Source for A1 stripped uppers and 1:7 A1 profile FSB barrels?

[usmcvet]

Those are patterned after the ones used on the Colt Model XM607. This is my 706 clone.

I've drooled over you rifle several times. It's very cool!

[Renegade04]

I've drooled over you rifle several times. It's very cool!

Thanks. It took me 2 1/2 years to get it put together. Well worth the effort. BTW, I noticed I had a typo. I said it was my 706 clone. I meant 607. Sometimes my fingers do not do why the brain is thinking.

[usmcvet]

I didn't even notice. It's an awesome SBR.

[Renegade04]

I didn't even notice. It's an awesome SBR.

Thanks.

[Parachute Pants]

I just wanted to add a bit to this topic:

I recently received a 16" Faxon GUNNER barrel, and, despite what the picture looks like on their website, the specs listed for it are correct; the gas block journal is 1.9" long, so there is enough room to pin an FSB. I was considering using their 20" GUNNER barrel as a more modern interpretation of the A1 pencil profile barrel. Here's the barrel I had in mind:

http://faxonfirearms.com/20-gunner-5...ngth-4150-qpq/

[Parachute Pants]

Now if only there were more gunsmiths willing to work with nitrided barrels...

[herd118]

Brownell's just jumped into the retro a1 upper game:
http://www.brownells.com/rifle-parts...20-174440.aspx

[Parachute Pants]

Brownell's just jumped into the retro a1 upper game:
http://www.brownells.com/rifle-parts...20-174440.aspx

Huh, those are marked Nodak Spud.

[herd118]

Huh, those are marked Nodak Spud.

Yep, Brownell's is using raw a1 forgings from Nodak Spud to make their upper. Note it's also in black anodizing rather than the normal Nodak/Colt gray finish. Making a1 lowers too: http://www.brownells.com/rifle-parts...22-174441.aspx

[bigwagon]

Note it's also in black anodizing rather than the normal Nodak/Colt gray finish.

That's actually a nice touch for those looking for the retro profile but not wanting to deal with having an upper or lower re-anodized or mismatching. I could see doing a build with one.