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Posted: 4/25/2021 9:45:33 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: She was damn fine in that movie. Is there a movie she wasn't damn fine in? |
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Posted: 4/25/2021 9:58:00 PM EST
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I need to rewatch Blood Diamond it’s been too long. Great movie. Is that rifle 11.5”?
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Posted: 4/25/2021 10:04:36 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: maybe I'll build one with my last A-1 upper I did a 733 clone with a C7 upper and it and it is really sweet. |
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Posted: 4/25/2021 10:43:01 PM EST
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Is it wrong that I'm more interested in his camo than the rifle?
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Posted: 4/25/2021 11:24:44 PM EST
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My first AR was a Bushmaster A2 model with 14.5 barrel with AK 74 brake.
I love the A2 carry handle. I put a Aimpoint Pro on it for a few years then removed it and put a Burris AR 332 on it. I needed the Aimpoint for a different AR. Love the rifle |
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Posted: 4/25/2021 11:49:12 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I need to rewatch Blood Diamond it’s been too long. Great movie. Is that rifle 11.5”? I think it's meant to represent an 11.5" carbine (733), but looks like the prop gun carbines were cut closer to 11". Here's a picture of one of the prop guns showing how far it was cut down (these were all originally 20" rifles).  This is how they're marked:  This is the actual carbine DiCaprio used on top, painted differently for another movie, with the faux suppressor from BHD attached to it:  Another photo of the actual carbine, showing the handguards made using cut up M-16A2 handguards:  This is what the prop carbines looked like before being turned into carbines: 
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Posted: 4/26/2021 12:15:46 AM EST
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I enjoy rifles like this. Mine isn't a CAR, but it has the carry handle and Aimpoint 5000. The chin weld isn't bad like some others have said. I finished most of the things for my rifle last month. I found out I had the Surefire barrel weapons mount and weaver mount in a box. The light was on my Tavor. So, off it came and it is now instead on the rifle below. I need a new picture with the light. I have a Colt Commando kit I put together. It's is an 11.5" rifle and very handy. I couldn't find pictures of it on my phone. I've gone back and forth on carry hane or red dot. A COMP M2 won out for now.
 ETA: Found two shorties pictures, but they are 10.3s. I need to Form 1 the lower pistol still. 
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Posted: 4/26/2021 12:27:19 AM EST
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Posted: 4/26/2021 12:28:48 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Hadn't heard that song before... pretty dope. Some good FN porn...  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkXEjzApCXoIf you like it download it off youtube before it gets banned. Most of that album got pulled from spotify with no explanation. |
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Posted: 4/26/2021 12:31:00 AM EST
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So does anyone currently make an A1 style upper receiver with a shell deflector?
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Posted: 4/26/2021 12:41:17 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: So does anyone currently make an A1 style upper receiver with a shell deflector? Your Overlord Brownells |
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Posted: 4/26/2021 12:56:25 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: So does anyone currently make an A1 style upper receiver with a shell deflector? https://www.tntesales.com/a2 They even have an upper they sell called the Blood Diamond |
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Posted: 4/26/2021 1:05:02 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Speaking of which anyone have a line on barrel mounts for lights that aren't crap This is what I settled on after talking about it in the KISS pic thread  Botach KZ bayonet lug rail mount and a GG&G ring mount. |
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Posted: 4/26/2021 1:49:09 AM EST
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Tbh, I prefer carry handle mounting over most mount heights. Cheek weld is gay. Chin weld is quicker.
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Posted: 4/26/2021 1:50:33 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: i've got one but i want a barrel mount for my dissy build with triangle handguards. the only good one i've found is the elzetta which wont fit my clamp on block and the rosch works which is unobtainium. wish i would've bought a crapload back in the early 2000s when they were everywhere <_< Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Just get the Surefire M500. i've got one but i want a barrel mount for my dissy build with triangle handguards. the only good one i've found is the elzetta which wont fit my clamp on block and the rosch works which is unobtainium. wish i would've bought a crapload back in the early 2000s when they were everywhere <_< for what it is worth Surefire made rifle length M500s for triangular handguard rifles. I have a round handguard rifle length M500. On the box it has a check list on wither the handguard for triangular or round. Mine of course, is checked as round. |
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Posted: 4/26/2021 3:16:33 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: LOL....I damn near pulled the trigger on one of these a few weeks back at a collector's show.  https://th.bing.com/th/id/R54726ff46adf2f084362caeb801c29c3?rik=TjVL1yRObNNMCA&riu=http%3a%2f%2fpicturearchive.gunauction.com%2f157162255%2f5324882%2fTrilux.jpg&ehk=aUmgX6qmy8IlM30%2fwN6RXz7uiAUoMku8Y5FMmWF69OE%3d&risl=&pid=ImgRaw |
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Posted: 4/26/2021 3:25:26 AM EST
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Posted: 4/26/2021 3:31:28 AM EST
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Quote HistoryBonerific. |
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Posted: 4/26/2021 7:48:04 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Is there a movie she wasn't damn fine in? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: She was damn fine in that movie. Is there a movie she wasn't damn fine in? That's her job, right? |
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Posted: 4/26/2021 7:57:08 AM EST
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Posted: 4/26/2021 8:08:34 AM EST
[#21]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Out of curiosity, how much $$$? $300.00, but that was before haggling. I was just not sure how well it would have worked on my 9mm Colt SMG upper.....I know my Burris works. |
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Posted: 4/26/2021 9:56:02 AM EST
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Quote HistoryDo you have any experience doing business with them? Does anyone else? They have two that are essential what I am wanting to build, assuming they are GTG may as well just buy rather than searching all over for unobtanium parts. https://www.tntesales.com/c7-11-5-commando-lite-hammer-forged-upper/ https://www.tntesales.com/c7-733-11-5-commando-hammer-forged-upper/ I don't really have any interest in clones. More just looking for an A1 based KISS pistol. |
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Posted: 4/26/2021 10:04:42 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Is there a movie she wasn't damn fine in? |
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Posted: 4/26/2021 10:08:42 AM EST
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Wtf?
