Anybody here wanting to make...

Anybody here interested in making any of the "retro" M16 family of weapons? If so there is now a company out there making the lower receivers (small pin) in the M16, M16E1, and M16A1 configurations. They also would work fine on the many variants of "shorty's" too.

[The Reaper]

I hope that you are referring to the legal semi- versions of the M-16.

TR

Yep, I sure am.

Here is the company and website: www.nodakspud.com/AR%20Lowers.htm

[Retired W4]

This would be my idea of retro AR's. I know they all have the large pin, but I don't intend on swapping uppers anyway.

First is left and right view of an SP1, R6000, c. 1979. Next is a early Sporter Match HBAR, R6601, c. 1991 with slick side , and a Govt Model, R6550, c. 1988, also with slick side. Don't you just love the way Colt uses what they have on hand?

Yes I do. I owned one sporter back in 1980 and I would consider it ok. I will not own another Colt because of their stance on principles I hold personally and I really believe they are overated for the money. You are paying for the logo now. For a few cabbages you can easily build a complete rifle to your own specifications using pieces/parts that have already been talked about here by the QP's.

[Retired W4]

Originally Posted by MAB32

I will not own another Colt because of their stance on principles I hold personally....

MAB,
I am curious as to the stance Colt holds that you object to. I have been quietly boycotting several companies for things they have done (or not done) for quite some time now. Levi's, Sara Lee, and Citgo are but a few corporations whose products I refuse to buy. I know Colt capitulated during the first Bush administration by making design changes to their weapons years ago, while Bushmaster and others did not. Would that be part of it? I am a firm believer in holding companies responsible for their decisions, and not buying their stuff is one small step we can all take to make the point.

As for the money and quality, I collect things I enjoy having. I have a bring-back Chicom copy of the Russian TT33, dated 1966, that is not a quality piece, BUT I enjoy holding it in my hands, knowing it's history.

That is exactly it. They appeased the wrong side during the 90's. Now they even started doing this well before the king of evil came in and wrote the gun ban of 94. And the sillyness of it all was the objects they started to ban on semi-automatic weapons such as flash-hiders, anything above a ten round capacity magazine, bayonet lugs, etc., etc. That is why I have switched to Bushmaster and now to RRA and building non-Colt "Retro's". And I am able to do this without paying for the rampant horsey logo slapped on the side of the lower. You are correct in your assumption Sir. I also do not own any Ruger products on the same principal.

[Retired W4]

I'm with you on that one, MAB32. Colt's rush to political correctness greased the skids for the coming legislation of '94. What seemed odd to me was, even though they deleted the bayo lug on the Match HBAR (1991), they continued to sell some ARs, that one included, without a receiver block. Theoretically, if I spent the $12,000 on a registered auto-sear that HBAR could be converted to a real assault weapon. I may be talking apples and oranges on that issue, but Colt definitely did no one any favors by acquiescing to the anti-second amendment crowd.

More power to you on the retro build-up!