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Post by huxbux on Feb 27, 2009 15:06:11 GMT -5
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Post by TagTeamHunter on Feb 27, 2009 16:34:06 GMT -5
Sweet! Yeah that bug has been buzz around my ear also. Don't have the fund but I was thinking about a poor boy's Black Rifle. www.rbprecision.com/id120.htmalready have a Ruger 10-22. |
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Post by mbogo on Feb 27, 2009 19:15:37 GMT -5
Build one yourself and save a little money and perhaps more importantly, do it a piece or two at a time as you can afford it. The .308 lowers are a little harder to find but it can be done with some searching. It seems that the ammo and magazine prices are the big problem with the .308 in this platform.
BTW, TagTeam Smith and Wesson is supposed to be releasing a dedicated high capacity .22 LR AR for under $500 MSRP.
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Post by chicobrownbear on Feb 28, 2009 0:52:48 GMT -5
Remember if you build one you knock off a ton of money in the complete firearm excise tax. Its also fun to hunt down the parts you want/need and put them all together yourself. Its not difficult in the least to build your own.
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Post by huxbux on Feb 28, 2009 7:34:32 GMT -5
I may give it a try, although small parts can be challenging for arthritic fingers.
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Post by chicobrownbear on Feb 28, 2009 9:12:36 GMT -5
I may give it a try, although small parts can be challenging for arthritic fingers. Thats what Jake is for. |
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Post by huxbux on Feb 28, 2009 9:14:02 GMT -5
I may give it a try, although small parts can be challenging for arthritic fingers. Thats what Jake is for. Not according to Jake. |
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Post by TagTeamHunter on Feb 28, 2009 13:25:03 GMT -5
Hmm, maybe I'll wait until the S&W rifle comes out. Priced out what I want it would be around $300.00. And after all that it is still a basic Ruger 10/22 under the hood.
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Post by jajwrigh on Feb 28, 2009 22:35:30 GMT -5
A new picture I snapped today of a few "black guns"... [a href="  "] [/a] Top to bottom: 1. AR in .223 2. 870 Police 3. AR in .450 Bushmaster |
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Post by chicobrownbear on Mar 1, 2009 1:54:30 GMT -5
Did you get some extra mags for the .450? Thats a great pic btw.
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Post by mbogo on Mar 2, 2009 17:07:14 GMT -5
Hmm, maybe I'll wait until the S&W rifle comes out. Priced out what I want it would be around $300.00. And after all that it is still a basic Ruger 10/22 under the hood. Sig is supposed to be doing something similar with a .22 lr only version of the 556 as well so hopefully at least one of the two actually makes it to the shelves for the announced price. |
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Post by swilk on Mar 2, 2009 21:32:52 GMT -5
I am a complete novice with black rifles ..... is there more to it than buying an upper and a lower then putting them together?
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Post by jajwrigh on Mar 2, 2009 21:50:05 GMT -5
Depends. It you buy a complete upper and a complete lower then they attach with 2 pins. A lot of us build the lowers ourselves and a few even build the uppers as well. It gets a little more complicated at this point, and there are lots of little parts that go into these rifles.
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Post by chicobrownbear on Mar 3, 2009 6:07:07 GMT -5
Swilk, if you have any technical abilities at all you can build one of these rifles. Like Jajwrigh said, it can be that simple. By technical abilities I mean can you hit a nail with a hammer?
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Post by jajwrigh on Mar 3, 2009 7:40:59 GMT -5
Did you get some extra mags for the .450? I just have 2. At $35 for a 5 rounder, I can't make sense out of having too many!! On another note, Remington now has some factory ammo for it now as well. |
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Post by mbogo on Mar 3, 2009 15:42:40 GMT -5
With the way things are right now, it can be harder to find the parts for the lower than it is to actually assemble it.
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Post by huxbux on Mar 3, 2009 16:59:06 GMT -5
There were some on gunbroker yesterday. DPMS I believe.
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Post by huxbux on Mar 3, 2009 20:19:30 GMT -5
Okay, okay already. You guys talked me into it. I just ordered a LPK. If I keep hanging out here, I'll end up with lots of weaponry and no money.
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Post by jajwrigh on Mar 3, 2009 20:38:49 GMT -5
I fail to see the problem with that.... ;D
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Post by chicobrownbear on Mar 4, 2009 6:06:40 GMT -5
I think most of us here built it "one piece at a time."
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