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Posted: 6/15/2011 9:07:38 PM EDT
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yes yes yes I know..... i just finished my very first AR and i honestly can not wait to start another project. I actually really did like building rifles.... well at least building black rifle :)
well .... as i was warned that after my build i will not have spare parts, but i'll have parts for another build. 
parts you see on the picture and also gas tube roll pin, FSB tapered pins and i think something else very small. Barrel is unknown manufacture (came with parts kit) supposedly 1/10 twist 20", with already gas port drilled. Hand guards are not L and R marked but with drain hole. Port door on the upper is incorrect for retro. Delta ring is flat. My original thought is build 20" range gun with what ever lower i can find, with low profile gas block (not using my FSB), free floating handguard and maybe a2 stock (or any non trap door stocks). or build another retro?.... but then i'll runin to the same problem with barrel, drilling pins and parking it. any thoughts? |
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if you want a total do it yourself, no machining, no chemical dipping, just a range mutt kinda' job for the barrel you could always do a clamp on fsb (like this one from Armalite), and finish in one of the spray on finishes from Brownells like Aluma-Hyde II, or Gun-Kote in a nice dark parkerizing grey color
and since this is the retro forum....I can't recommend using a free float tube or any lower other than an NDS 
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I honestly would build another 603 out of it. You can sell the unfinished barrel and put the funds towards an original. but why would i need two 603? Good question. I have two, but I sure as hell don't need two! Technically my M16A1 is a 613, though.
Also, you can trade someone your 603 receiver for a 604 receiver. I lucked into an inexpensive 604 receiver a while back, so I'm going to build it up to go along with my 603's. |
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I honestly would build another 603 out of it. You can sell the unfinished barrel and put the funds towards an original. but why would i need two 603? Good question. I have two, but I sure as hell don't need two! Technically my M16A1 is a 613, though.
Also, you can trade someone your 603 receiver for a 604 receiver. I lucked into an inexpensive 604 receiver a while back, so I'm going to build it up to go along with my 603's. thats true..... iu guess i should just go to gun shows find some deals and see what i'm going to end with.... maybe another retro build or something different :) |
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I honestly would build another 603 out of it. You can sell the unfinished barrel and put the funds towards an original. but why would i need two 603? ...?? Why would you need...?? Man, just when I thought you were starting to "get it" here, you ask a silly question like that 
Just sit back, brother, and let the disease take over! It hurts worse if you fight it! You "need" a 603 from each year from 1964 through 1982! You do! You may not know that yet, but you do. 
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I honestly would build another 603 out of it. You can sell the unfinished barrel and put the funds towards an original. but why would i need two 603? ...?? Why would you need...?? Man, just when I thought you were starting to "get it" here, you ask a silly question like that
Just sit back, brother, and let the disease take over! It hurts worse if you fight it! You "need" a 603 from each year from 1964 through 1982! You do! You may not know that yet, but you do. lol....... i'm still a newbie.... so there is still a fight within me against that disease :) give me some time i'll join your ranks pretty soon :) |
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I like the range rifle idea with the barrel and coat it with alumahyde. Clamp on FSB, use the cheapest quality furniture and lower you can find. A free float rig might be cool but the set-up might shoot outstanding without it. That would get you shooting in a hurry. Personally I'd keep the upper receiver as nice as it is or swap for a 604 and probably build a flat top (not retro) that I could scope, but I'm nearly blind.
Remember asking me why I had 9 AR-15's? I like to build them also and when they shoot 1ish MOA I don't get rid of them and if they don't I usually screw with them until they do or quickly sell. One reason I keep initial cost's down, so they are easy to unload without losing any coins. Another idea would be use the upper and build a light weight retro carbine. Lot's of thin profile carbine barrels out there. An AR-15/M-16 retro carbine is a real good time. My favorite AR is the one I'm shooting at a specific time. I say build them while you still can. Figure in another ten years it will be highly illegal to do so with out a lot of red tape and coins. |
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Sell the barrel and handguards, use money to help purchase a 16" superlight barrel and start on a proper XM177E2 clone. This is a great idea as well. Did XM177E2's use square forge upper receivers? If you don't want to do that, you can build an XM16E1 as well.
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