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Originally Posted By PanelVanHalen: Page 100 is MINE! View Quote At least add something to the thread... Attached File |
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Hello Mike, do you still plan on releasing A1-style ejection port covers?
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Mike
When you get in some more 20 inch barrels for complete uppers and rifles , what is the price on those going to be? The complete a2 uppers are $850. Will the price be about the same for the A1 complete uppers? Thank You |
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Anyone know if there will ever be A1 or XM177E2 uppers?
Or at least stripped A1 uppers so I could build it up myself? I'm getting more and more tempted to buy a Commando upper and just pin and weld an XM177E2 flash hider and grenade launcher on it... |
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Any chance we might get a Blood Diamond A2 complete upper?
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Originally Posted By jimmyspinn: Stripper uppers? /media/mediaFiles/sharedAlbum/0f4_zps801d39ce_JPG-104.jpg View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By jimmyspinn: Originally Posted By Akin: Anyone know if there will ever be A1 or XM177E2 uppers? Or at least stripper A1 uppers so I could build it up myself? I'm getting more and more tempted to buy a Commando upper and just pin and weld an XM177E2 flash hider and grenade launcher on it... Stripper uppers? /media/mediaFiles/sharedAlbum/0f4_zps801d39ce_JPG-104.jpg Do they come w/ a little pole, a stroller w/ a smaller upper in it, and a college fund? |
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Death to quislings.
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No idea what y’all are talking about, it clearly says stripped uppers…
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Originally Posted By Alpha-17: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53215362329_90d2d821d4_z.jpg I hope we can get some news soon on H&R A1 uppers. Complete, stripped, doesn't matter. Hell, I'd even jump on a complete XM16E1 if the price was right, I just want to finish this project soon. Getting really hard to resist just buying a surplus upper and rebuilding from there. View Quote Wouldn't we all... |
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C7 stripped uppers in stock @ Brownells
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Diplomacy is the art of saying "nice doggy" until you can find a rock. And most of all FJB
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I admire what Mike and PSA are doing but I'm tired of waiting and thus moving forward with my own A1 601-ish build. I've got a assembled slick side upper inbound from Luth-AR. The 2nd I've bought from Luth in the last 6 mos. They limit you to 1 per order but it ships in 2 days and is of high quality. My GAU5A/A-ish clone looks and works fine with it.
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Originally Posted By MadMax66: I admire what Mike and PSA are doing but I'm tired of waiting and thus moving forward with my own A1 601-ish build. I've got a assembled slick side upper inbound from Luth-AR. The 2nd I've bought from Luth in the last 6 mos. They limit you to 1 per order but it ships in 2 days and is of high quality. My GAU5A/A-ish clone looks and works fine with it. View Quote lets see it when you are done! sad you have to "settle" for something you don't want , I am spending money elsewhere on other projects I had saved for stripped grey A1 uppers . I am getting sick of waiting almost a year now myself, but who knows maybe some lucky day they will pop up in another year or 2 |
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I just don't understand why A2 lowers and uppers are all over the place when, if my understanding is correct, H&R didn't even make any A2s back in the day.
I'll keep waiting for A1s... but I do wish they'd stop focusing on A2s. |
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I keep seeing people complaining about the lack of a1 upper receivers non stop. That is what's getting frustrating and annoying and kinda kills off vibes for me.
