Harrington & Richardson Retro AR's

[lowprone]

The Monitor,Bren,Stoner, Carl Gustav and many more were available dirt cheap to CL03 dealers 40 years ago !

[Alpha-17]

Picked this guy up from my FFL yesterday. Still waiting on a buttstock and pistol grip to come in, but hopefully I can finish the lower by the end of the week. Then it'll be a matter of waiting for 1/7 twist M16A1 uppers to come in stock. (and me to have the cash to grab one.

[GRA556]

Very nice. I guess it's time for me to get in line to purchase. Thanks for sharing.

[Alpha-17]

Question for the hive mind: the problem with the H&R (as well as Brownells, and other cheaper reproduction) buttstocks is they are hollow and very much sound hollow. Has anyone tried filling them with some variety of spray foam insulation? I know that early M16 stocks were "foam-filled for rigidity" and to reduce noise, and it would make sense that the same result could be accomplished with modern foam. Question is, would spray foam accomplish the task?

[mrbieler]

Question for the hive mind: the problem with the H&R (as well as Brownells, and other cheaper reproduction) buttstocks is they are hollow and very much sound hollow. Has anyone tried filling them with some variety of spray foam insulation? I know that early M16 stocks were "foam-filled for rigidity" and to reduce noise, and it would make sense that the same result could be accomplished with modern foam. Question is, would spray foam accomplish the task?

The one from H&R appears to be foam filled.

[georgeib]

Question for the hive mind: the problem with the H&R (as well as Brownells, and other cheaper reproduction) buttstocks is they are hollow and very much sound hollow. Has anyone tried filling them with some variety of spray foam insulation? I know that early M16 stocks were "foam-filled for rigidity" and to reduce noise, and it would make sense that the same result could be accomplished with modern foam. Question is, would spray foam accomplish the task?

If you want it stiff, and to remain that way, you need structural foam. It's used to stiffen unibodies in luxury cars. Also works well for sports cars, as it adds a ton of stiffness without a ton of weight. It's a 2 part liquid that has to be mixed and poured, but once cured is truly rock solid. All that said, you're probably better off just springing for a Colt stock, or something. Unless you're just feeling adventurous.

OTOH standard, Home Depot type "Great Stuff", foam is squishy. Stay away.

[Alpha-17]

The one from H&R appears to be foam filled.

I might be wrong, but the general consensus is that the H&R stock is the exact same as the Brownells stock, and those are hollow with a plastic spacer for a bit of rigidity.

OTOH standard, Home Depot type "Great Stuff", foam is squishy. Stay away.

Shame. I might try to find something better than Great Stuff, but cheaper than the structural foam, to see if it cuts down on the hollow feel/sound in anyway, but it sounds like I just need to start looking for an original A1 stock. Or rather, be prepared to grab one when my red neck attempt fails spectacularly. At last the stock I'll be working with was cheap, so no loss if I manage to ruin it.

[Diamondback]

I might be wrong, but the general consensus is that the H&R stock is the exact same as the Brownells stock, and those are hollow with a plastic spacer for a bit of rigidity.

Maybe try contacting H&R and ask 'em? I know back in the NoDak Spud days Mike used to be active over at Rimfire Central...

[Alpha-17]

Maybe try contacting H&R and ask 'em? I know back in the NoDak Spud days Mike used to be active over at Rimfire Central...

Might have to do that. I looked into it a bit yesterday, and I guess since the first batch of rifles/lowers came out, H&R started marketing their own buttstock. It's much higher in price ($90 vs $40), so it would make sense that they are an improvement on the Brownells type, but I've not seen any first hand info on them. PSA/H&R should probably do something about that, or update the listing with better pictures/info if they want to sell them. I passed over them when I ordered accessories from PSA because I didn't want to pay $90 for the cheap hollow stocks people got with the first batch, but would have paid more for a higher quality stock.

Anywho: got the Brownells retro stock I purchased second hand, and it went on just fine. It does sound very hollow, but it at least looks good on the lower.

[mack7.62]

I've got original stocks I would sell for $100 if anyone is interested also have triangle handguards and a few pistol grips. Guess I need to do a post in the marketplace.