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Originally Posted By Fl_Pilot:
Can anyone who recently purchased an upper from Brownells confirm the hang tag date? My upper showed up with with what appears to be a March hang tag date and appears to have a couple of cosmetic blemishes. The blemishes don't bother me as much as the hang tag date since I plan to shoot this upper mainly suppressed. I'm worried that I might have received somebody's returned upper and that mine will have the larger gas port. I have no way of checking the gas port size. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/302712/D7AA77C3--307449.JPG View Quote |
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Originally Posted By TinyCrumb:
I wouldn't worry about it. It's probably a SOCOM bring-back. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By TinyCrumb:
Originally Posted By Fl_Pilot:
Can anyone who recently purchased an upper from Brownells confirm the hang tag date? My upper showed up with with what appears to be a March hang tag date and appears to have a couple of cosmetic blemishes. The blemishes don't bother me as much as the hang tag date since I plan to shoot this upper mainly suppressed. I'm worried that I might have received somebody's returned upper and that mine will have the larger gas port. I have no way of checking the gas port size. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/302712/D7AA77C3--307449.JPG |
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Without blood, it doesn't count! I survived ARFbortion2016 and all I got was this stupid sigline |
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Originally Posted By TinyCrumb:
Well I guess now we know what it would look like if we named the thread "Take everything good about a Mk 18 off of one, put really cheap ass stupid parts on it, make the barrel longer, make it a pistol, and then make it look a dumb as possible." Congrats? I guess? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By TinyCrumb:
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Originally Posted By Fl_Pilot:
Can anyone who recently purchased an upper from Brownells confirm the hang tag date? My upper showed up with with what appears to be a March hang tag date and appears to have a couple of cosmetic blemishes. The blemishes don't bother me as much as the hang tag date since I plan to shoot this upper mainly suppressed. I'm worried that I might have received somebody's returned upper and that mine will have the larger gas port. I have no way of checking the gas port size. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/302712/D7AA77C3--307449.JPG View Quote |
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Originally Posted By krdt:
My tag was dated 4/20/17 and it's .070. I'd test fire it with an H buffer and you'll know pretty quickly by the ejection pattern if it's .070 or .082. Worst case you return it to Brownells for an exchange; they will exchange/refund for any reason, and you can always say cosmetic blemishes and they should swap it out. I think you'll be fine - I am pretty sure all the "SOCOM" stripped uppers are .070 and not the old commercial spec. View Quote Also the butt-hurt in this thread is . Discussion about what's "correct" is one thing but I'm amazed that anyone would make a complete ass of themselves over it. Feels like a 3rd grade playground in here. |
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Originally Posted By CrawdadsRevenge:
This. Also the butt-hurt in this thread is . Discussion about what's "correct" is one thing but I'm amazed that anyone would make a complete ass of themselves over it. Feels like a 3rd grade playground in here. View Quote |
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The one I received is either 8/14 or 8/24. Can't tell if it's a 1 or a 2. Guess I got lucky. |
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Originally Posted By AR_Marv:
https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/465788/IMG_0507-307722.JPG The one I received is either 8/14 or 8/24. Can't tell if it's a 1 or a 2. Guess I got lucky. View Quote |
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There's a 4 prong surefire on fleabay for $250, been there for a few days now so I'm kind of surprised it's still there?
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Originally Posted By Mister_Donut:
There's a 4 prong surefire on fleabay for $250, been there for a few days now so I'm kind of surprised it's still there? Thought these were made of unicorn tears? View Quote |
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Without blood, it doesn't count! I survived ARFbortion2016 and all I got was this stupid sigline |
Originally Posted By SecretSquirell:
Not really. There's more of them out there these days and all the diehards have picked theirs up. $250 seems to be the jumping point between "that's a good deal" and "fuck that's expensive". View Quote |
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Originally Posted By MILSPEC556:
Another piece of the puzzle has arrived. @Stealthguy https://i.imgur.com/tNqLH7E.jpg View Quote It won't even shoot good now. |
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Originally Posted By StealthGuy:
You stripped da yellow earf. You must pay for your transgressions. It won't even shoot good now. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By StealthGuy:
Originally Posted By MILSPEC556:
Another piece of the puzzle has arrived. @Stealthguy https://i.imgur.com/tNqLH7E.jpg It won't even shoot good now. |
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Likes to lift heavy ass weight, set back down, then repeat.
