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Originally Posted by HorseSoldier
If anyone is interested in the developmental history pre-M16A1 and some of the more obscure variants that have been out there along the way, Retro Black Rifles is a pretty cool website, with photo references and information on what parts you'd need if you were going to try to build a replica.
There's also a forum about retro rifles on AR-15.com which sometimes has some good information. (Including a guy who built a repro of an M231 Firing Port Weapon.) |
Thanks for the link. The retro guns are more fascinating to me then the M4A1 clones that everyone and their mother owns nowdays. I bet in some areas you can't drive 2 blocks without someone having one. They are cool and good rifles, but damn when everyone has one it gets boring. The majority of my AR-15's are retro style since I guess anything with a fixed carrying handle is retro nowdays. I almost jumped on a department of energy 9mm upper once but wimped out, because I couldn't justify spending the $3,500 for it. In the long run I think the retro style guns pre-M16A2 will be worth more money too, if you ever sell them.