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Posted: 4/26/2021 10:10:30 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Rifle was nice, video was silly. |
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Posted: 4/26/2021 10:10:52 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Is there a movie she wasn't damn fine in? "Every man she's ever met in her entire life has tried to flirt with her" - Paul Bettany |
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Posted: 4/26/2021 10:13:48 AM EST
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So who's going to start the Blood Diamond CAR-15 clone thread?
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Posted: 4/26/2021 10:16:59 AM EST
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Posted: 4/26/2021 11:04:19 AM EST
[#29]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Do you have any experience doing business with them? Does anyone else? They have two that are essential what I am wanting to build, assuming they are GTG may as well just buy rather than searching all over for unobtanium parts. https://www.tntesales.com/c7-11-5-commando-lite-hammer-forged-upper/ https://www.tntesales.com/c7-733-11-5-commando-hammer-forged-upper/ I don't really have any interest in clones. More just looking for an A1 based KISS pistol. They have stupid lead times and don't answer questions apparently. If you go over to the retro forum there are threads talking about them. |
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Posted: 4/26/2021 11:06:43 AM EST
[#30]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Do you have any experience doing business with them? Does anyone else? They have two that are essential what I am wanting to build, assuming they are GTG may as well just buy rather than searching all over for unobtanium parts. https://www.tntesales.com/c7-11-5-commando-lite-hammer-forged-upper/ https://www.tntesales.com/c7-733-11-5-commando-hammer-forged-upper/ I don't really have any interest in clones. More just looking for an A1 based KISS pistol. Quote HistoryQuoted: Does anyone else? They have two that are essential what I am wanting to build, assuming they are GTG may as well just buy rather than searching all over for unobtanium parts. https://www.tntesales.com/c7-11-5-commando-lite-hammer-forged-upper/ https://www.tntesales.com/c7-733-11-5-commando-hammer-forged-upper/ I don't really have any interest in clones. More just looking for an A1 based KISS pistol. I've bought some stocks and other minor things from them. Shipping was slow IIRC, but I have no experience with their custom builds. |
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Posted: 4/26/2021 11:13:07 AM EST
[#31]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Do you have any experience doing business with them? Does anyone else? They have two that are essential what I am wanting to build, assuming they are GTG may as well just buy rather than searching all over for unobtanium parts. https://www.tntesales.com/c7-11-5-commando-lite-hammer-forged-upper/ https://www.tntesales.com/c7-733-11-5-commando-hammer-forged-upper/ I don't really have any interest in clones. More just looking for an A1 based KISS pistol. They built the upper for my NCR Service Rifle for me. I got it pretty much exactly in the time frame they said I would. They're a small shop (maybe even just one guy), so they do have kinda long wait times, and things can bog down based on parts availability. I'm an example of one, though, and I do know others have had issues with them, particularly when it came to communications. |
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Posted: 4/26/2021 11:15:33 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I believe that was a Blackhawk Down Gun. Quote HistoryQuoted: I believe that was a Blackhawk Down Gun. South African mercenaries carry an unusual Colt CAR-15 variation that does not appear to be a factory-standard gun. These rifles have the receivers of M16A2s (which would normally suggest Colt Model 725s), but they also have 10-inch barrels with GAU-5/XM177-style flash-hiders. They were most likely custom-assembled for the film from the parts of various AR-model rifles. It should be noted that similar rifles can be seen in Black Hawk Down, and Bapty & Co. supplied the weapons for both this film and that one. Besides their unusual combination of features, the mercenaries' CAR-15s also feature camouflage paint and accessories such as Surefire 660 weaponlights and Aimpoint CompM2 red dot sights. Near the end of the film, Archer uses one after killing its owner, buying time for Solomon and Dia to escape before succumbing to his wound. 
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Posted: 4/26/2021 11:20:15 AM EST
[#33]
They have some green triangle handguards floating around, been contemplating those for a commando/A2 style build
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Posted: 4/26/2021 11:24:45 AM EST
[#34]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Is it wrong that I'm more interested in his camo than the rifle? No, I'd like to know where that pattern camo came from. |
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Posted: 4/26/2021 11:37:57 AM EST
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Posted: 4/26/2021 11:42:36 AM EST
[#36]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Yup. Basically a late 733 (A2 upper) with an XM177 moderator. Fixed carry handle carbines are light and handy. https://i.imgur.com/ZduJKRt.jpg Agreed. 
