Retro AR’s, A2’s and A16A4’s.....let’s see them!

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  • Brickman301

    Ultimate Member
    Mar 23, 2015
    2,530
    FREDERICK, MD
    So in another thread I posted that I’m on the fence, about what will be my next build, 20” rifle or a disapator. Anyways some members posted pictures of there rifles, so I thought, maybe others would like to share some pictures of theirs.
    I’m still undecided about what my build will be, but it will definitely be a rifle or rifle gas system.
    So let’s see them, and give me more options, to make my decision even harder! :D
     

    JTH20

    Active Member
    Feb 18, 2013
    536
    MD
    Here's mine, can't just build one:
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    rob-cubed

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    Sep 24, 2009
    5,387
    Holding the line in Baltimore
    Mine, on a Nodak receiver + Colt barrel using a near-virgin GI kit that was imported a few years ago. Yeah, I've shot it since... surprisingly accurate. Really, really wish I'd gotten two (and I need to take new photos).
     

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    Alan3413

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    Mar 4, 2013
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    Love the triangular handguards. I learned pretty quick I'd burn my fingers on the gas tube if I touched them through the top vents.
     

    Jimbob2.0

    Ultimate Member
    Feb 20, 2008
    16,600
    These are nice. I splurged on a couple not quite vintage but late 80s/early 90s Colt HBARs a while back that I need to post.
     

    Boss94

    Ultimate Member
    Feb 15, 2013
    6,945
    Here is a retro look with a twist lol!
    And once again it's the correct way on my phone. And upside down after I have rotated it in my phone several times??
     

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    Biggfoot44

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    Aug 2, 2009
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    A while back in a thread , I took the position that an A2 might sometimes be considered Retro , in certain contexts .

    But an A4 ain't Retro . ( No longer issued not automatically Retro , simply not issued .)
     

    Engine4

    Curmudgeon
    MDS Supporter
    Dec 30, 2012
    6,983
    Adcor lower with Fulton Armory upper.
     

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    Sundazes

    My brain hurts
    MDS Supporter
    Nov 13, 2006
    21,287
    Arkham
    Not retro, but real. SP1 Colt AR15 slab side from the early 70's is one of the best shooters I have. No pics handy. If I wasn't leaving for a trip, I would dig it out and take some photos.
     

    TheBert

    The Member
    MDS Supporter
    Aug 10, 2013
    7,685
    Gaithersburg, Maryland
    The Corps is phasing out M16 A4s for the infantry (pretty much a done deal now), replacing them with M27s (HK-416). Once the Corps fields the M27s to everyone (it'll happen), the A4 will definitely be considered old school. For AR fanboys they already are.

    Major McManus would be happy. He was one of the zero's in my reserve unit and his day job was with H&K sales. Of course that was about 34 years ago.
     

    ericoak

    don't drop Aboma on me
    Feb 20, 2010
    6,806
    Howard County
    Can’t get more authentic than the real deal.
     

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    dreadpirate

    Ultimate Member
    Mar 7, 2010
    5,521
    Cuba on the Chesapeake
    Check Anderson out. They make a 20" HBAR, IIRC.

    Yeah - but I want to build the old-school pencil barrel retro with the triangular hand guards. I already have this one, which is pre-ban and a gov profile barrel. I suppose I could get another upper for it; but it has an A2 stock, not the older A1.
     

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