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I was in the military but it was in the M16A2 service rifle era. I have a Colt SP1 and it is bad ass. I love it and one of my nephews will get it when I tip over. I wouldn't choose it to clear buildings with, but that ain't really the point.
Tony's Customs has aluminum mil-spec CAR stocks as well. They do not have the correct glossy finish like Essential Arm's stock has.
https://www.tonyscustomsllc.com/prod...tock-aluminum/
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I'm in the market for a M-16A1 clone but I can't get over how shitty those handguards look. Soooooo cloooooose...
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This is a good thing. A1s just evoke a turbulent time but are quintessentially a "good guy" gun. Be it seeing black and white GIs slogging through the marsh with a short Puerto Rican 60 gunner or seeing a guy standing post at the iron curtain.
Heck, I say get one of these, a GI RIA, and a set of OG-107s.
The A1 is becoming in the same pantheon as the 03A3 and the M1 Garand. It is only recently that the Vietnam Veterans are seen with the dignity they deserve and it is long overdue. And also a shame as far too many are not here to see it. These were the rifles of our fathers.
An SR-15 could smoke an A1, truly. But SR-15s weren't carried in Vietnam.
We should be grateful. Colt promised "collector" CAR-15s and A1s but I don't know if they ever actually came out (I know the price was obscene and weren't even Hartford guns).
In time, as with all generations, the last Vietnam Veteran will draw his last breath. The youngest is already in his mid 60s. This is a way to remember and honor before they become dead men living only in pictures.
The M16 is over 50 years old. When I was born - which wasn't that long ago - the US Rifle, Caliber 30, M1 was 49 years old. It wasn't long after that when we were celebrating the 50th Anniversary of V-E Day. The 50th Anniversary of Ia Drang was about two years and two months ago.
The M1 was adopted roughly thirty years after the M1903 (1903-1936). The M16 was adopted roughly thirty years after the M1 (1936-1964). The bayonet blade and shape for the first issued M16 bayonet (M7 bayonet) was identical to the last issued M1 bayonet (M5/M5A1), with both using identical scabbards (M8/M8A1). The M1903, M1, M14, and M16 all used the same M1907 leather and M1 web slings. My 1943-production M1 was last rebuilt by the Springfield Armory in 1965, a year after the adoption of the M16. When my 6'5" tall father enlisted in the Marine Corps in the 1970s, they had to issue him WWII- and Korea-era HBT uniforms - the OG-107s weren't long enough for him (he went in early enough to be issued an M14 in boot camp, late enough that they had fiberglass stocks on them).
The AR-15 (601), XM16E1, and M16/M16A1 aren't becoming of the same pantheon as Garand's rifle. They already are.
They have images of the guns with ejection port doors closed if you click on the, "Discover More," buttons.
To spare you the effort: If the pictures shown for the 601 clone are anything to go by, these retro guns do not have the correct ejection port doors.
Last edited by MountainRaven; 01-24-18 at 01:57.
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