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Posted: 6/19/2024 8:21:28 PM EDT
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"I miss the days of being able to shoot all commies" G.B.
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Oops
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Nice LE/MIL discount
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Common sense and common courtesy aren't so common.
IN, USA
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Never knew PA sold "used" items.
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Originally posted by TheHorta:
"Southern my ass. Southerners follow through and do what they say.They don't play linguistic legerdemain tricks and welch on deals because of some nebulous verbiage." |
Gosh, wasn't there a story behind these? It seems like ML once mentioned finding a mess of used SBR uppers in their warehouse. Does anyone else remember that? I wonder if these are those.
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https://www.facebook.com/groups/1455012241482674/
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"I miss the days of being able to shoot all commies" G.B.
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Originally Posted By razARback: Gosh, wasn't there a story behind these? It seems like ML once mentioned finding a mess of used SBR uppers in their warehouse. Does anyone else remember that? I wonder if these are those. View Quote Yeah, I thought those were 12’s, but it’s been awhile so I could be mistaken. |
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1.3k for a used upper? Gross!
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I was digging it until I saw the price.
I have a nice factory Larue FDE Lower or two I would have loved to use with one of these but again, the price..... Still cool history... |
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Hmmm, I do still have a couple stripped lowers from BuildAR.
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at 599 maybe at that price hard pass. there are way better deals out there
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"But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you."
Matthew 6:33 |
Last upper I bought was about a year ago, directly from LaRue. Cost was $1,000 for new Stealth Sniper upper, so it's a pass on this one.
Agree with other poster, if these had come in around $600 I'd be pretty tempted. And I'm still piss*d that I just missed out when LaRue were selling complete lowers for a ridiculous price ($200 I think). |
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I am also a hard pass. I'm sure some will buy because of the story behind them, but I remember buying a pair of brand new LT 12" M-LOK Match Grade Uppers from Primary Arms back in September @ $799.99ea.
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These uppers are much cooler than people might realize. All I'm gonna say.
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I wonder how many there are. I bet a social media post from ML about the story behind them would make them go OOS.
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I really want a larue upper to go on my lower from the sale awhile back.
But I’m refusing to pay more than $1k. |
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Originally Posted By Muad: From the FB group linked above, sounds like most have longer rails than the one picture PA is using. They'll be more like this: https://i.imgur.com/5kzb25v.jpeg And, these painted ones (assuming done my soldiers in the field) will be up soon on PA also. I want one, but I already have a list of items I need from LT for the tOBR that I can't justify both - if I want to still have a wife... lol View Quote Do they all have the FH on upside down? |
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I really want to find a 12" 556 upper for my SBR, I missed the deals last year. But this isn't it...
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Looks like they are priced lower now…
Attached File Also great to see Mark Fingar posting here. Primary Arms could really use his expertise with their LT product pictures |
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Originally Posted By UnknownPatriot: Looks like they are priced lower now… https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/136152/IMG_8944_jpeg-3246584.JPG Also great to see Mark Fingar posting here. Primary Arms could really use his expertise with their LT product pictures View Quote Reg price for me… |
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Originally Posted By UnknownPatriot: Looks like they are priced lower now… https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/136152/IMG_8944_jpeg-3246584.JPG Also great to see Mark Fingar posting here. Primary Arms could really use his expertise with their LT product pictures View Quote Hmmm, do you get their hero pricing? Still shows $1299.99 for me. And +1 on MF. |
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My bad. I wasn’t logged in when I took that photo. Interesting…
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Originally Posted By UnknownPatriot: Looks like they are priced lower now… https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/136152/IMG_8944_jpeg-3246584.JPG Also great to see Mark Fingar posting here. Primary Arms could really use his expertise with their LT product pictures View Quote That is the Mil/LE pricing. |
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Painted version is live now:
https://www.primaryarms.com/larue-tactical-stealth-556-nato-5th-sfg-painted-complete-upper-receiver-10-3in Pricing on black has gone up a bit for those without qualified discount....coupon code may help some folks that don't get that. Painted is now what black was first priced at. |
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Cool
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"I miss the days of being able to shoot all commies" G.B.
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With any sort of provenance these things will probably raise in price. Look at the McM Return stocks, KAC uppers, AICS return stocks, etc. The price is up there for a used upper but its one of those "story selling the part" things.
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Its to late for the boots, save your watch!
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Originally Posted By kells81: With any sort of provenance these things will probably raise in price. Look at the McM Return stocks, KAC uppers, AICS return stocks, etc. The price is up there for a used upper but its one of those "story selling the part" things. View Quote But what's the story? @mfingar |
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There's a good story behind the uppers....need to find it again and post it....