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Originally Posted By SecretSquirell:
Not really. There's more of them out there these days and all the diehards have picked theirs up. $250 seems to be the jumping point between "that's a good deal" and "fuck that's expensive". View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By SecretSquirell:
Originally Posted By Mister_Donut:
There's a 4 prong surefire on fleabay for $250, been there for a few days now so I'm kind of surprised it's still there? Thought these were made of unicorn tears? |
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Originally Posted By Fl_Pilot:
Can anyone who recently purchased an upper from Brownells confirm the hang tag date? My upper showed up with with what appears to be a March hang tag date and appears to have a couple of cosmetic blemishes. The blemishes don't bother me as much as the hang tag date since I plan to shoot this upper mainly suppressed. I'm worried that I might have received somebody's returned upper and that mine will have the larger gas port. I have no way of checking the gas port size. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/302712/D7AA77C3--307449.JPG View Quote Also, I emailed DD a few pages back about how tight this was. I actually just asked them to send me some of their pins . . . . This was their response: "The URG’s pivot and takedown pin holes are left on the tight side so you they can be line reamed with whatever lower receiver they are being fit too. If we bring them up to the standard size, it may create a loose fit pending on what manufacture lower receiver they are being fit too so they are left on the tight or minimum size so to avoid that possible issue. If you are unable to accomplish this, Please follow the below instructions and use the attached UPS Shipping Label to send this MK18 URG back to us to hone the pivot and takedown pin holes. We will gladly get this MK18 URG back in house for an inspection then take the appropriate actions to hone the Pivot and Takedown Pin holes to proper size as quickly and efficiently as we can. We should have it back to you in two weeks." That's cool, but not sure what good that is going to do though unless they have the receiver I'm going to mate it to, so I might just see if it loosens up or sand the pins themselves down a bit. I don't have any experience with reaming pin holes. ETA: |
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Originally Posted By daojag:
Mine looks more like 8-24 on my tag, but maybe it's a 3-24 same batch as yours. No blems that I can find, just the usual 2 spots on the front rail where it's held for the anodizing. Also, I emailed DD a few pages back about how tight this was. I actually just asked them to send me some of their pins . . . . This was their response: "The URG’s pivot and takedown pin holes are left on the tight side so you they can be line reamed with whatever lower receiver they are being fit too. If we bring them up to the standard size, it may create a loose fit pending on what manufacture lower receiver they are being fit too so they are left on the tight or minimum size so to avoid that possible issue. If you are unable to accomplish this, Please follow the below instructions and use the attached UPS Shipping Label to send this MK18 URG back to us to hone the pivot and takedown pin holes. We will gladly get this MK18 URG back in house for an inspection then take the appropriate actions to hone the Pivot and Takedown Pin holes to proper size as quickly and efficiently as we can. We should have it back to you in two weeks." That's cool, but not sure what good that is going to do though unless they have the receiver I'm going to made it to, so I might just see if it loosens up or sand the pins themselves down a bit. I don't have any experience with reaming pin holes. ETA: https://i.imgur.com/oeLlQvp.jpg View Quote |
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Just with that and a dowel rod? Gotta make some fairy wands for my kids for Halloween, so I'll have some extra pieces laying around.
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Originally Posted By TinyCrumb:
Yeah, Tier 1 guys in the sandbox have been reporting for years they just carry sand paper and dowel rods around with them so they can fit their SOCOM DD MK 18 uppers on their M4s when they get them issued. This is also why you'll see some operators with cleaning rods attached to their mark 18, just wrap some 220 grit around it, works just as good. https://i.imgur.com/awx1GVY.jpg View Quote ETA: Nice pic though. Reminds me of why this thread used to be great. Remember when the MK18 thread had more cool pics than whiny shitposts? Pepperidge Farm remembers. |
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Originally Posted By TinyCrumb:
Yeah, Tier 1 guys in the sandbox have been reporting for years they just carry sand paper and dowel rods around with them so they can fit their SOCOM DD MK 18 uppers on their M4s when they get them issued. View Quote Leave it to DD to make amazing quality parts, then totally ruin it naming the RIS II FSB rail "front sight post" instead of something that makes sense like "front sight base", then now their U.R. lug channels are undersized for mil-spec + fitment. At least they seem to have fixed the .082 port debacle now. Whoever makes these calls needs to go away and let their part designers run the rest of DD. |
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Likes to lift heavy ass weight, set back down, then repeat.
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Some people are so stupid that they still don't realize that the CQBR uppers DD provides to the mil are not the same uppers that are commercially available. DD has never been anything but incredibly forward about how differently they approach their commercial products.
