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    Quote Originally Posted by redneck1 View Post
    I dont have any furniture for it so a pistol build isn't out of the question. And it does save a lot of work extending the barrel and trying to make it look right .
    Plus you can keep the barrel quick detach .

    I might have to find a different front end , I'm not sure this one is easily salvageable , it's cut real close to the locking lugs
    you need a friend with a mig welder. this blowback stuff can be re-welded.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Baltimoreed View Post
    Attachment 233646Attachment 233647My AR-45s would fall into this category. Olympic Arms bbls and bcgs, dpms heavy uppers and dedicated greasegun mag lowers from CNC Enterprises. Built 3 so far, a forward charger sbr, an mp5 and a Thompson. Doing some R&D on a semiauto Lewis Gun. Also did a build of making a mini 30 into a M1a lookalike with the help of Accuracy Systems. If you look on pg 2 of Special Projects under 30 caliber builds you can see how it turned out.
    nice stuff. finding a source for affordable 45AR stuff has always been difficult.

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    I have a tig , I'll have to get things De-slagged and apart before I make up my mind on if it's worth salvaging.

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    I've finished a FAL so far. Working on an AK right now, with a CETME C, Galil ARM, and PPS43 on deck.

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    Let's see a few, AR, AK, Uzi, HK, and some others, the good old days of cheap
    kits is gone, years ago SA, RIA sold parts, Shotgun News was like your "candy
    store" for good parts. I remember when Rock Island Armory was selling AR clone
    finished lowers for $39.00, then they got into a "patent thing" with Colt so they
    were selling the lowers for $19 all Sendra marked either XM15 or M15,Colt chrome
    bolt carriers complete, Uppers etc. good ole days. Have too many projects to start
    and finish.

    -Rock

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    Attachment 236238Attachment 236239Here’s my mini30/m1a that I built last year with the help of Accuracy Systems. Wasn’t a kit but it was a build and a half. They did the bbl work, brace and m14 flash hider while I did the stock, fake scope mount and camo paint job. The mini is inlet into an actual m14 stock with a lot of jb weld and 2 walnut block spacers. Planning on rebuilding a mini 300 blkout into a Garand this year.
    Never have enough projects.

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    nice hodgepodgery there, buddy. th " guns that never existed" are the most fun to build. i still have an L1A9 project in the wings. it will be a tec9-L1A1 hybrid.

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    Several types done over the years and kudos to justashooter for sharing his ak rec. forming tool designs and methods !! Helped me and several others down the path !

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    Built this .62 cal. smoothbore from some parts I had.
    Stainless steel seamless tube. Lock, trigger, trigger guard from Dixie Gun Works .58 cal ram rod from a Zouave. Hunk of Maple from a chair maker. rear sight from a Rem 788. Butt plate ??
    Favorite loads...100 grains FFG, .58 cal minie or round ball in a 20 ga shot cup.
    3 dram equiv. FFG with bird shot or OO buckshot.....one gun does most..
    Took 6 months....'cause I hadn't a clue, and I didn't like the Thompson Center Hawken Kit...thought I could do better myself. Click image for larger version. 

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    Quote Originally Posted by double8 View Post
    Built this .62 cal. smoothbore from some parts I had.
    Stainless steel seamless tube. Lock, trigger, trigger guard from Dixie Gun Works .58 cal ram rod from a Zouave. Hunk of Maple from a chair maker. rear sight from a Rem 788. Butt plate ??
    Favorite loads...100 grains FFG, .58 cal minie or round ball in a 20 ga shot cup.
    Took 6 months....cause I hadn't a clue, and I didn't like the Thompson Center Hawken Kit...thought I could do better myself. Click image for larger version. 

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BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
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LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check