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Ah! As I suspected!!!

I saw that - just giving the original pic-maker some poop...

^^^ This, right here.

Yes, very well, too.

I could have led you down that path a long time ago, brother - were you not listening to me?...

Damn, Jon! Those are sweet!!!

Wash, those ALL look great, brother!

Yes, all of them, regardless of NFA status.

Rem 300 Blk Premier Match, 125 OTMs, brother. Twice that for the box of 20 loaded, regretably. :(

That's what the next 30 were for, brother.

poop, I forgot about a matched set - it was sold as matched, but I don't think it really fits that category. Noveske Chainsaw-grade FFL lower with matched upper. Since the Chainsaw grade is a blem or a second, I don't know how that would be "matched," just by definition of being a blem or second. Maybe it was "matched," meaning they fit the blems and seconds together, to ensure operation, and were sold as such. Sweet pieces, none the less, and I used them to build my Mk12 Mod 0 rifle.

That's wrong, Matt - trying to get me into more financial ruin - I'd rather see pics of some of the bullpoopy he had to eat, once "really hungry..."

That would be cool, but it's "Gadsden"... I'm just sayin'...

^^^ If that happens, I'm buying the beer. :D

Someone doesn't know what this is...

EasyE, I'll let you know when mine is finished. I'll add up the completed lower (already in-hand), and the barrel components (also in-hand), and post that up sometime today. Still need to get the rest of the upper completed.

I'll run you guys the same deal, with 60-month payback - that's better, right?

...and, what had led to this redirection in course?...

Those are pretty sweet, but I think these are the sexiest of all...

I'd like to have 35 minutes in a locked room with this guy. The first 5 minutes would be pure fury. The next 30 minutes would be listening to his begging and pleas, and ignoring all of them. I'd enjoy all 2,100 seconds.

PPCLI. Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. Deep military heritage, and connected with the OSS and 1st Special Service Force, in WWII. 1st Special Service Force was more widely known as "The Devil's Brigade." 3rd PPCLI and 1st SFG(A) are sister units, and once a year, we'd have a week long training fest, Menton Week, culminating with the Menton Ball. This was a dedication to the inactivation of this incredible unit, which occured on 5 December, 1944, in Menton, France. During this ball, the PPCLI drummers would get out there, and rock the damn house. When I searched on these guys, this was about all I could find.

Magwa, I'll send you a loooong PM about this stuff, brother.

One thick block of Box Ironwood, symmetric all the way through. Cut in half, handmade, and left & right sides look almost identical. That gripmaker did some awesome work, and it was worth the wait - Greg really did push me over the cliff on that one, and I'm glad he did.

The only matched sets I've picked up are billet. For that reason. Machined together. Now, wait a minute? I only have one matched set, and it was a Spike's billet upper and lower 5.56 set. ARFCOM billet lower mated up to a Rainier Arms billet Ultramatch upper perfectly. Mega billet lower will mate up to a Mega billet upper perfectly, if I can ever find one. I have no doubt about about that. 5.56 stuff is made to a set fitment standard, and all the uppers and lowers should - should - fit everytime. .308 ARs are different. Three different major designs, and no set standard for any of them. Even some brands of "billet matched sets" have been proven to not work. I'm just sayin'...

I tried to link your pics in here, and can't figure out how to do it - it's giving me an HTML code (to a webpage) instead of any kind of usuable .jpg link... I'll figure it out somehow. That's a couple sweet pics! :D