All I know is, tight receiver holes on a commercial upper are far from a negative in the grand scheme of things. And certainly do not play into reliability in any way. Though, I know a lot of these Colt guys are used to play and gaps between their receivers that you could slide a credit card into. I prefer a nice snug fit between my receivers, personally. That said, here's a question for the Coltflakes that were so unpopular in school that they now have to undermine anyone on the internet that disagrees with their narrative to feel better about themselves... Loaded gun to the head. Every earthly possession you own on the line. Have DD uppers been purchased and fielded by SOCOM on more than one occasion to date? No answer, bullet to the head. Correct answer, double up. Wrong answer, lose everything. How do you respond? Just my opinion, but I'd put insanely good money that none of you are taking a bullet to the head, or saying that DD uppers have never been fielded. Perhaps some are that stupid. And surely some are smug enough to lie and say otherwise on the internet. But, I think most of us know the safest bet by far in that scenario. |
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Originally Posted By CrawdadsRevenge:
Don't be silly. We all know Tier 1 sandbox operators only use 80% and commercial Colt lowers. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By CrawdadsRevenge:
Originally Posted By TinyCrumb:
Yeah, Tier 1 guys in the sandbox have been reporting for years they just carry sand paper and dowel rods around with them so they can fit their SOCOM DD MK 18 uppers on their M4s when they get them issued. This is also why you'll see some operators with cleaning rods attached to their mark 18, just wrap some 220 grit around it, works just as good. https://i.imgur.com/awx1GVY.jpg I mean, once that Colt engraving gets on that lower, it just magically turns tier one. Sharks with laser beams and all. |
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I would say yes they probably have. What makes sense to me is that if it did happen, it was in the early days of the block 2 program. To demonstrate the superiority/capability of the rail, and came as a complete DD URG as the B2 part supply system may not have been set in stone yet. This is all just a wild guess of course.
I would also have to guess they're not still supplying URGs to the units we are speaking of though. And I have to make that guess based off of photographic evidence. Every mil block 2 U.R. I have seen a forge mark close up of has been Colt or FN. As have been the barrel markings (Colt) Until there's photographic evidence this topic will always remain "can't prove, can't disprove" in this thread. Some won't ever be convinced by word of mouth, and I don't even fault that as photographic evidence would be the only thing I can call indisputable evidence. |
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Likes to lift heavy ass weight, set back down, then repeat.
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At least that's a logical answer/response.
I get the whole picture thing, but I still think the people climbing that tree are being quite unrealistic. Overall, how many of all the fielded CQBR uppers over the years have been photographed? Surely a vast vast minority. Overall, how many of all the fielded CQBR uppers over the years have been DD? Surely even a smaller vast minority. Combine that with forge marks only being on one side and often being tough to spot. Combine that with barrel IDs being entirely covered. We've likely already seen pics of fielded CQBR uppers from companies other than just Colt, FN and DD at this point. |
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Originally Posted By TinyCrumb:
Well I guess now we know what it would look like if we named the thread "Take everything good about a Mk 18 off of one, put really cheap ass stupid parts on it, make the barrel longer, make it a pistol, and then make it look a dumb as possible." Congrats? I guess? View Quote And it's a pistol because it's waiting on the paperwork. You have to use common sense in life sometimes. I'll wait for you to contact the "no-life" forum moderators. Have a good one! |
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Originally Posted By MILSPEC556:
I would say yes they probably have. What makes sense to me is that if it did happen, it was in the early days of the block 2 program. To demonstrate the superiority/capability of the rail, and came as a complete DD URG as the B2 part supply system may not have been set in stone yet. This is all just a wild guess of course. I would also have to guess they're not still supplying URGs to the units we are speaking of though. And I have to make that guess based off of photographic evidence. Every mil block 2 U.R. I have seen a forge mark close up of has been Colt or FN. As have been the barrel markings (Colt) Until there's photographic evidence this topic will always remain "can't prove, can't disprove" in this thread. Some won't ever be convinced by word of mouth, and I don't even fault that as photographic evidence would be the only thing I can call indisputable evidence. View Quote |
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Originally Posted By TinyCrumb:
