Any other Retro heads?

[Retro Guy]

Anyone else in to the old school retro rifles? Top one is an XM16E1 clone. Bottom is an M16A1 . Original furniture on both. The fun and potentially expensive part of retro builds is trying to find original M16 parts, ie. Flash suppressors, uppers, etc.

 

[Remshooter]

I think you are just here to tease some members with your classics

 

[Get Off My Lawn]

OH CRAP!! Don't tell @pipboy344 !

 

[Tin40]

Any of these mark Mattel toy's, great looking Rifles.

Many made fun of the M16 as being a "Toy Gun." This was not helped by the fact that the Mattel toy company manufactured the plastics for the M16.

 

[Dave951]

Just how retro??

 

[Tin40]

A1 5.56 pencil lightweight barrel 20" 1/12 twist rate.



A1 5.56 pencil lightweight barrel 20" 1/12 twist rate.

 

[Majicmike]

I have to admit those AR's look pretty cool

 

[nbkky71]

Very nice!. I'd love to build me a retro A1, but life seems to be getting in the way right now. I'd settle for an old Colt SP1 at this point.

 

[ncengravers]

Retro.. sure NES, SNES amd SEGA. I don't go back further than NES.. I am old, not ancient. .

 

[Geezer]

Not really a retro, just one that I put together. I do like the way it shoots, though.

 

[ronn47]

Colt A2

 

[Short Fuse]

I will share a couple of mine tommorow when I can getvto my camera, I aint gettin out of bed right now.

 

[AD43576]

Sure, I'll whore this picture out AGAIN. I never mind doing so. USGI upper, furniture, and all of the important little bits. Built by James Mayo of CMP Armory in Dallas NC.

 

[yard mongrel]

Love retro builds. Recycled photo here, but my 605(ish), 630(ish), A1 clones are the only photos I have. I have a few other retro inspired builds that aren't based on anything that officially existed.

Also pictured is my first A1 build after I BFPU'ed the lower.

 

[yard mongrel]

Would love to do a 607 clone...

 

[Short Fuse]

 

[bondjamesbond]

Where did you find the duckbill flash suppressor in the top photo there Short fuse?

 

[Short Fuse]

Where did you find the duckbill flash suppressor in the top photo there Short fuse?

For vintage parts Sarco inc. Is my go to supplier but I have found many hard to find parts on ebay. Just instead of putting AR whatever in the search box use something like 5.56 flash hider. Ebay will not let people sell AR parts so people list them as 5.56 or .223 parts instead.

 

[Gazengine]

Here is my 70's vintage Colt Ar-15 --from, you know -- The 70's.
Who needs a stinking forward assist!

 

[pipboy344]

OH CRAP!! Don't tell @pipboy344 !

Too late

 

[pipboy344]

Where did you find the duckbill flash suppressor in the top photo there Short fuse?

There are plenty of reproductions

 

[pipboy344]

View attachment 28875 Here is my 70's vintage Colt Ar-15 --from, you know -- The 70's.
Who needs a stinking forward assist!

Beautiful SP1

 

[patina]

Brownells to start selling complete retro rifles now (this is at shot show)

 

[NKD]

Green one: DO WANT PLEEZE

 

[Heavy Barrel]

My brother spent some time with the 101st at Camp Eagle in Phu Bai in t970-71. A few years ago he said he would like to have a rifle like the one his Uncle Sam let him use while he was there. I rummaged around in my "stuff" and found the complete upper with the triangle hand-guards that i bought from an Army friend in the mid 70s. If I recall correctly I paid $20.00 for it then. Bought a lower that was the correct color to match the upper. Bought a stock from ebay. Put it all together and gave it to him, along with a full can of 5.56 from 1977 (in the cloth bandoliers of course). It was a gift for his 66th birthday. He was very pleased. I will see if he will let me take a few photos to post here.

 

[Toprudder]

Here is a stripped A1 upper that I picked up a while back. One day I will get around to building it out.

 

[Ikarus1]

I like my retro guns with wood. I like my modern guns modern. The AR is both retro and modern depending on configuration, and I prefer my configuration as ergonomic as it can be.