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Posted: 8/3/2010 11:49:13 AM EDT
Cobbled it up for my proto-AR-15. What do ya'll think?
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That's not bad! Screws instead of rivets, and the smooth handle certainly looks different than the grooves or checks. I think it works as a 'prototype" bayo! Thanks. That was my thinking exactly. I chose to leave the handle in the natural plastic rather than paint it etc. Amost has a "mottled" appearance. Looks dang cool if I do say so myself! |
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What are the rings between the flash suppressor and the bayonet mount for? For launching stuff. One ring is supposed to have a seal washer of some sort. And I guess there may even be an add-on sight thingy that is used to aim while launching stuff. Thanks for the explanation. 
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Mauser Bayonet looks like. The black and white photos are from and old (1961) manual for Dutch AR10. I posted them because the flash-hider used by several retro-AR15's is from that same Portuguese variant AR10. (see photos of jntmjt1 and Magnus rifles) I thought the bayonet was fairly specific to the rifle. However, these bayonets can go for $300-600 so there has been no experimentation. |
Wondered what the little "block" on the front face of the FSB was for. Cool... As in all things legacy AR-10.
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Cobbled it up for my proto-AR-15. What do ya'll think? http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk28/Bohemus/DSCN0719.jpg http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk28/Bohemus/DSCN0720.jpg Magnus, Did you have the barrel custom machined? It looks like everything is integrally machined into the barrel. |
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Mauser Bayonet looks like. HHollow is right in that the bayo was made specifically for the Portuguese AR10 by Artillerie Inrichtingen. I believe production was estimated at no more than 1600 units and pretty much all of them went to dirty little wars in hot places, so survivors are pretty scarce. I saw one of those sell for right around $1000 (about a year ago, I think). I paid about half that for mine, though––after that sale–– so the high price may have been a fluke. (You know how crazy some people get on those auction sites!) Some details. |
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Cobbled it up for my proto-AR-15. What do ya'll think? http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk28/Bohemus/DSCN0719.jpg http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk28/Bohemus/DSCN0720.jpg Magnus, Did you have the barrel custom machined? It looks like everything is integrally machined into the barrel. Its a standard GI barrel with a old one piece Portuguese AR-10 grenade launcher/flash hider sleeve attached. I installed it in the same fashion as it was on the AR-10. I made a .630 dia bushing for it and then slid it on and pinned it to the barrel. |
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Cobbled it up for my proto-AR-15. What do ya'll think? http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk28/Bohemus/DSCN0719.jpg http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk28/Bohemus/DSCN0720.jpg Magnus, Did you have the barrel custom machined? It looks like everything is integrally machined into the barrel. Pretty cool. Its a standard GI barrel with a old one piece Portuguese AR-10 grenade launcher/flash hider sleeve attached. I installed it in the same fashion as it was on the AR-10. I made a .630 dia bushing for it and then slid it on and pinned it to the barrel. |
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Great minds think alike! (kind of, sorta)... here's mine... John Thomas http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h53/jntmjt1/P1210384.jpg Kinda, sorta, would THESE work? Dutch grooved-handle BROWN grips? http://northridgeinc.com/store/index.cfm/c123/i52 Just sayin', dontchaknow! |
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Great minds think alike! (kind of, sorta)... here's mine... John Thomas http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h53/jntmjt1/P1210384.jpg Kinda, sorta, would THESE work? Dutch grooved-handle BROWN grips? http://northridgeinc.com/store/index.cfm/c123/i52 Just sayin', dontchaknow! http://northridgeinc.com/store/index.cfm/c123/i1103 The grips will fit an M7 bayonet which will fit an AR15/M16. The M4 bayonet for an M1 Carbine will not fit an AR15. At one time Northridge had just the grips for under ten bucks. |
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