Originally Posted by
dorchester
Be careful here, the modern Armalite produced some AR10's with just those features a few years ago. The store owner MAY be trying to pull a fast one. I find it hard to believe that if he did have one of the old originals he wouldn't know it. Having said that, my current AR10 has always been very reliable. As long as I kept hunting-style soft point ammo out of it, it has always worked great. Of course, I'm not dragging it through an Angolan jungle either.
Dorchester & Templar:
Yeah, a quick check of the above photos and Ezell's "Small Arms of the World" made it clear that it was a later "retro" version. I've got better things to spend my money on.
BTW, today is Friday the 13th. Pray for the Templars.
Last edited by Amicus; 08-13-10 at 18:38.
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