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7/7/2026 6:36:05 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Scooter1942][Edited]
Walked into my LGS today and they had a bundle of old police trade-ins. Rock River LE Restricted, 16" mid-length, 1/9 chrome lined barrel, with the early (and weird) fixed A2 sight assembly sans carry handle upper. Probably the ugliest configuration ever made, but back when Rock River was a pretty good gun. I'm guessing it was early in the advent of the optics game...it's been years since I've seen one like this...maybe even pre- 9/11. Anyone have an idea which model this is and when it was made?

The thing is nearly new. A few scuff marks from sitting in a rack but it doesn't look like its been fired much at all and it was the cleanest PD trade-in I've ever seen. $469 plus tax. Totally didn't need another AR, but I think this could be a pretty handy truck gun. Is it retro cool?


Shooter6 Out
7/7/2026 6:41:42 PM EDT
[#1]
Weird...but cool. Nice buy.
7/7/2026 6:49:19 PM EDT
[#2]
I like it
I was born in Birkenhead and I was poor , I was dressed from the local army and navy store and I can tell you its no fun going to school dressed as a Japanese admiral-UKjohn
7/7/2026 6:52:00 PM EDT
[#3]
UTE2 Upper, pretty cool.

Retro lacking though.
7/7/2026 6:52:41 PM EDT
[#4]
That ain't even that ugly.  If you hadn't bought it, I would have for that price.
7/7/2026 6:53:42 PM EDT
[Last Edit: CoyoteGray][Edited] [#5]
RR Makes quality rifles. Designed to co witness an Aimpoint.
I don't need therapy. I just need someone to rob me at the gas station so I can let it all out.
7/7/2026 7:08:39 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By TGWLDR:
UTE2 Upper, pretty cool.

Retro lacking though.
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Now with more political fatigue.
7/7/2026 7:12:39 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By dphill:
I like it
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That makes at least 3 of us.
“That’s not how it works. You buy more tools and power than you need and as you fuck everything up you gain the knowledge to become a better carpenter.”

Tveddy
7/7/2026 7:47:48 PM EDT
[#8]
Define " good deal " ?
7/7/2026 7:57:18 PM EDT
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He said, " $469 plus tax"...
I don't need therapy. I just need someone to rob me at the gas station so I can let it all out.
7/7/2026 8:28:43 PM EDT
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Cheaper than a Glock!
Shooter6 Out
7/7/2026 8:33:29 PM EDT
[#11]
I like it even though the rear fixed site is a bit odd.  The midlength is a nice plus for a Leo stamped carbine.  The price makes it a great deal.
7/7/2026 8:42:03 PM EDT
[#12]
You simply must put an old, big, aimpoint on it.  (Comp C3 was it?)
7/7/2026 9:22:41 PM EDT
[#13]
that midlength barrel profile is the absolute best.  Not a pencil, not an M4.  But RRA won't make it in 1/7, so I sold them all.

Here's a few builds from the past



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7/7/2026 9:42:56 PM EDT
[#14]
Gud buy! I like it!

It's got style.
7/8/2026 12:01:54 PM EDT
[#15]
My brother still has his discontinued Elite Operator II which is pretty vintage by today's standards. I also have a circa 2009 RRA "Pistol Only" marked lower when ar pistols where still in there infancy.



7/8/2026 3:31:07 PM EDT
[#16]
I’m kinda liking the A1 stock on the middie. I might have to tinker.
Shooter6 Out
7/8/2026 3:40:43 PM EDT
[Last Edit: AR_Dale][Edited] [#17]
Looks cool, great price. Cheaper than a Glock, LOL
7/11/2026 8:57:45 PM EDT
[#18]
I like it.  

RRA makes quality stuff.  I've got an old pre-ban era RRA with over five thousand rounds through it and it is still going strong.  I wish ammo was still $100 per thousand for steel case...
7/23/2026 2:31:40 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Scooter1942][Edited] [#19]
Ok...I've been playing around. Probably shouldn't have done this because now I'm another $65 in on parts,  but oh well.


Traded the Rock River upper for a new A2. Replaced the carbine stock with an A2 I had laying around, but had to buy a new tube, buffer & spring. Looking for an A1 stock body to shorten it up a bit.

Shooter6 Out
7/24/2026 10:08:12 AM EDT
[#20]

Scooter1942,  a Slick-Sided or C-7 Upper would have been my choice over the A2 Upper.

Still a nice Carbine !!!


If I had a spare A1 Stock, I'd offer it to you .



7/24/2026 10:42:15 AM EDT
[#21]
I like it.  The price was impossible to pass up.
7/24/2026 10:47:15 AM EDT
[#22]
I like it.  The price was impossible to pass up.
7/24/2026 12:12:35 PM EDT
[#23]
LGS has a couple of those. Cool, but I passed. Hope it serves you well OP.
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7/24/2026 12:19:22 PM EDT
[Last Edit: KavonTN][Edited] [#24]
Is it a KT or L s/n? We recently traded in about 60 rifles between those and bushmaster dissapators.  It was before my time, but I think those are early / mid-2000's?  We're replacing them with Geissele 11.5 guns w/ hux cans.
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7/24/2026 12:43:48 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By KavonTN:
Is it a KT or L s/n? We recently traded in about 60 rifles between those and bushmaster dissapators.  It was before my time, but I think those are early / mid-2000's?  We're replacing them with Geissele 11.5 guns w/ hux cans.
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KT serial # prefix
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