Posted: 4/8/2009 2:02:47 PM EDT
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I thought you guys might like this. It started out as a project by Peepshowal in the retro forum, to try and build a colt M231 port firing weapon clone, He got hold of most of the original colt parts, but a few, mainly the gas block
here is a pic of the real thing 
here is what Al had when I came into the story 
after seeing him try in vain to come up with a block for it. I told him I knewa way to get it done. one of my best friends is a talented machinist and with ALs help and some of the others who saw a real one. and using pics to go by we came up with this 
and finally it all came together to this 
it was a cool thing to make happen and it was a long time coming. he still needs to have it finished but you can tel what it will look like, It was neat to see one of the lesser known colts ride again here is a link to thr original thread M231 I forgot to add that the gasblock was hand made and is a one of a kind repro done by hand from my friends mind, its a close copy and took months to complete and it uses a unique gas tube method |
