Subj : Re: M1
To   : JIMMY ANDERSON
From : Moondog
Date : Wed Jun 03 2020 07:31 pm

  Re: Re: M1
  By: JIMMY ANDERSON to DUMAS WALKER on Tue Jun 02 2020 07:36 am

 > -=> DUMAS WALKER wrote to GAMGEE <=-
 > 
 >  > Yep, all true.
 > 
 >  > I'll still take the old one.
 > 
 >  DW> After reading the posts from you both, I am thinking two would be
 >  DW> best... one for regular shooting, and the other for historical display
 >  DW> (and sometimes shooting!).  <grin>
 > 
 >  DW> I think that because I would want one I could shoot without worrying
 >  DW> about something happening to it, while I also admire them for the
 >  DW> history element.
 > 
 > As of RIGHT NOW, I have no interest in the M1, but I can SURELY appreciate
 > the historical appeal! I'm in the market for an SKS for that very reason.
 > :-)
 > 
 > And I read an article today about Brownell's M16 Proto - but that's too
 > much for me to spend. :-)
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > ... Taglines void where prohibited.

For a little more than a chi-com SKS you could part together an M4 clone
AR15.  The barrel is the biggest cost, and sometimes I have found Mossberg bar
rels for $100.  A rifle can be built for under $500 easily, however this may
involve parts made overseas of questionable tolerances and quality.

I like the Brownells retro models as well, but feel their asking prices are a
touch on the high side.  After the 2012 Middletown shooting, parts in general
dried up, and all the cheap retro A1 and A2 receivers and hardware became
valauble and dried up as well.  My brother bought a surplus Air Force M16
spare parts kit for $349  IIRC all it need was a lower receiver and fire
control group. The buffer, buffer spring and bolt carrier group may have been
left out too.

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