To everyone that's bitching and moaning, I ask you this...... What would you be doing if H&R never got resurrected by PSA? The supply and variety with NDS was nowhere near what is being put out now. |
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Originally Posted By FreakSe7en: I keep seeing people complaining about the lack of a1 upper receivers non stop. That is what's getting frustrating and annoying and kinda kills off vibes for me. To everyone that's bitching and moaning, I ask you this...... What would you be doing if H&R never got resurrected by PSA? The supply and variety with NDS was nowhere near what is being put out now. View Quote because lots of us have purchased lowers from H&R and want stripped uppers from the same site that have been out of stock forever. we can't complete our builds because all they sell are completed uppers that a lot of us can't afford or don't want because we like to put them together ourselves.. and it's fun to see everyone post at least once a week asking about stripped A1 uppers because it's a running joke now LOL |
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Originally Posted By Droodog: because lots of us have purchased lowers from H&R and want stripped uppers from the same site that have been out of stock forever. we can't complete our builds because all they sell are completed uppers that a lot of us can't afford or don't want because we like to put them together ourselves.. and it's fun to see everyone post at least once a week asking about stripped A1 uppers because it's a running joke now LOL View Quote Big fan of whoever made the meme that has the hat with the A1 upper on it! |
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Originally Posted By Razgriz56342: Big fan of whoever made the meme that has the hat with the A1 upper on it! View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Razgriz56342: Originally Posted By Droodog: because lots of us have purchased lowers from H&R and want stripped uppers from the same site that have been out of stock forever. we can't complete our builds because all they sell are completed uppers that a lot of us can't afford or don't want because we like to put them together ourselves.. and it's fun to see everyone post at least once a week asking about stripped A1 uppers because it's a running joke now LOL Big fan of whoever made the meme that has the hat with the A1 upper on it! |
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The voices in my head say I’m just being paranoid
KY, USA
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Originally Posted By Razgriz56342: Big fan of whoever made the meme that has the hat with the A1 upper on it! View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Razgriz56342: Originally Posted By Droodog: because lots of us have purchased lowers from H&R and want stripped uppers from the same site that have been out of stock forever. we can't complete our builds because all they sell are completed uppers that a lot of us can't afford or don't want because we like to put them together ourselves.. and it's fun to see everyone post at least once a week asking about stripped A1 uppers because it's a running joke now LOL Big fan of whoever made the meme that has the hat with the A1 upper on it! Wen hat? |
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Originally Posted By Droodog: because lots of us have purchased lowers from H&R and want stripped uppers from the same site that have been out of stock forever. we can't complete our builds because all they sell are completed uppers that a lot of us can't afford or don't want because we like to put them together ourselves.. and it's fun to see everyone post at least once a week asking about stripped A1 uppers because it's a running joke now LOL View Quote there obviously is a shortage or a problem somewhere in the supply chain. |
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Originally Posted By mtomso7464: there obviously is a shortage or a problem somewhere in the supply chain. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By mtomso7464: Originally Posted By Droodog: because lots of us have purchased lowers from H&R and want stripped uppers from the same site that have been out of stock forever. we can't complete our builds because all they sell are completed uppers that a lot of us can't afford or don't want because we like to put them together ourselves.. and it's fun to see everyone post at least once a week asking about stripped A1 uppers because it's a running joke now LOL there obviously is a shortage or a problem somewhere in the supply chain. Mike can mill out a forged A1 80% lower w/ his router in the jig in 5 minutes, drop it in the LASER engraver, then send it off for anodizing. How long would it take you to take an A1 upper forging to 100%? You've got to bore a 1" hole all the way through the thing precisely. The threading for the bbl nut has to be exactly concentric w/ your hole. Then your carry handle sight cut has to be exactly parallel to the hole. This isn't just Dremeling your 1" steel pipe & welding a Picatinny rail on the top. |
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Originally Posted By Akin: I just don't understand why A2 lowers and uppers are all over the place when, if my understanding is correct, H&R didn't even make any A2s back in the day. I'll keep waiting for A1s... but I do wish they'd stop focusing on A2s. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Akin: I just don't understand why A2 lowers and uppers are all over the place when, if my understanding is correct, H&R didn't even make any A2s back in the day. I'll keep waiting for A1s... but I do wish they'd stop focusing on A2s. Oh, this, so much this. The "toob" uppers are especially frustrating because they're just an outdated modern upper. I'm happy for those that like that style, but I really wish H&R had focused on what should have been their core product, reproduction M16A1s and related designs, rather than go the route of 120 variations, 5 in stock. Originally Posted By Droodog: because lots of us have purchased lowers from H&R and want stripped uppers from the same site that have been out of stock forever. Exactly. I've got a now complete lower sitting around, collecting dust. I've also got a decent chunk of change sitting around waiting for an upper to come into stock. Since we don't really have a clue when that might be, that money has to sit there rather than be used for other projects. That's very frustrating, and is starting to make me regret getting started on this project in the first place. Hell, I'd happily take a complete A1 or E1 upper, just so the build would be finished. |
