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Posted: 8/3/2014 3:47:53 PM EDT
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Hey all, xm16e1 complete ! Finally .
There may be something to this being a desease, This rifle started because I wound up with a extra three prong  .
If the desease get worse .,... I guess the next project could Start from a extra roll pin. Anyway , I chose to distress this one a little because I had a pretty worn set of mottled stocks , and I didn't think it would look right Otherwise. So the upper is a nodak , finding a real ealy square Forge colt would take a while, so this is a good sustitute. The barrel is from ar15 sport, as are a lot of mics small parts. The lower is another awesome 80% lower from braceman . The transitional bolt catch is a reproduction from John Thomas, Who also did all the Parkerizing . Geobartlett helped me out with The port door from the PIF thread. It was worn and perfect for this. Next I sprayed the rack numbers and finished The gun is in norrels. 
I tried to sharpen up all the edges on the fsb, trying to give a cast look . I might have got a little dremel happy, thankfully DR. Thomas Cleaned it up for me 
Next to it's distressed big brother 
And so... I got this extra grip screw and a empty box ...... 
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Looks good Trimdad. What's that one down twenty-seven to go??  ^^^^^^^^^ This! 
Really nice though! I am within a week or two of finishing a couple of builds. I need to man up and distress the lower to match my upper! I take courage from your fine work! Can't wait for the next installment of "Trimdad's Retro AR Journey - AKA, My Wallet is empty" 
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Thanks everybody I appreciate it.
Funny thing is I kinda screwed up, when I sent the lower parts to Mr Thomas I meant to ask him to dimple the parts..... But I forgot. So at some point I'll swap them out with sonething down the road. And I used a rock river carrier instead of a real transitional one. I still haven't made up my mind if I want to spend the money On one. I know it may not be exact ,,,, decisions ,,,, decisions |
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A couple of questions:
#1: In the close up pic, left side, lower, it appears the "T" and possibly "'s" is missing "Col(T's). Is it missing or just the pic, and if so, is it to avoid copyright infringement? #2: What scope is on the other rifle pictured? And- beautiful work. 
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She's a beauty
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A couple of questions: #1: In the close up pic, left side, lower, it appears the "T" and possibly "'s" is missing "Col(T's). Is it missing or just the pic, and if so, is it to avoid copyright infringement? #2: What scope is on the other rifle pictured? And- beautiful work. Thanks! It must be the pic . Braceman usually doesn't miss anything. Now if I had been the one doing the engraving,,,, It would all be spelled wrong ! The A1 has a colt scope on it. I beleive it's a 4th generation , so it should be correct for a a1 rifle. ( if I'm wrong somebody correct me ) |
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That lower is excellent! I am also digging the transitional bolt catch. How much did that run you? Thanks! Well I probably shouldn't throw john Thomas's prices out there. But I will say it's very affordable compared to the cost of a real one. Send John a e mail, I think he still has a few left |
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Ha, you made me spit up my Dr pepper ! Im not Even close to some of you guys .... Not quite 27 .... But I'm going to be around a while Quoted:
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Looks good Trimdad. What's that one down twenty-seven to go?? Ha, you made me spit up my Dr pepper ! Im not Even close to some of you guys .... Not quite 27 .... But I'm going to be around a while Dude, I've seen that pic of your plastic storage boxes.
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A couple of questions: #1: In the close up pic, left side, lower, it appears the "T" and possibly "'s" is missing "Col(T's). Is it missing or just the pic, and if so, is it to avoid copyright infringement? #2: What scope is on the other rifle pictured? And- beautiful work. The T and s are there in COLT's, it's actually pretty easy to see. ETA: Nice build, I really want one of those bolt catches.....kinda badly
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Does he STAMP the lettering? Outstanding. I too like the bolt catch. Took me several years to find a real one. I guess they are not easy to make, from what Heatnbeat has said previously.John has sold out of the repop transitional bolt catches, I asked last night. 
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John has sold out of the repop transitional bolt catches, I asked last night. Quoted:
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Does he STAMP the lettering? Outstanding. I too like the bolt catch. Took me several years to find a real one. I guess they are not easy to make, from what Heatnbeat has said previously.John has sold out of the repop transitional bolt catches, I asked last night. Man that sucks, I was wanting another one. I'll bet he does another run. If not ask braceman , I talked to him about making some a while back |
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