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Got one, thank you Mike!
ETA: Would you mind telling us how many of each are/were available? I’m curious about demand. |
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Quoted: https://palmettostatearmory.com/harrington-richardson-m16a2-special-forces-cots-marked-stripped-lower-black.html https://palmettostatearmory.com/harrington-richardson-blem-m16a2-special-forces-cots-marked-stripped-lower-black.html View Quote Ordered Thanks Mike, these are going to be great |
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Got a blem as well.
Glad i came to my senses. Was going to pass. I figure no shipping fee, blem. Win win |
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I bet I was the first one to order and my lowers haven’t even hit the mail stream yet and you get yours tomorrow. I hate you. |
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Quoted: I bet I was the first one to order and my lowers haven’t even hit the mail stream yet and you get yours tomorrow. I hate you. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Got a shipping notice Same, says it will be here tomorrow. I bet I was the first one to order and my lowers haven’t even hit the mail stream yet and you get yours tomorrow. I hate you. Allegedly It also says that UPS hasn’t received it yet, so I highly doubt it will be here before Monday. ETA: Tracking updated, it will be Tuesday. Still getting it before you. |
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Quoted: Being one state away sometimes has benefits... https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/622/img_2575a-2829935.jpg View Quote Yeah yeah rub it in. Why isn’t it built up yet?!?!? |
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Quoted: Yeah yeah rub it in. Why isn't it built up yet?!?!? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Being one state away sometimes has benefits... https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/622/img_2575a-2829935.jpg Yeah yeah rub it in. Why isn't it built up yet?!?!? |
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Hope this isn't a one and done. Was out on a detail and not able to get in to order one.
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We'll have a some more black ones up this week.
Gray is 4 weeks out. |
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Once we have a version in place, we can toggle back and forth between models.
I plan on doing some specific carbines with this lower. |
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Quoted: Once we have a version in place, we can toggle back and forth between models. I plan on doing some specific carbines with this lower. View Quote |
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Quoted: Thanks Mike https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/259822/BB4E20CC-6070-40F6-9A52-F435CD6433D4_jpe-2836614.JPG View Quote I hesitated for days and missed the blem COTS lower. I guess I'll try catching the gray when they come in stock. |
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Quoted: I hesitated for days and missed the blem COTS lower. I guess I'll try catching the gray when they come in stock. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: I hesitated for days and missed the blem COTS lower. I guess I'll try catching the gray when they come in stock. I missed the blems too and had to settle for a nice one. I prefer them pre-salted |
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Just filled out my 4473
They said 2-3 hours lol Guess I’m coming back tomorrow |
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Just picked mine up and got it built. Does this make my 723 more clone correct?
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Quoted: Just picked mine up and got it built. Does this make my 723 more clone correct? https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/19737/IMG_8346_jpeg-2836953.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/19737/IMG_8345_jpeg-2836954.JPG View Quote You're not going to recontour the buffer tower reinforcement and reanodize? |
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Quoted: Just picked mine up and got it built. Does this make my 723 more clone correct? https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/19737/IMG_8346_jpeg-2836953.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/19737/IMG_8345_jpeg-2836954.JPG View Quote No, because your upper is a 653 clone. Edit: Edit-2: that doesn't mean that i dislike your rifle. Because i definitely like it a lot!! |
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Early 723's had A1 uppers and pencil barrels. Even Colt's own promotional material for the A2 carbines (723/733) show A1 Uppers and pencil barrels.
According to some of the guys in the Somalia thread the M4 style barrels in 723's were replacement barrels installed at the units, while the 727's came with A2 uppers and M4 cut barrels from the beginning. |
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Hang on, let me see if I can find the brochure I'm thinking of.
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So yes, spec is considered C7 uppers for the 723, with a pencil barrel (factory) or an M4 profile (rebarrel). Here is a link to the Colt one sheet for the M16A2 carbine (723) from 1984.
https://thecoltar15resource.com/1984-colt-m16a2-carbine/ |
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Quoted: So yes, spec is considered C7 uppers for the 723, with a pencil barrel (factory) or an M4 profile (rebarrel). Here is a link to the Colt one sheet for the M16A2 carbine (723) from 1984. https://thecoltar15resource.com/1984-colt-m16a2-carbine/ View Quote That never specified a model just a2 carbine. Im just going by 723 like the guy said. Everything you look up on 723 is c7 |
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I’d love to do a C7 upper if I could find one. It’s amazing the demand for these, but no one seems interested in producing these are a larger scale.
The upper in question is from the 723 model H&R (PSA) sells. |
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Quoted: I’d love to do a C7 upper if I could find one. It’s amazing the demand for these, but no one seems interested in producing these are a larger scale. The upper in question is from the 723 model H&R (PSA) sells. View Quote Both Luth AR and KAK will have C7s available soon. And Brownells have them in stock quite regularly these days. |
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Yeah, that's the one I remembered. I couldn't find it. Point being that while C7 is the most prevalent, and I personally prefer it, both receivers are *technically* within boundaries for clones. I've also seen A1 profile lowers with A2 commercial markings on them. Colt has a habit of using whatever they have on hand to build rifles.
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Quoted: That never specified a model just a2 carbine. Im just going by 723 like the guy said. Everything you look up on 723 is c7 View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: So yes, spec is considered C7 uppers for the 723, with a pencil barrel (factory) or an M4 profile (rebarrel). Here is a link to the Colt one sheet for the M16A2 carbine (723) from 1984. https://thecoltar15resource.com/1984-colt-m16a2-carbine/ That never specified a model just a2 carbine. Im just going by 723 like the guy said. Everything you look up on 723 is c7 The only difference between a 653 and an early 723 upper is the barrel twist and the flash hider. 723s had a wide range of parts combinations. |
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I have one C7 upper receiver. Is a 723 clone the best use for it?
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