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Originally Posted By Alpha-17: Oh, this, so much this. The "toob" uppers are especially frustrating because they're just an outdated modern upper. I'm happy for those that like that style, but I really wish H&R had focused on what should have been their core product, reproduction M16A1s and related designs, rather than go the route of 120 variations, 5 in stock. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Alpha-17: Originally Posted By Akin: I just don't understand why A2 lowers and uppers are all over the place when, if my understanding is correct, H&R didn't even make any A2s back in the day. I'll keep waiting for A1s... but I do wish they'd stop focusing on A2s. Oh, this, so much this. The "toob" uppers are especially frustrating because they're just an outdated modern upper. I'm happy for those that like that style, but I really wish H&R had focused on what should have been their core product, reproduction M16A1s and related designs, rather than go the route of 120 variations, 5 in stock. The A2 is just another variation of the old carry handle M-16. Optics are modern. Mike is selling EVERYTHING he puts up on the H&R website as fast as he can put it up there, he'll get back to A1s when A2 demand slacks off. Bitch enough and maybe he'll put his M-1 Garand project ahead of A1 uppers, H&R did make Garands back in the day. |
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Originally Posted By backbencher: The A2 is just another variation of the old carry handle M-16. Optics are modern. Mike is selling EVERYTHING he puts up on the H&R website as fast as he can put it up there, he'll get back to A1s when A2 demand slacks off. Bitch enough and maybe he'll put his M-1 Garand project ahead of A1 uppers, H&R did make Garands back in the day. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By backbencher: Originally Posted By Alpha-17: Originally Posted By Akin: I just don't understand why A2 lowers and uppers are all over the place when, if my understanding is correct, H&R didn't even make any A2s back in the day. I'll keep waiting for A1s... but I do wish they'd stop focusing on A2s. Oh, this, so much this. The "toob" uppers are especially frustrating because they're just an outdated modern upper. I'm happy for those that like that style, but I really wish H&R had focused on what should have been their core product, reproduction M16A1s and related designs, rather than go the route of 120 variations, 5 in stock. The A2 is just another variation of the old carry handle M-16. Optics are modern. Mike is selling EVERYTHING he puts up on the H&R website as fast as he can put it up there, he'll get back to A1s when A2 demand slacks off. Bitch enough and maybe he'll put his M-1 Garand project ahead of A1 uppers, H&R did make Garands back in the day. A2 uppers have been in constant stock for weeks. Clearly he's not selling "EVERYTHING he puts up on the H&R website as fast as he can put it up there", and certainly not in comparision to A1 stuff that almost always is sold out with 24 hours. And sure, he can always put his Garand project ahead of the A1s that are actually selling, and I can look elsewhere for an upper and not give him my money. Joys of a free market. Getting close to that point anyway. |
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The voices in my head say I’m just being paranoid
KY, USA
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Originally Posted By backbencher: The A2 is just another variation of the old carry handle M-16. Optics are modern. Mike is selling EVERYTHING he puts up on the H&R website as fast as he can put it up there, he'll get back to A1s when A2 demand slacks off. Bitch enough and maybe he'll put his M-1 Garand project ahead of A1 uppers, H&R did make Garands back in the day. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By backbencher: Originally Posted By Alpha-17: Originally Posted By Akin: I just don't understand why A2 lowers and uppers are all over the place when, if my understanding is correct, H&R didn't even make any A2s back in the day. I'll keep waiting for A1s... but I do wish they'd stop focusing on A2s. Oh, this, so much this. The "toob" uppers are especially frustrating because they're just an outdated modern upper. I'm happy for those that like that style, but I really wish H&R had focused on what should have been their core product, reproduction M16A1s and related designs, rather than go the route of 120 variations, 5 in stock. The A2 is just another variation of the old carry handle M-16. Optics are modern. Mike is selling EVERYTHING he puts up on the H&R website as fast as he can put it up there, he'll get back to A1s when A2 demand slacks off. Bitch enough and maybe he'll put his M-1 Garand project ahead of A1 uppers, H&R did make Garands back in the day. I’d be so mad if H&R offered Garand parts kits and barreled actions, I’m totally shaking with rage right now. |
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Sometimes the squeaky wheel gets the grease. We can only hope that by voicing our frustration our A-1 prayers w/ be answered SOME day. Like others I go on their site daily to pretty much find the same ‘ol’ same ‘ol. By no means knocking Mike. We’re all grateful for the opportunity to acquire these beautiful rifles/parts but…
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How much are gray H&R A1 uppers going for on the secondary market anyway,Id like to get one.
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I aint doin nothing,but doing nothing means a lot to me.
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They aren't I don't think lol I haven't seen any since stripped uppers first came out
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Originally Posted By Alpha-17: Oh, this, so much this. The "toob" uppers are especially frustrating because they're just an outdated modern upper. I'm happy for those that like that style, but I really wish H&R had focused on what should have been their core product, reproduction M16A1s and related designs, rather than go the route of 120 variations, 5 in stock. Exactly. I've got a now complete lower sitting around, collecting dust. I've also got a decent chunk of change sitting around waiting for an upper to come into stock. Since we don't really have a clue when that might be, that money has to sit there rather than be used for other projects. That's very frustrating, and is starting to make me regret getting started on this project in the first place. Hell, I'd happily take a complete A1 or E1 upper, just so the build would be finished. View Quote Every upper that isn't a m4 upper is just an outdated modern upper |
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80 % took 8 minutes for the pocket in a CNC, that was the easy part the HOLES for trigger, hammer and selector took longer and have to be precise. And with modern machines, and the correct fixtures , what you described about the upper machining is not as difficult as you make it seem. Brownells has been getting them somewhere recently.
