engraved areas appear darker and stand out a little due to the aluminum black - it will fade with a tweaking and blend right in.