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Rifle is Sold Pending Funds.

$1350 shipped for just the rifle and the magazines.

Folks, the price has been dropped to $1500 shipped.

Folks, I'm getting out of the AR10 game. What is being put up for sale was several years in the making. Most of it done, just needs a bit more tweaking, such as milling off the "fence" on the lower. It started out as a bare AR10B upper and a set of AR10B brown handguards. The upper originally had a deflector bump which was milled off when the engraving was done on the left in the same style as the first AR10s. Lower is a standard AR10B, barrel is a Rainer Arms 20" SS match unit which was turned down in front of the gas block and duracoated. Trigger is Armalite's tactical match trigger, and it has an XH buffer and spring from Slash. Buttstock is a type D M16A1 unit, pistol grip is a recontoured A1 unit and the handguards are the original AR10B units, all painted with Krylon Fusion "Expresso". The flash hider is an almost exact copy of the ones used on the original Cuban AR10s. The only difference is it's threaded 5/8x28 - standard DPMS/Armalite F/H threads. The sling is a Greek M1 Garand piece. It will come with four 20rd Armalite Gen II mags, two are still NIW. Also included is an Armalite Field Replacement kit NIW, an Armalite barrel nut and slip ring both NIW, two dust cover rods, a dust cover spring and a one-piece McFarland gas ring, and a Brownell's 308AR torque rod tool and an extra charging handle(which both not pictured). Notice for full disclosure - it does need a new dust cover spring installed and the dust cover rod needs to be notched to use a c-clip also. I've got close to $2000 invested in this, parts and labor. Asking $1700 shipped. Payment by USPS money order or PayPal gift. The first "I'll take it" posted in the thread gets it. Please ask questions via PM here and thanks for looking. This is cross-posted in other forums also.

Folks, the rifle has been paid for and shipped today. Please lock this thread. ;)

Folks, this is Sold Pending Funds on another forum.

Folks, The only trade/partial trade I would consider would involve a Rock Island Armory .38 Super full-size 1911 like http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/product_info.php/cPath/21_876/products_id/411539803/Rock+Island+Armory+51815+1911+Standard+GI+9%2B1+38Super+5%22

Nathan, I didn't mean to demote you. ;) Seriously though, other companies would do well to try to emulate your customer service/support practices AND attitude! I love your products. Best bang for the buck around - pun intended. :) And your responsiveness to customer demand is excellent! Keep doing what you've been doing!

This is now cross-posted elsewhere.

Price, profile and the fact that it was nitrided. Previous barrel was a SS BHW "medium" contour that was close to some bull barrels in weight and appearance/profile. Plus I've had some limited experience with Faxon's 5.56 barrels and was pleased and impressed. Especially in light of the price, plus their customer support is some of the best I've experienced. One of their company reps is a member at another gun forum and he has gone above and beyond to take care of customers! ;)

Update gang! I had to go to the range to run a function check and BZO a FAL I had just built, so I took along "Killer" too. Ran 30 rounds through in break-in mode and then ten more rounds to BZO the BUIS. Since I shot the FAL first I noticed that the recoil on the LR308 was noticeably more stout, but the trigger was so much better! :) If you do your part the rifle will make head shots at 200 yards. ;) Suffice it to say, she is more accurate than I am capable of shooting. On this new Faxon barrel, can't say enough good things. I've tried several of their 5.56 offerings and now a .308, makes me wish they made barrels for FALs too!!! :)

Thanks for the kind words. I'd love to keep her, she should be a tack-driver.

Folks, unfortunately I've had some things come up and I have to get rid of one of my babies. She's a SI Defense HK format LR308. Has a brand new Faxon Arms mid-weight .308 barrel with an A2 flash hider. Midwest Industries free-float tube with a low-profile 3-gun gas block. She's wearing an A1 stock and pistol grip and MagPul BUIS front and rear. Inside is a NiB BCG from SI Defense and the lower parts kit was from DPMS. Rifle will come with 12 HK aluminum magazines, all in EXC to LN condition, with two flectarn pattern mag pouches that have had ALICE clips fitted to the back. The receivers/BCG have had 20 rounds fired through them, the barrel is brand new with zero rounds down the pipe. The MI barrel wrench and all of the rails will come with it also. The bottom photo shows what I had intended to mount on her. Vortex Crossfire II 1-4 x 24 V-Plex scope, Burris AR-P.E.P.R. mount, and the correct Butler Creek Flip-up lens covers - all BNIW. Okay gang, here's the deal. The rifle just with the magazines $900 shipped. With the scope, mount and lens covers $1100 shipped. You guys get first shot before I post it elsewhere. I won't sell the scope and accessories separately unless the rifle has already sold. I'll accept discrete PayPal plus fees, or USPS money orderThe first "I'll take it" posted in the thread gets it. Please ask questions or conduct negotiations via PMs here. Please make sure that your FFL will accept shipments from individuals. If I have to ship through my FFL that will be an extra $75. If this hasn't sold by Saturday afternoon I'll post it elsewhere.

