392heminut Posted June 9, 2020 Report Share Posted June 9, 2020 Read this article this morning and thought I would post it up here. Interesting build and the end result is pretty damn nice! https://gunmagwarehouse.com/blog/what-if-ar-10-won-m14-trials/?utm_source=gunmagwarehouse&utm_campaign=210395daec-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_06_08_02_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0d355b7f6d-210395daec-426177601&goal=0_0d355b7f6d-210395daec-426177601&mc_cid=210395daec&mc_eid=62c61324f5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagebrush Posted June 10, 2020 Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 11 hours ago, 392heminut said: Read this article this morning and thought I would post it up here. Interesting build and the end result is pretty damn nice! https://gunmagwarehouse.com/blog/what-if-ar-10-won-m14-trials/?utm_source=gunmagwarehouse&utm_campaign=210395daec-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_06_08_02_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0d355b7f6d-210395daec-426177601&goal=0_0d355b7f6d-210395daec-426177601&mc_cid=210395daec&mc_eid=62c61324f5 very good read, thanks for posting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted June 10, 2020 Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 Damn, what a blast from the past. That's the exact same furniture that I used on my 5.56 Woody. That same pic is what prompted that build, and that same pic is what I used on the cover of my Appleseed Instructor Manual. At the time, I pulled that furniture from Precision Firearms, and when I called, I talked to Mark Hostetter himself. That is a really, REALLY good article, brother - thank you for finding that. Now I need to dig the Woody out and get a pic of that beautiful bitch in here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted June 10, 2020 Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 GAWD DAMN! i FOUND IT! It's a complete built National Match Rifle - minus one part. Those wood handguard grips will not fit a National Match Freefloat Tube. @mrraley sold me that Armalite NM Freefloat tube and gas tube many years ago, and I bought it just for this rifle - but I'm too chicken to trust anyone to mill those Walnut handguards out to fit it. Everything else on that gun is all National Match parts, down to the skinny 0.040" KNS Precision front sight post, and the RRA NM carry handle, 1/4 x 1/4 MOA adjustments and 0.040" changeable peep. Young NM BCG, Geissele SSA-E trigger, a BAD-ASS just because, and a rare (don't think they make them anymore) Rainier Arms UltraMatch Billet upper receiver. This thing can Slay Dragons at 500 yards with Iron Sights. It's an absolute joy to shoot... There's a build thread on it somewhere here, but with all the "Woody" talk over the years, it hard for me to even find it. Pics with flash and without flash, so you can really see that wood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
392heminut Posted June 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 @98Z5V your build is what inspired me to do mine. Ever since you posted those pics I wanted to do one. When that damn bumpfire ban happened I needed a shoulder stock and grip so I went the wood route with that carbine. I need to look around the forum, I think I posted some pics of it somewhere here after I got it done. Woodies are just cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted June 10, 2020 Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 9 minutes ago, 392heminut said: Woodies are just cool! Woodies are amazing! I remember taking SO MUCH SHIIT on Arfcom, when I built that. ALL the Mall Ninjas said I was a dumbass, and it sucked, yada yada yada. I didn't care. I was beating up that 450 (really 475) out on the Sierra Vista Shooting Range, with iron sights. I'd start 100, 200, 250, 300, 350, 400, 450 (the 475)... Smack smack smack, over and over. Other guys out there were asking what they hell I was doing... "I'm just having FUN!..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
392heminut Posted June 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 9 hours ago, 98Z5V said: Woodies are amazing! I remember taking SO MUCH SHIIT on Arfcom, when I built that. ALL the Mall Ninjas said I was a dumbass, and it sucked, yada yada yada. I didn't care. I was beating up that 450 (really 475) out on the Sierra Vista Shooting Range, with iron sights. Mall ninjas can't even SEE that far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRiverII Posted June 10, 2020 Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 Wood and steel is a winning combination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisco Posted June 10, 2020 Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 (edited) You know, I wanted to get a wood stock for my Armalite AR10 rifle a few years ago think I will revisit it. There was a guy in South Dakota that had reasonable prices. I posted about it but am having no luck finding the post in archives. Edited June 10, 2020 by Sisco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue109 Posted June 10, 2020 Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 damn. so sexy. would be an easy swap onto my A2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radioactive Posted June 10, 2020 Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 Nice! - I got a woody lookin at those Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted June 11, 2020 Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 Gosh — who could ever have seen that coming? 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robocop1051 Posted June 11, 2020 Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 I built my father in law his 1st AR15. It was mostly Colt and Armalite NM parts. The wood furniture was from Lucid Wood. They made the absolute best stuff on the market. Back then you had the option of an A2 butt plate or a rubber pad. I got the rubber pad, but hindsight I wish I got the A2 plate. im always tempted to do another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted June 11, 2020 Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 And what's stopping you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted June 11, 2020 Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 (edited) 32 minutes ago, Sharpshooter said: And what's stopping you? Lucid is gone, as a company, and Dan Konrad was the man behind that design - and he's out, too. That was the best wood out there, by far. It's amazing. I - knowing now, in this future - wish I would have bought 50 sets of it. I'd be rich now, retired, and have land and structures, based on what people were willing to pay for that stuff, these days. Edited June 11, 2020 by 98Z5V Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radioactive Posted June 11, 2020 Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 5 hours ago, Sharpshooter said: Gosh — who could ever have seen that coming? 🤣 Yeah I’m kinda predicktable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radioactive Posted June 11, 2020 Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 I’ve got a colt a2 upper that would look good in wood but my colt lower is currently on something else so it wood be half a woody. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radioactive Posted June 11, 2020 Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 5 hours ago, 98Z5V said: Lucid is gone, as a company, and Dan Konrad was the man behind that design - and he's out, too. That was the best wood out there, by far. It's amazing. I - knowing now, in this future - wish I would have bought 50 sets of it. I'd be rich now, retired, and have land and structures, based on what people were willing to pay for that stuff, these days. Hind-sight can be a bitch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DNP Posted June 11, 2020 Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 Yeah....I should have bought a bunch of amazon stock when they hit the market, but can’t live in the past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisco Posted June 11, 2020 Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 WoodforAR.com had some nice looking stuff, but their web address has been bought by someone else so I am pretty sure they are out of business. Should have ordered two years ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unforgiven Posted June 11, 2020 Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 Great link brother I have a WOA NM upper on a RRA lower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
392heminut Posted June 12, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2020 On 6/11/2020 at 12:21 PM, Swiftab said: Dam you all. Now I want one too Black Guns Wood look pretty nice http://www.blackgunswood.com/ $295 for an AR15 set is reasonable. I have a Colt National Match that needs some upgrades. That's where I got my wood furniture set. Gene is a great guy to deal with and his stuff is very nice, both grain wise and fit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted June 14, 2020 Report Share Posted June 14, 2020 On 6/12/2020 at 5:27 PM, Swiftab said: My set will arrive on Monday. I will share some pictures when they get here. Thanks again guys! Well... THAT escalated quickly!... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DNP Posted June 15, 2020 Report Share Posted June 15, 2020 Nicely done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisco Posted June 15, 2020 Report Share Posted June 15, 2020 3 hours ago, Swiftab said: I received my wood today from blackgunswood.com Stock set was packaged very well and double boxed Black walnut wood is beautiful Installed in minutes I love the look and the feel. This thread is gonna cost me some money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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