Rparrish Posted April 20, 2020 Report Posted April 20, 2020 New member from Eastern Oregon checking in to say hello. I have owned two Armalite AR-10 rifles, the first being an AR-10T carbine several years ago. I recently picked up an unfired, ban era AR-10A2 carbine for $500. How could I say no to that? I've been trying to find a B series A4 flat top upper receiver for it, but it seems nearly impossible to find one. Hoping to learn a bit about this rifle as time allows and wish everybody here well.
jtallen83 Posted April 20, 2020 Report Posted April 20, 2020 25 minutes ago, Rparrish said: How could I say no to that? I've been trying to find a B series A4 flat top upper receiver for it, but it seems nearly impossible to find one. Welcome from Iowa, via Missouri! I would have to grab that myself. When I do find Armalite B model anything the prices are higher than I paid originally, Gunbroker sees them occasionally but I have not been able to get anything there.
Rsquared Posted April 21, 2020 Report Posted April 21, 2020 Another BIG 10B fan here. 500 is a steal for anything 10B related. Welcome from Maryland.
Rparrish Posted April 21, 2020 Author Report Posted April 21, 2020 29 minutes ago, Rsquared said: Another BIG 10B fan here. 500 is a steal for anything 10B related. Welcome from Maryland. It was. I was floored when my Nephew offered it to me. It was unfired sitting in his Dad's safe for years. Sort of a strange combination. Stainless barrel with A2 upper. It shoots great though.
98Z5V Posted April 21, 2020 Report Posted April 21, 2020 34 minutes ago, jtallen83 said: Pictures? Maybe a National Match model? I'll bet it is, with that barrel. What a great score. For the upper, try calling Armalite, and talking to them. LOCAL: 623-780-1050 TOLL FREE: 800-336-0184 Hours of Operation: M-F 7am – 4pm MST
Rparrish Posted April 21, 2020 Author Report Posted April 21, 2020 1 hour ago, jtallen83 said: Pictures? Maybe a National Match model? I will get some photos up tomorrow for you to look at.
Rparrish Posted April 21, 2020 Author Report Posted April 21, 2020 30 minutes ago, 98Z5V said: I'll bet it is, with that barrel. What a great score. For the upper, try calling Armalite, and talking to them. LOCAL: 623-780-1050 TOLL FREE: 800-336-0184 Hours of Operation: M-F 7am – 4pm MST Yep, I called Armalite and the gentleman looked up the serial number. I asked if it had a T model barrel and he said no. Not sure about NM barrel, though. I am on a waiting list for notification when or if they make more uppers. The guy I talked with was awesome. Talked for about 20 minutes. He did say that there were plans to kick out more B series stuff in the future. I certainly hope so.
98Z5V Posted April 21, 2020 Report Posted April 21, 2020 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Rparrish said: I will get some photos up tomorrow for you to look at. If it's a National Match model, that's gonna be marked on their barrel with a "NM" in the barrel specs. Here's an example of the Armalite barrel markings for that: That should be visible without taking anything apart - it's in front of the gas block. Edited April 21, 2020 by 98Z5V
Rsquared Posted April 21, 2020 Report Posted April 21, 2020 Yep. I've got a 10B A2 carbine from the mid-2000's. I'm still a fan of the original A2 look. This was after I swapped the original handguards out to one of the Armalite 2-piece rails. I've put it back to the original factory plastic ones since then. Back to just a plain "factory" battle rifle.
Rparrish Posted April 21, 2020 Author Report Posted April 21, 2020 1 hour ago, 98Z5V said: If it's a National Match model, that's gonna be marked on their barrel with a "NM" in the barrel specs. Here's an example of the Armalite barrel markings for that: That should be visible without taking anything apart - it's in front of the gas block. Strange. Mine appears to be a standard stainless barrel. No visible markings in front of the gas block at all. Not sure if there are any under the Alostyr rails I put on it, but they were a pain to get on.
Rparrish Posted April 21, 2020 Author Report Posted April 21, 2020 1 hour ago, 98Z5V said: If it's a National Match model, that's gonna be marked on their barrel with a "NM" in the barrel specs. Here's an example of the Armalite barrel markings for that: That should be visible without taking anything apart - it's in front of the gas block. Strange. Mine appears to be a standard stainless barrel. No visible markings in front of the gas block at all. Not sure if there are any under the Alostyr rails I put on it, but they were a pain to get on. http://imgur.com/a/QxN7G4t
98Z5V Posted April 21, 2020 Report Posted April 21, 2020 1 minute ago, Rparrish said: Strange. Mine appears to be a standard stainless barrel. No visible markings in front of the gas block at all. Not sure if there are any under the Alostyr rails I put on it, but they were a pain to get on. http://imgur.com/a/QxN7G4t Did you see any markings at all on it, when you had it apart for the rail install?...
Rparrish Posted April 21, 2020 Author Report Posted April 21, 2020 Maybe?🤣. I'll try to get them off to confirm.
Sharpshooter Posted April 21, 2020 Report Posted April 21, 2020 Welcome from Arkansas. If you can't find the info you need here, I'm going to be very surprised.
98Z5V Posted April 21, 2020 Report Posted April 21, 2020 2 hours ago, Rparrish said: Yep, I called Armalite and the gentleman looked up the serial number. I asked if it had a T model barrel and he said no. Not sure about NM barrel, though. I am on a waiting list for notification when or if they make more uppers. The guy I talked with was awesome. Talked for about 20 minutes. He did say that there were plans to kick out more B series stuff in the future. I certainly hope so. Call him back and ask him what barrel you had installed, per serial number. They're pretty consistent about where they mark their barrels. @mrraley, and input on this one, brother?
Rparrish Posted April 21, 2020 Author Report Posted April 21, 2020 2 minutes ago, 98Z5V said: Call him back and ask him what barrel you had installed, per serial number. They're pretty consistent about where they mark their barrels. @mrraley, and input on this one, brother? Think I will call back again tomorrow and confirm. I had thought it may have been a T series barrel because it looked identical to the 16" T carbine I owned years ago.
Rparrish Posted April 21, 2020 Author Report Posted April 21, 2020 Just got off the phone with a guy named Glenn. Very cool guy to talk with. Unfortunately, he was not able to find my exact serial number in their old excel data sheets. He estimated my rifle to be a late 90's to very early 2000 model. He was not sure which barrel it left the factory with when I explained the stainless steel carbine barrel. For all I know at this point, it's an oddball. I think I might try taking the rails off this evening to see if I can find any markings on the barrel. Did Armalite ever produce T series barreled A2 carbines? He added that they have several B series lower receivers and he has been pushing for another run of A4 receivers to be made. He is hoping late summer for release of more of these.
jtallen83 Posted April 21, 2020 Report Posted April 21, 2020 I don't think they did T series or NM's without free floated barrels, odds are the barrel isn't original BUT they did do a bunch of smaller runs on different configurations so it is possible it's factory. @mrraley may know.
Rparrish Posted April 21, 2020 Author Report Posted April 21, 2020 Just took the railed handguard off and there are no markings anywhere on the barrel at all. It is more of an M4 style contour and not a heavy barrel. https://imgur.com/a/yT0LmDR
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