Folks, unfortunately I've had some things come up and you might want to take a look in the For Sale forum. :(

Damn! I'm sorry to hear that but glad to hear that you prevailed. My Dad was a victim of Agent Orange and ended up dying from Pulmonary Fibrosis. The local doctor kept diagnosing him with bronchitus, which he never recovered from! Finally a young, hot-shot doctor in the University of Pittsburgh got the diagnosis right. Unfortunately it was too late. My father passed on the Marine Corps birthday 1990, while I was in the Gulf during Desert Shield/Desert Storm. wetncold, please be careful. From one vet to another, we talk a mighty game but we're getting old and brittle. Be careful bro! I miss my Dad!

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Thanks for the kind words guys. She ended up looking much better than I expected. I was concerned about a possible increase in weight and was very pleasantly surprised by what I ended up with. I'm hoping to get a range report posted for you guys soon. Unfortunately the front that is causing so much hate and discontent in the midwest will be bringing us mucho rain this coming week. I'll keep ya'll posted. ;) Oh, BTW, for those with good eyes, yes that is an A1 pistol grip, and the stock is an A1 unit. I'm vertically challenged so the A1 stock has always been a better fit for me than the A2 stock.

Okay gang, here's the newest update/addition. Got the free float tube in and gas block and here's what we have now: Swapped the 18" BHW barrel for a 20" Faxon unit. The BHW was supposedly a lightweight profile and the Faxon is a mid profile but I dropped from 9.3 pounds to 8.7. Of course I swapped the A2 FSB for a lightweight 3-gun gas block from Doublestar and most noticeable - we had to ditch the A1 handguards for the MI free float tube. Gonna try to do a function check and then BZO the BUIS (MagPul Gen II MBUS) and get in some accuracy testing. I finally had to admit that it's harder to achieve a retro look with a DPMS pattern unit. That's okay, the HK 20 round mags run great in this puppy and I've got a feeling it's gonna be pretty doggone accurate!

Try Faxon Firearms http://www.faxonfirearms.com/c/27/308-win-dpms-style-barrels and Black Hole Weaponry http://www.shop.blackholeweaponry.com/AR-10_c526.htm . I just installed a 20" unit from Faxon that I'll be doing accuracy testing on next week. Also had an 18" unit from BHW that was excellent. Faxon has great prices and BHW has more choices and variety. Both have excellent customer support. Hope this helps!

Thank you, I appreciate that. She ways 9.08 pounds.

Okay gang. Looks like I'm not going to be able to mount standard type handguards on this particular rifle. I've ordered an MI free float tube that should arrive any day now. I'll give you guys a report as soon as I can mount the free float tube and shoot it! Looks like I might have to get an Armalite product in order to try out anything else.

So, where is a good place for everyone to congregate and try out my clone? I've got no problem with someone shooting her - just don't abuse her! ;)

Folks, I'm reposting the photos of the "currently" finished rifle. I screwed up and "organized" my photobucket acct. Sorry. and close-ups of the flash hiders, in the white and parked.

Okay gang, I finally got off my duff and did some stuff. Unfortunately some of it wasn't right. So folks, get ready to pile on! LOL I'll post the photos first. This is the HK with the 18" BHW barrel and a set of A1 triangular handguards. Second photo is the Ni-B BCG from SI Defense. Okay, now here's the embarrassing part - someone didn't do their due diligence when it came to research - one guess. If you look very close you'll notice that the slip-ring is pushed all the way back in order to mount the A1 handguards, which were also shortened. When I sent the barrel off to get the FSB mounted the guy that did the work mentioned that there was about a quarter inch difference in the gas port location between the AR-10 barrel and the BHW barrel for the HK, with the HK being a quarter inch further back. I didn't realize that the DPMS pattern barrels can't use standard AR15 length handguards like the AR-10s can. BTW, I have shot it with the BHW barrel and I LIKE IT! Nice tight groups, I just need a taller front sight post, she's hitting very high and I can't get the front sight post up any higher without it coming out. So now here is my question. Are there A2 type handguards that fit a DPMS pattern rifle length gas system with a triangular handguard cap? Standard A2 handguards pulled off my M16A4 clone measure 12" flange to flange and are about 3/8" too long. So I guess I need something 11 1/2" to 11 3/4" long. Push come to shove I'll tear everything apart and mount a float tube but that's not what I intended. I was looking for a more military/utilitarian look.

Set is SOLD!