Anyone seen a M-4 with A2 upper?

**Todd00000** · 08-01-12, 10:01

Originally Posted by fowler

Nice Todd,the guu and gau are kin used at same time to present. Both good carbines and still in service as you show proof of today. Mix - master Franken-carbines. Thanks for photo's

Did you notice the grey color of the AR-15 lower? That thing is old.

Dano5326 · 08-03-12, 00:04

long ago issued a "727" with A2 upper, "m4" stamped above gas tube cloverleaf. M4 feed ramps in upper.

As I recall, for NSW, there was a transition period between A2 uppers and flattop uppers. Some lowers were marked m16A2 carbine & some m4. None had burst.

I am unsure of what ARSOF was issued.

**Col_Crocs** · 08-03-12, 03:08

Originally Posted by Todd00000

Did you notice the grey color of the AR-15 lower? That thing is old.

A little side track... Hasn't that lower been refinished/coated? It looks that way, atleast from the photos.

**Todd00000** · 08-03-12, 05:03

Originally Posted by Col_Crocs

A little side track... Hasn't that lower been refinished/coated? It looks that way, atleast from the photos.

It looked original to me and it is an AR-15/M16 so the color fits.

**Col_Crocs** · 08-03-12, 05:51

Oh alright. Must be the light. Thanks!

**Biggus** · 08-03-12, 06:45

Originally Posted by scottryan

Got any proof of that?

Just from memory. What I'm thinking of might have been a rebuilt 727, but I was sure I was looking at an M4. This is going back a good decade or more.

**kaltesherz** · 08-04-12, 21:24

Originally Posted by scottryan

Got any proof of that?

At the Ft Benning Infantry Museum they had on display the first M4 ever built, IIRC it had an A2 type upper and a glossy finish. I don't know if it made it to the new Infantry Museum...

**scottryan** · 08-05-12, 09:45

Originally Posted by kaltesherz

At the Ft Benning Infantry Museum they had on display the first M4 ever built, IIRC it had an A2 type upper and a glossy finish. I don't know if it made it to the new Infantry Museum...

That isn't proof.

Nobody has posted a property marked matching M4 or M4A1 with a fixed carry handle. This debate has gone on for 10 years.

Everyone one of these stories turns out to be a model 727 or a property marked M4 lower that was rebuilt with a 727 upper, or some type of colt prototype.

I have uppers in my personal collection that were from the first month of M4 and M4A1 production and they have C AF gray flattop uppers.