Where's the Anderson lower for starters? Im not seeking attention. I simply posted a pic. You're in an uproar over a picture. And like I said, My post specifies i did my own thing. Im not paying $300 for an LMT stock. Not for the money, because I dont like it, And I dont need to purchase one either in order to start a picture thread like yourself to get maybe thise "kudos" youre talking about. We should start a picture thread of wanna be clone Navy Seals. You see this internet babble is ridiculous but I'm going to call out the chump you are. I'll knock youre block off. Unwind them panties, delete the pic if you want. I'll go have me a fine Cigar, and forget some little wanna be seal boy got uptight on the internet. Relax. Have a good one. I'm sorry, I forgot Anderson receivers are the Tier 1 package. Of course only behind the SOCOM-issued Daniel Defense package. This is where you've lost me. If you hate the idea of cloning so much, why post your rifle in here? Your pistol has nothing to do with this thread, not even remotely close. It's clear you weren't trying to clone anything, so do you just have some strange fetish with posting irrelevant shit in random threads? Or are you just that deprived for attention? What is the goal here? I wonder if in real life you just randomly interrupt people's dinner conversations with irrelevant nonsense just to get people to look at you? Are you offended or threatened if there's parts of the internet where people have a shared hobby that you're not included in? There are 20+ other threads on this forum where your rifle fits and where you'd receive the kudos you seem to so desperately need. This is not one of them, sorry it hurts you so. Thank you for your service though. https://i.imgur.com/GFCCIpN.jpg View Quote |
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Originally Posted By Je1x:
Originally Posted By TinyCrumb:
Where's the Anderson lower for starters? Im not seeking attention. I simply posted a pic. You're in an uproar over a picture. And like I said, My post specifies i did my own thing. Im not paying $300 for an LMT stock. Not for the money, because I dont like it, And I dont need to purchase one either in order to start a picture thread like yourself to get maybe thise "kudos" youre talking about. We should start a picture thread of wanna be clone Navy Seals. You see this internet babble is ridiculous but I'm going to call out the chump you are. I'll knock youre block off. Unwind them panties, delete the pic if you want. I'll go have me a fine Cigar, and forget some little wanna be seal boy got uptight on the internet. Relax. Have a good one. I'm sorry, I forgot Anderson receivers are the Tier 1 package. Of course only behind the SOCOM-issued Daniel Defense package. This is where you've lost me. If you hate the idea of cloning so much, why post your rifle in here? Your pistol has nothing to do with this thread, not even remotely close. It's clear you weren't trying to clone anything, so do you just have some strange fetish with posting irrelevant shit in random threads? Or are you just that deprived for attention? What is the goal here? I wonder if in real life you just randomly interrupt people's dinner conversations with irrelevant nonsense just to get people to look at you? Are you offended or threatened if there's parts of the internet where people have a shared hobby that you're not included in? There are 20+ other threads on this forum where your rifle fits and where you'd receive the kudos you seem to so desperately need. This is not one of them, sorry it hurts you so. Thank you for your service though. https://i.imgur.com/GFCCIpN.jpg There is literally nothing on your build that is Mk18/CQBR. This isn't an "inspired by, I'll do whatever the fuck I want to BBQ" thread. It's for the documentation of and cloning of the service rifle listed in the OP. Full stop, end of story. Now move along. |
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Here's the most direct and to the point quote from a DD rep on the subject:
"Oh and one final teaser for you clone builders-(and I am not trying to sell anything, just providing information for the "clonies")- you could buy a DD Barrel or a complete DD MK18 URG and have an actual as issued "correct" clone. These do exist "in the wild" and would be exactly "as issued"" They are not assembling CQBR uppers from non DD parts. |
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Originally Posted By SecretSquirell:
Quoiting that nonsense right there. There is literally nothing on your build that is Mk18/CQBR. This isn't an "inspired by, I'll do whatever the fuck I want to BBQ" thread. It's for the documentation of and cloning of the service rifle listed in the OP. Full stop, end of story. Now move along. View Quote |
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Your rig doesn't belong here, dude. It's a fine SBR. Just not meant for here.
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Originally Posted By Je1x:
Oh it inspired me. And I did it MY way. See the military cut down their barrels to 10.3". That in essence is the inspiration of a MK18. SOPMOD is the list for what the military approves to go on their shit. Cool. I understand all that. But see I did it MY way. If it makes u feel any better I'll apologize for violating your precious little thread. Lol. Amazing View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Je1x:
Originally Posted By SecretSquirell:
Quoiting that nonsense right there. There is literally nothing on your build that is Mk18/CQBR. This isn't an "inspired by, I'll do whatever the fuck I want to BBQ" thread. It's for the documentation of and cloning of the service rifle listed in the OP. Full stop, end of story. Now move along. No shit? Learn something new every day. No, not "inspiration", it IS a Mk18/CQBR. |
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Originally Posted By AR-Ryan21:
Your rig doesn't belong here, dude. It's a fine SBR. Just not meant for here. View Quote |
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Originally Posted By Je1x:
Oh it inspired me. And I did it MY way. See the military cut down their barrels to 10.3". That in essence is the inspiration of a MK18. SOPMOD is the list for what the military approves to go on their shit. Cool. I understand all that. But see I did it MY way. If it makes u feel any better I'll apologize for violating your precious little thread. Lol. Amazing View Quote |
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How old is the kid that put the cartoon up? Lol? Does he "belong" on this thread too? Lol
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