Build Thread AR Pop quiz

[Mygrainman]

You say that as if you have the willpower to not pick up parts to build another as you finish building a M4gery.

True Dat!

 

[Caveman Jim]

One piece of something always sparks interest and the wheels get to churning and soon, a project is borne...
Hell, I found a piece of wood in my shop......

 

[Medic!]

I learned 95% of what there is to know about AR's and moved on.

I like them. There a great rifle.
I just don't keep two dozen of them laying around so I can dress them like Barbie dolls. Or play Lego's with them.

They are a gateway gun.
Now it's time to move on to something with more kick.

 

[Mygrainman]

I learned 95% of what there is to know about AR's and moved on.

I like them. There a great rifle.
I just don't keep two dozen of them laying around so I can dress them like Barbie dolls. Or play Lego's with them.

They are a gateway gun.
Now it's time to move on to something with more kick.

Some of us just never grow up. I love me some LEGO time.

 

[Boboclown]

Now it's time to move on to something with more kick.

Does the FAL count?

 

[Mygrainman]

Does the FAL count?

I would think so... After a dozen or so AR builds and countless reconfigurations of those... it's safe to say I'm officially "through the gate" and they are definitly on my radar.

 

[Boboclown]

I would think so... After a dozen or so AR builds and countless reconfigurations of those... it's safe to say I'm officially "through the gate" and they are definitly on my radar.

Good luck... If you're going to get another rifle to break the build-an-AR habit, the FAL is just gonna be the same thing, just a different face for the same devil! Hell, once I finish my Imbel I'm going to be saving up for an Israeli HBAR, then try and see if I can get a L2A1....

You can see where it becomes the same devil.

 

[P7M13]

One piece of something always sparks interest and the wheels get to churning and soon, a project is borne...
Hell, I found a piece of wood in my shop......

And I dug through the cave yesterday, boxed up all my old thru-hole electronics stuff -- UVEeproms, eraser, CPUS, FETs, BiPolar TO3 transistors, diodes, etc, and plan on donating it all to a hobbyist shop for someone who might want.... If I find my PROM and PLD programmers, I'll include those too.... A cache of stuff you cannot buy any more.
I'll note, I felt zero urge to build ANYTHING retro....

 

[Caveman Jim]

And I dug through the cave yesterday, boxed up all my old thru-hole electronics stuff -- UVEeproms, eraser, CPUS, FETs, BiPolar TO3 transistors, diodes, etc, and plan on donating it all to a hobbyist shop for someone who might want.... If I find my PROM and PLD programmers, I'll include those too.... A cache of stuff you cannot buy any more.
I'll note, I felt zero urge to build ANYTHING retro....

Exactly,I assume those are those computer parts???

 

[P7M13]

Exactly,I assume those are those computer parts???

No. Those I get rid of ASAP, though in retrospect, should have scavenged the gold off them.
These are components I would use for custom industrial controls Waaayyy back when. Intel 8031, 8052 & 80196 CPUs, TTL & CMOS glue logic, junk like that. Prolly the only things I'll keep are my resistor sets, fuses and a few power diodes.

 

[Mygrainman]

There's just something about a Colt barrel. When you pick one up you just know it's legit by the feel of it before you even look down the chamber and at the roll marks to confirm it's real.

 

[Sgt Nambu]

You'd also trade it off for some beads or squirrel pelts, ya savage!

I've heard about those squirrel pelt fe-fe bags the frontiersmen used!

 

[Tully Mars]

There's just something about a Colt barrel. When you pick one up you just know it's legit by the feel of it before you even look down the chamber and at the roll marks to confirm it's real.

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OK now yer just rubb'in our noses in it..

 

[Heyjoe]

I've heard about those squirrel pelt fe-fe bags the frontiersmen used!

 

[Capn Jack]

If everyone went through their junque boxes maybe we could put together enough parts for the monthly give away.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Yes, I gave you likes, but more specifically? Cmon.

Well specifically...
I'd like that barrel with a upper that has the A2 sights with a permanent carrying handle , and a fixed A2 stock...with a Northwest Firearms lower...
Kinda simple , I know...but I'm a simple kinda guy...
Andy

 

[HB of CJ]

Mygrainman. PEM sent.

HB of CJ

 

[Capn Jack]

Too late Andy.
I'm not into retro. My A-2 uppers went down the road when I started using scopes and I use my A-2 Butt Stocks for balance.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Well we all can't have good taste....
Pops smoke and runs away ....
Andy

Too late Andy.
I'm not into retro. My A-2 uppers went down the road when I started using scopes and I use my A-2 Butt Stocks for balance.

 

[Boboclown]

A2s can be snipers too. <|:•)