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Originally Posted By AEKDB390: There's a good story behind the uppers....need to find it again and post it.... View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By AEKDB390: There's a good story behind the uppers....need to find it again and post it.... Here is the story Primary Arms posted on fb… Hey all - I had posted about a new up and coming limited offer from Primary Arms and LaRue and I wanted to post on here first before we send out an email blast about it to our millions of email subscribers. This is the story behind the Uppers and a unique piece of History, both LaRue and US Military History. These are the only ones to exist or will exist ever. See below: “In the early days of GWOT, LaRue was contacted by the 5th SFG (A) for upper receivers to replace their standard issue CQB uppers prior to deployment. We utilized our Stealth system with quadrail handguards to build 10.3" uppers to discreetly fill their need for a short barrel that could achieve long-distance precision. The Stealth system was named due to the fact that it externally mirrored existing DoD issued hardware. It was used in combat and competition settings within the military. This group of uppers were deployed to Iraq and used by the 5th SFG (A). Upon return from deployment these were forced to be sent back to LaRue as they had not been authorized to make the purchase in the fog of war. They were forced to re-equip themselves with their standard issue uppers as they arrived stateside, but these LaRue uppers got the job done when it counted. All ship complete with BCG and feature LaRue 10.3" 5.56 Barrel, LT208 QuadRail Handguard, Stealth 1.0 Upper Receiver. Some of them have been painted in-theater, others retain their factory black anodize, but all have been used. Uppers also ship with grouping targets that were shot on their return.” These will be available either today or by the end of the week. The paint jobs are all random and the muzzle devices are also random and could be either what is pictured or just A2. Enjoy! |
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There ya go....much appreciated sir!!!
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Painted uppers sold out.
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Its to late for the boots, save your watch!
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Originally Posted By kells81: Sold out while I was trying to buy one. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By kells81: Originally Posted By KML7201: Painted uppers sold out. Sold out while I was trying to buy one. Earlier in this thread I said I was a hard pass, but I was binge watching YouTube videos about 5th Group last night and ordered a black one before I went to sleep. They went some places and did some things. I would say I bought it for some of the same reasons I did the CMP 1911s. I'll post some photos when it arrives. *screen capture from video linked above |
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Went back to buy a black one today and the price has gone from $880 to $1130.
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Good short read in this article about the group: https://arsof-history.org/articles/v13n1_hazar_qadam_page_1.html
And this short pdf of a newsletter on Pg. 6: https://static.dvidshub.net/media/pubs/pdf_38519.pdf Mark or Mark Jr. should post a little something they know. |
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"I miss the days of being able to shoot all commies" G.B.
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@kells81 the painted ones are back in stock!
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I'm assuming these are LW barrels?
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“There's a lot of people calling for the end of violence...I am glad Sam Adams, Thomas Paine, the actual Tea Party guys, the men at Lexington and Concord didn't feel that way.” - the man with the golden EIB mic.
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Originally Posted By Muad: I'm assuming these are LW barrels? View Quote I would say yes. They started making their own barrels in 2012-13. |
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"I miss the days of being able to shoot all commies" G.B.
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View Quote Nice. I love LW barrels, my favorite 20" AR has one of their 20" VarTac barrel/bolt combos. Thing is a tack driver. Enjoy these uppers boys. I would love to snag one, but my gun fund is targeted at other items right now. |
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“There's a lot of people calling for the end of violence...I am glad Sam Adams, Thomas Paine, the actual Tea Party guys, the men at Lexington and Concord didn't feel that way.” - the man with the golden EIB mic.
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Originally Posted By akethan: They are stamped like the old school barrels. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/14209/20240624_182217-3249826.jpg View Quote Nice! Very cool. |
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“There's a lot of people calling for the end of violence...I am glad Sam Adams, Thomas Paine, the actual Tea Party guys, the men at Lexington and Concord didn't feel that way.” - the man with the golden EIB mic.
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For those of you that need an added inducement, PA currently has a site wide promo code that will get you 13% off - "Save13!".
That almost did it for me, but I still think they're a little overpriced. And I really can't justify another upper since I already have a couple of 10.5" uppers, and three LaRue uppers, one of which is either 10.5" or 11.5". But I suspect these uppers will rock. My first LaRue upper was with the LW barrel and it's a hammer. Just shooting my more recent LaRue today (with LaRue barrel and still getting groups of between .8" and 1.25" with AAC 77gr ammo. So yeah, these are great uppers. Honestly, if you go back a couple of years ago to when they were selling the UU kits, they were the best deal going and I recommended them enough on this forum and elsewhere that I feel Mark should at least have sent me a hat and some Dillo Dust. |
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