Well I went to the Gun show in Reno this weekend and picked up this A2 upper. I'm not sure what the forge marks tell me other than Cerro forged it, and I don't know what that other symbol is/means.
I think I want to do a b@stard build... 16" mid with a1 grip and buttstock with Magpull hand grips. I have an Anderson Lower to go with it. What do you guys think? I already have a 20" build, but I'm still putting ideas together.
By the way, thats oil around the door, It looks funny in the picture lol.

What are guys doing?  Are you just uploading raw images from your cameras and phones?

2.5 gigs and 2.7 gigs, it kills us guys that still have to cruise the net with slow DSL!

Lord!

Sorry it's such an inconvenience for you Dave. I have DSL also and have no problem at all loading the pictures. Hmmm...

I bet you don't have DSL that is slow as the DSL I have!



But the question still remains, are you guys uploading raw pictures from your phone and cameras?

You have to use an image hosting site like Image Shack or Photo Bucket. Go search YouTube for "posting photos to forums." Lots of videos telling you how to do it. Or go ask a teenager to show you how :)

upper looks good OP


dave, maybe run over to general discussion to cry about your slow DSL,......this isn't the place.

Ha! Maybe... I feel your pain!!!! I have 5meg dsl and sometimes my phone is faster.
Anyway, the pictures are from my phone and they are hosted on a site called angelfire. Maybe that's not the best site to use, but I already had web pages on that site, so I used it. If there is somewhere better I should be using for this site, please let me know and maybe I can redo them. The picture size of both of them are 201kb and 234kb

Anybody recognize the marking next to forge code?
I have not seen it before.  Looks added at a later time?

Thanks Derek I'm excited about building this one... just got a get a couple parts at a time... Next is the furniture and barrel! I already have the lower parts kit and Anderson lower, The color doesn't match exactly, but I didn't expect it to, and you really can't tell unless your looking for it or close to it.

Maybe you can just shut up.

I am stuck at 1.5 mps, pathetic I know, but that is all we can get out here in the sticks.



That said, the upper looks good, I have no problem with it, I would have just liked to see it a bit quicker, it took 10 minutes for me to download those images!

I was trying to figure that out, but couldn't find anything online yet. Still searching though.

Wow... maybe Angelfire is just slow? IDK

I really was not trying to be an asshole, I was just wondering how you guys upload your images, my wife has ran an internet company for the last 20 years on this connection and she has learned how to optimize things so that even people on dialup can see them in a reasonable amount of time, hell both my camera and my phone ask me if I want to optimize for the internet when I upload an image so they are not large!

I am sure it is not anglefire, it is my connection.

Don't blame it on "the sticks" as I'm just 45 miles north of Houston and my internet is very slow.  In fact, when I pay bills with online banking I have to exit wifi just to get a dependable connection. It wasn't always this way, but the surroundibg area has really grownand not sure this company is aware of upgrading. There are not any decent competiters. It's pathetic.

Wow... This post went south in a hurry...

Anyone know what that other symbol is on the upper? Maybe an upside down E maybe?
I know what the keyhole is, but not the other one. Not that it really matters because I've already bought the upper. I was just curious is all.

http://www.angelfire.com/mo2/sunshinne/images/A2Forgemark.jpg

This is what I found from another website back in 2010, not my information....



Upper receiver forge markings:

Offset Square is: Brass Aluminum Forging
LMT is: No Forge Marks, but marked LMT or L is: LMT
AF is: Alcoa Forge
C AF is: Colt Alco Forge
A (splintered) = Anchor Harvey Aluminum
C MB is: Colt / Mueller Brass
Cardinal’s head (stylized bird head) is: Cardinal Forge
CH is: Colt Harvey Aluminum
Crosshairs w/"AR" is: ArmaLite
CK is: Colt / Kaiser Aluminum
CM is: Colt / Martin Marietta
D (stylized) is: Diemaco
DK is: Diemaco / Kaiser Aluminum
E is: Emco
EK is: EMCO/Kaiser
E MB is: EMCO/Mueller Brass
FA is: FNMI / Anchor Harvey
FK is: FNMI / Kaiser Aluminum
FM is: FN/Martin Marietta
FMB is: FNMI / Mueller Brass
LK is: LAR / Kaiser Aluminum
LM is: LAR / Martin Marietta
M "diamond" is: Mueller Industries
PA is: Capco / Anchor Harvey
PM is: Capco / Martin Marietta
Square (symbol) is: Brass Aluminum

M-16 markings:

CAF Colt / Alcoa Forge
CH Colt / Harvey Aluminum (1st Colt Forgings)
CM Colt / Martin Marietta
DK Diemaco / Kaiser
FK, FS, BK, DK, EK, FK, AF, CW, AA, FS Bushmaster
LK FN / Kaiser
LM LAR / Martin Marietta (Army Spares Contract)
“Splintered A” F: FNMI Anchor Harvey“Splintered A” F: FNMI Anchor Harvey
“Splintered A” C: Colt Anchor Harvey
Splintered A Olympic Arms? (Anchor Harvey)


list of verified upper receiver forge markings used by AR-15 upper manufactuers/sellers


DSA - Cardinal forge
Rock River - Cardinal forge
Delton - Cerro forge, square
DPMS - Cerro
Spikes Tactical - Cerro
Stag - Cardinal, Cerro
LWRC- splintered A
Para USA - ZM
Knight’s Armament - Cerro (keyhole)
Wilson Combat - splintered A
Double Star - Cerro
Smith &Wesson - Cerro
Daniel Defense - Cerro
Sabre Defense - Cerro?
Remington - Cerro
BCM - Cerro, square
Bushmaster - Cerro
Stag - splintered A, Cardinal
J&T Distributing (Doublestar) - Cerro, C
CMMG - Cerro
Colt M4 - Cerro (C keyhole), square, Cardinal (“C“ bird‘s head), C AF

I have never seen a inverted E stamp, but I am sure someone out there probably has.

Sorry you think your thread went sideways.  That was not my intent

Could be an Emco, they converted M16A1's to M16A2's for the military contracted by Colt. I have one of their uppers on an A2 build I can look at it.

That would be awesome! They guy said it may have been a surplus m16a2 upper, but anyone can say anything right... lol...

Was out of town so it took me a few days to look.

My Emco M16A2 upper has a "P" and splintered "A" forge codes on it.

No idea what it is, sorry

It looks like a Korean marking that Ive seen on some old war pistols.

Well I finally have the thing finished. Still not sure of that forge mark, it looks like an upside down E but maybe it was just stamped upside down and was supposed to be right side up... who knows... or cares at this point!

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f55/jer10571/IMG_6614.jpg

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f55/jer10571/IMG_6612.jpg

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f55/jer10571/IMG_6588.jpg

Nice little carbine.

I like A2 uppers for 727 builds:

Wow, I love that camo job! I have a little mossberg 22 I'm planning on doing a camo job on before I move up to painting the more expensive stuff! Although, I do have another 80% lower to finish off, and I'm thinking of doing something very similar to your carbine....

Maybe pay more than 3 bucks a month and get a decent connection. Im on 4g and had NO issues