IF THAT IS AN PREBAN RIFLE AND YOU HAVE IT LEGALLY REGISTERED. IF YOU COULD FIND AN AUTO RECEIVER FOR IT.. YOU COULD SELL IT TO A CLASS THREE ARMS DEALER FOR BIG MOOLAA

Damn Fella , you just bought an AR15 for the price i paid for my bow [:-]... Ok , i wannago live in America NOW [8D].

And then BigJ hits me with his old school model , you guys don't know how lucky you really are ...... Hang on , yes you do !!!!

WVSPORTSMAN-That is a SWEET rifle! I would really love one just like that, .308 and set up for long range shooting. Very nice. What kind of groups are you getting with that thing?

BigJ-That is very cool that yours is a Colt AND so close to that era of M16. I really wanted a Colt M4 style rifle, but the price was a little more than I could justify for a "toy".Thanks for the good read on the history on that year(s) of rifles, it was very informative. I really like the looks of that "old school" rifle. How often do you get to shoot it?

BRETT...GROUPS DEPEND ON THE SHOOTERAND I'M NOT THAT GREAT..LOL, BUT IT SHOOTS EXTREMELY CLOSE GROUPS IN THE HANDS OF A PROFESSIONAL....BUT TO BE HONEST, I STILL PREFER TO USE A BOLT ACTION FOR LONG DISTANCE SHOOTING. THIS RIFLE IS A LITTLE ON THE HEAVY SIDE, BUT ALL LONG BARREL AR'S ARE HEAVY. IT'S FUN TO SHOOT, BUT AMMO GETS $ FOR A 308 REAL QUICK AND LESS YOU HAND LOAD. I PLAN ON BUYING A .223 IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. I HAVE ABOUT $2200 IN THAT RIFLE. FUNNY THING IS, EACH YEAR THE PRICE HAS GONE UP ON THIS RIFLE. I THINK THERE 2-300 MORE NOW THAN I BOUGHT MINE.

I get out and shoot it as often as I can. It's a little harder to find the ammo because it must shoot the older style M193 55grain ammo instead of the newer M855 62grain ammo used today. The reason is the rate of twist in the"old school" barrels in 1-12 and will not stabilize the newer heavier ammo where as the newer AR's I believe utilize a 1-9 or 1-7 twist. The newer rifles can shoot both but the older ones can only shoot the lighter ammo. Sure M855 will chamber and fire fine but out past 100yds the bullets loose their stabilization and start to tumble causing (asI'm sure you guessed) poor accuracy.

BTW the surplus M855 ammo utilizes theSS109 bullet...Way wicked.The original US Military M855 SS109 Penetrator ammo is a62 grain bulletwith steel tipped penetrating core for combat use. It moves out at about 3,025 f.p.s., and isthe ammo being used right now in Iraq and Afghanistan by U.S. Troops.

Probably the best .223 ammo for combat ever produced in the USA. I believe it's green tipped and if you can find them in boxes marked "Lake City Arsenal" (Salt Lake City) it's the real deal.


I found a pretty good deal on a few cases of M193 so I bought them up...I'm always looking.

I've been looking at the same things for my rifle. I realy like the quad rail and vert grip/light mount.

Here are a couple more of my fun guns.

OMG I want one of those so bad. That may be how I'm helping the economy when I get my check. Absolutely worthless to me in a everyday capacitybut soooo hotttt!

Jasonlester-Those are nice! Is that an all original HK?

No its a Springfield SAR-8 .308