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    Robinson Armament Brings Back the M96

    At least it seems that way...

    https://robinsonarmament.com/m96/

    I shot one of these back in '99 but never bought one. Maybe now's my chance?
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    They're still in business? I figured they had gone under. At any rate, their website's not working. Perhaps later...

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    I saw a video on IG where they said they were going to do a release. Limited numbers, like less than 300. Made from “leftover” or extra parts they had in their warehouse. A few different barrel lengths, the standard and a “top loading” magazine model, IIRC.

    I am really interested in this since it is the closest thing I will be able to get to a Stoner 63 (without forking over enough money to buy a nice truck).
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    So these are made from parts that they spent a decade telling existing customers in need of repairs didn’t exist? Brilliant.

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    Yeah, pretty much. Sounds like they were not entirely aware they had them and started a project to put this together. That said, the lack of repair parts is what has me hesitant.

    Quote Originally Posted by call_me_ski View Post
    So these are made from parts that they spent a decade telling existing customers in need of repairs didn’t exist? Brilliant.
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    I had one back in the early 00's. It ran fine but I don't think it had a chrome lined barrel. One thing I do remember about it was that all of the threaded parts had to be regularly tightened. I never got around to loc-tight-ing it before selling it for lack of use.
    It seemed like a well built go-to-war rifle but my present SOCOM barreled AR does everything better, lighter and cheaper.

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    Id be extremely cautious before I would hand over money to a company that said " nope, no no more spare parts around here." then somehow found enough parts to reintroduce new, complete guns.Hard pass on this! FWIW, I predict we will see major issues, along with excuses from Robinson, with them even getting the spare/replacement parts they decide to sell to current owners of M96s.

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    I really wish someone had done an exact clone of the 63.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mack7.62 View Post
    I really wish someone had done an exact clone of the 63.
    Paging Knights Armaments. That is one I'd consider dropping $4k on if it existed.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SteyrAUG View Post
    Paging Knights Armaments. That is one I'd consider dropping $4k on if it existed.
    If it did, it wouldn’t likely be $4k.
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