Car 15

[SoDak]

Check out www.retroblackrifle.com . They have a section devoted to military carbines and can give you an idea of what parts you might need.

[jtb0311]

"CAR-15" means a lot of different things to different people. To build a replica like that in the picture, you'll need to go the SBR route and do paperwork and get a tax stamp from BATFE. An alternate is to build a clone with a slightly longer barrel, which, when matched with a repro flash hider, looks very similar to a 11.5" bbl length Colt 629/XM-177E2:

[philipeggo]

Thanks for all the help guys , once my current project gets down ill get under way with this one. The web resources you gave me were great and i found a guy locally who may have a few original colt m16 uppers.

[MarkG]

one question about the hand-guards though : theres no way they could be normal length,where the heck would i find a set?

They are standard length carbine hand guards. You can purchase a set of them here

[meausoc]

Is the flash suppressor on the real CAR-15's the moderator? If so were all of them equipped this way?

[MarkG]

Is the flash suppressor on the real CAR-15's the moderator? If so were all of them equipped this way?

The carbine pictured in the photo is an Air Force GAU-5. There has never been a "CAR-15".

[meausoc]

The carbine pictured in the photo is an Air Force GAU-5. There has never been a "CAR-15".

Is that a moderator on the pictured GAU-5? Please elaborate.

[MarkG]

It is a moderator.

[scottryan]

Is the flash suppressor on the real CAR-15's the moderator? If so were all of them equipped this way?

It is a moderator that has flash hiding cabability put into it.

The moderator is basically halfway between a silencer and a flash hider. It hides flash and has a little bit of silencing cabablility.

It is also legally considered a silencer due to its capabiltiy to reduce sound.

[motorwerks]

yup I would do the 11.5 barrel with the 5.5inch hider/moderator too.