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Posted: 4/26/2021 11:43:46 AM EST
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Posted: 4/26/2021 2:24:19 PM EST
[#38]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I thought that DiCaprios character snagged the rifle out of an armory at the mercenary camp before taking off? No. He grabs a small pack and some basic supplies, and maybe a satellite phone (I forget if he had it or stole it). No weapons or ammo. When he kills the mercenaries as Solomon is digging up the diamond, he grabs one of their carbines, stuffs a couple of mags in his cargo pocket, and takes off. |
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Posted: 4/26/2021 2:59:31 PM EST
[#39]
I have a stripped A2 upper sitting in the safe. This has given me some ideas.
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Posted: 4/26/2021 3:12:23 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: $300.00, but that was before haggling. I was just not sure how well it would have worked on my 9mm Colt SMG upper.....I know my Burris works. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Out of curiosity, how much $$$? $300.00, but that was before haggling. I was just not sure how well it would have worked on my 9mm Colt SMG upper.....I know my Burris works. You should have bought it and built an Israeli Mekutz'rar clone.  Attached File |
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Posted: 4/26/2021 3:17:32 PM EST
[#41]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I don't know that I could bring myself to paint it. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/180161/IMG_4480_zps712b17d5_jpg-1919710.JPG Don't do it!
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Posted: 4/26/2021 3:17:44 PM EST
[#42]
Quote HistoryQuoted: You should have bought it and built an Israeli Mekutz'rar clone. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/6163/Israeli1_jpeg-1919957.JPG Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Out of curiosity, how much $$$? $300.00, but that was before haggling. I was just not sure how well it would have worked on my 9mm Colt SMG upper.....I know my Burris works. You should have bought it and built an Israeli Mekutz'rar clone. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/6163/Israeli1_jpeg-1919957.JPG  Attached File |
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Posted: 4/26/2021 9:28:36 PM EST
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Bump because these things are awesome. Help an ignorant dude out here, what's the best way to put an Aimpoint PRO or something similar on a fixed carry handle? I have to assume there's something better than slapping a picatinny rail section up there, but I'm down to do so if that's the way.
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Posted: 4/26/2021 9:57:55 PM EST
[#44]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Bump because these things are awesome. Help an ignorant dude out here, what's the best way to put an Aimpoint PRO or something similar on a fixed carry handle? I have to assume there's something better than slapping a picatinny rail section up there, but I'm down to do so if that's the way. We all hate ARMS here for reasons, but their #16A mount is the way. |
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Posted: 4/26/2021 10:01:08 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: We all hate ARMS here for reasons, but their #16A mount is the way. Yes. |
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Posted: 4/26/2021 10:54:30 PM EST
[#46]
Carry handles are still cool but A1’s are the coolest
 Attached FileAnd nothing is wrong with carry handles optics  Attached File |
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Posted: 4/26/2021 11:25:12 PM EST
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I absolutely love that rifle setup. It is not the most practical or high speed setup out there but it clearly has all you need to get some work done with it. I wish I would have bought an a1 stripped upper last year when I had the chance for cheap. I would totally build this setup.
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Posted: 4/27/2021 6:24:00 AM EST
[#48]
Quote HistoryQuoted: They built the upper for my NCR Service Rifle for me. I got it pretty much exactly in the time frame they said I would. They're a small shop (maybe even just one guy), so they do have kinda long wait times, and things can bog down based on parts availability. I'm an example of one, though, and I do know others have had issues with them, particularly when it came to communications. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Do you have any experience doing business with them? Does anyone else? They have two that are essential what I am wanting to build, assuming they are GTG may as well just buy rather than searching all over for unobtanium parts. https://www.tntesales.com/c7-11-5-commando-lite-hammer-forged-upper/ https://www.tntesales.com/c7-733-11-5-commando-hammer-forged-upper/ I don't really have any interest in clones. More just looking for an A1 based KISS pistol. They built the upper for my NCR Service Rifle for me. I got it pretty much exactly in the time frame they said I would. They're a small shop (maybe even just one guy), so they do have kinda long wait times, and things can bog down based on parts availability. I'm an example of one, though, and I do know others have had issues with them, particularly when it came to communications. When you say long wait times, we talking months or years? Realizing everything sucks right now when it comes to parts, but a 733 clone upper is on my list for a few reasons now. |
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Posted: 4/27/2021 7:08:48 AM EST
[#49]
Quote HistoryQuoted: When you say long wait times, we talking months or years? Realizing everything sucks right now when it comes to parts, but a 733 clone upper is on my list for a few reasons now. Was about 5 months for me, IIRC. |
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Posted: 4/27/2021 9:05:10 AM EST
[#50]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I don't know that I could bring myself to paint it. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/180161/IMG_4480_zps712b17d5_jpg-1919710.JPG  Attached File |
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