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Thank You for Your Purchase!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We’ve Received Your Order
Your order number is: # YAY 2 Stripped A1 Grey Uppers!!! https://palmettostatearmory.com/harrington-richardson-retro-m16a1-upper-receiver-gray2.html |
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Originally Posted By Droodog: Thank You for Your Purchase!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We’ve Received Your Order Your order number is: # YAY 2 Stripped A1 Grey Uppers!!! https://palmettostatearmory.com/harrington-richardson-retro-m16a1-upper-receiver-gray2.html View Quote Praise be! Got the 2 I need to finish out my retro builds. Best of luck to all! |
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Originally Posted By Droodog: Thank You for Your Purchase!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We’ve Received Your Order Your order number is: # YAY 2 Stripped A1 Grey Uppers!!! https://palmettostatearmory.com/harrington-richardson-retro-m16a1-upper-receiver-gray2.html View Quote Got one. |
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Originally Posted By Rabble07: Praise be! Got the 2 I need to finish out my retro builds. Best of luck to all! View Quote Outstanding!! Happy Building!! Cor! Stuff a grouse. I've got it! I've got it! I've got the Illusive Grey A1 Stripped Upper! Glory be. Now, my son, let's go about God's work this night and build Retro Rifles!!! Attached File |
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Originally Posted By Rabble07: Praise be! Got the 2 I need to finish out my retro builds. Best of luck to all! View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Rabble07: Originally Posted By Droodog: Thank You for Your Purchase!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We’ve Received Your Order Your order number is: # YAY 2 Stripped A1 Grey Uppers!!! https://palmettostatearmory.com/harrington-richardson-retro-m16a1-upper-receiver-gray2.html Praise be! Got the 2 I need to finish out my retro builds. Best of luck to all! They were up, you saw them, they are down. |
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I knew it. Waiting on my "new credit" after I had to cancel due to possible fraud, and these show up. Missed them anyway but they come back sometimes. WOnder what shade of gray they will be??
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I took a nap and missed out. Wasn’t even a good nap.
Dan it. |
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Fuck me! Siting here playing cod mobile BR, checking after each game and just so happens I missed the hell out 🤬 - congrats to those that payed better attention 😏
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Hopefully it's the start of stripped uppers being dropped at a somewhat normal basis again. Of all the times I've been watching and seeing them drop of course the one time I need one I was doing a long car ride
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Lead, follow, or get the flock out of the way
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Damn, I check this thread and PSA's website multiple times a day and still missed out on the A1 uppers.
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The voices in my head say I’m just being paranoid
KY, USA
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Originally Posted By Razgriz56342: Hopefully it's the start of stripped uppers being dropped at a somewhat normal basis again. Of all the times I've been watching and seeing them drop of course the one time I need one I was doing a long car ride View Quote IIRC, Mike said they’re out of A1 barrels, so I would think we’ll see more stripped uppers rather than complete ones. |
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Now if we could get retro A1 Port Doors
taking forever for those to get made now |
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Originally Posted By JakeM45: Every upper that isn't a m4 upper is just an outdated modern upper View Quote And the Toob upper is straight up an M4 upper with an outdated handguard, so even by your definition, it is an odd ball to include in their line up. https://palmettostatearmory.com/harrington-richardson-jsoc-complete-upper-w-1-7-twist-gray.html As for the glorious news of stripped uppers being dropped, great. I sadly missed grabbing one. Got on about 3:35, found it at 3:37, and started adding build items to my cart. It was sold out before I could finish the check out process at 3:47. Jeez. Still, glad for those that were able to get one. Hopefully we can get another drop or two before too long. What time is the website supposed to be updated? I thought it was 4:30E/3:30 central. Am I half an hour off? Seems like these dropped right at the top of the hour. It's become a ritual to check the website at 3:30 every day, guess I need to start doing it earlier. And, if I recall, wasn't there a post from a couple weeks back that said they were expecting more A1 barrels in sometime late September or early October? We seem to be right in the middle of that time frame. |
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Originally Posted By Sputnik556: IIRC, Mike said they’re out of A1 barrels, so I would think we’ll see more stripped uppers rather than complete ones. View Quote Ahh well that'll make some people happy possibly. I wonder how the C7s are coming along. That and I hope the slabside lowers are doing well since Mike said they were out for ano. |
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