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jtb33

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Posted: 5/11/2024 7:43:08 PM EDT

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From the top:

601 (still need a dimpled rear takedown pin and working on some replica Green Zinc Phosphate furniture)
604/USAF "M16" (but had to use an XM16E1 receiver)
M16A1
M16A2 w/M203 (has thin profile barrel, might move it back to an A2 barrel)
M16A2 (might swap it to an M16A4 model)
607/GX-5857
629/XM177E2 (I'm keeping the bayo lug!)
610/XM177
727
733 (the *better* gun from "Heat")
M4A1

AR-180 on the side

“The difference between treason and patriotism is only a matter of dates.”

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Than facing fearful odds,
For the ashes of his fathers,
And the temples of his Gods."

tiger222 Member Joined Oct 2004 Posts 2074 EE 100% (123) NC, USA	Posted: 5/11/2024 8:25:01 PM EDT [#1] Nice Retro Fleet you got there!!
	"It just gets that much more exciting when it has a carry handle on it. Or tiger stripes. If you have both, then you have the John Wayne in the Green Berets size of a big win."

tstetz Team Member Joined Jul 2003 Posts 762 EE 100% (50) PA, USA	Posted: 5/11/2024 8:27:03 PM EDT [#2] Very nice collection!

GBOOT99 Joined Dec 2018 Posts 336 EE 100% (13) FL, USA	Posted: 5/11/2024 9:05:24 PM EDT [#3]

Kalahnikid Ralph Bacon - Team Lighthouse Joined Oct 2004 Posts 171889 EE 100% (212) IA, USA	Posted: 5/11/2024 9:22:32 PM EDT [#4] Damn bro, nice looking line up if rifles!
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18B30 Member Joined Feb 2001 Posts 10515 EE 100% (225) OH, USA	Posted: 5/11/2024 10:04:21 PM EDT [#5] Nice!

panzersergeant Lead, follow, or get the flock out of the way Joined Sep 2002 Posts 24073 EE 100% (393) SC, USA	Posted: 5/11/2024 11:29:23 PM EDT [#6] Very nice collection.
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Spleenless-Dave Member Joined Mar 2018 Posts 20144 EE 100% (6) MO, USA	Posted: 5/11/2024 11:36:21 PM EDT [#7] You have one hell of a nice collection!!!
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Rlett4 Member Joined Jun 2008 Posts 1533 EE 0% (0) FL, USA	Posted: 5/12/2024 3:05:37 PM EDT [#8] Very nice !
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Shane733 Joined Sep 2013 Posts 554 EE 100% (2) SC, USA	Posted: 5/12/2024 6:16:34 PM EDT [#9] That is a nice collection. I hope to have that many one day. So what is next? I know you are not stopping there.

jtb33

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Posted: 5/12/2024 7:41:48 PM EDT

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Originally Posted By Shane733:
So what is next? I know you are not stopping there.

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Haha... well, with retro AR's, that may be the stopping point for me outside of getting wealthy and replacing my replicas with real ones. The other models are either too similar to the ones I have, or really oddball ones that I am not interested in like the 605, 606, or the 9mm ones like the DOE one. Those just aren't super-interesting to me. I did miss the boat on the Brownell's prototype AR15 build with the cocking handle in the carry handle - and I'd probably buy one of those if it came up for a good deal. But the thing about AR's is that I like building them. They are the LEGO's of the rifle world. AR's are what drew me towards my interest in guns... I was fascinated around the engineering of them.

“The difference between treason and patriotism is only a matter of dates.”

"And how can man die better
Than facing fearful odds,
For the ashes of his fathers,
And the temples of his Gods."

Banshee35 Member Joined Jul 2008 Posts 11770 EE 100% (134) PA, USA	Posted: 5/13/2024 3:29:31 AM EDT [#11] Not interested in a 605? Tell me you have never handled a 605 without telling me you’ve never handled a 605 It’s actually one of my favorite retro configurations Attached File Not mine but figured I needed to save this thread somehow

AK47_COMMBLOC mil-surp gun parts warehouse extraordinaire Joined Jun 2016 Posts 1002 EE 100% (14) OH, USA	Posted: 5/13/2024 4:14:10 AM EDT [Last Edit: AK47_COMMBLOC] [#12] there needs to be a crisis hotline where cloners like me can call in when our build parts lists get too deep. im not getting any sleep over here.
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backbencher Managing Member of Mischief Joined Nov 2005 Posts 77328 EE 100% (2) TX, USA	Posted: 5/13/2024 11:18:11 AM EDT [#13] Quote History Originally Posted By AK47_COMMBLOC: there needs to be a crisis hotline where cloners like me can call in when our build parts lists get too deep. im not getting any sleep over here. View Quote (877) 560-7229 - ask for Mike.
	Death to quislings.

bmwguy Joined Mar 2001 Posts 1953 EE 100% (124) VA, USA	Posted: 5/13/2024 3:04:25 PM EDT [#14] Nice collection! Where da 635?

Ricks66c10 Joined Apr 2020 Posts 29 EE 0% (0) AZ, USA	Posted: 5/14/2024 1:13:28 AM EDT [#15] That's the best "Baker's Dozen" I have ever seen! Awesome!

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