Awesome rifle, just awesome Thanks for sharing!
Awesome rifle, just awesome Thanks for sharing!
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Co-witnessed Aimpoint, offset mount light, and side mount sling... that is a solid setup. Definitely making the most of it. A friend asked my advice on the ideal setup for his old fixed carry handle A2 style rifle, assuming he didn't want to trade out his upper for a flat top, and those are the exact mods I recommended.
That said, I would much rather see all these old rifles going to the CMP for sale to citizens, minus the lower, as parts kits.
Unfortunately, the aimpoint didn't cowitness, but it wouldn't be hard to change that.
I too would like to see them sold as parts kits through the CMP. hell, they could even mod the lower to comply. But this government won't consider that, no way.
The guy who uses the rifle for duty has it in his head that he is going to buy it from the dep't when he retires, but that lower isn't going anywhere.
If you take that spacer out of the Aimpoint mount, it would probably co-witness. Yeah, no way in hell he's taking that thing home with him... no way it is in the Class 3 registry. For the same reason, they couldn't just mod the receivers to sell them into the private sector (unfortunately). Once a MG, always a MG according to the ATF.
"This motto may adorn their tombs
(Let tyrants come and view):
We rather seek these silent rooms
Than live as slaves to you."
Lemuel Haynes, 1775
That old A1 is pretty cool, I'd definitely take it.
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