Posted on 02/03/2017 2:33:09 PM PST by nickcarraway
I bought a milled receiver Bulgarian way back upon a time (90’s?). Seems to me I paid less than $300. new.
Perhaps, but the MSM doesn’t know the difference between semi-automatic and full auto.
I’ve never seen a stamped aluminum AR-15.
I’ve noticed that too.
Armalite & Olympic make them among others.
I would just like to get my hands on one of those new Russian AK-107s.
“I’ve never seen a stamped aluminum AR-15.” (post 23 by smokingfrog)
“Armalite & Olympic make them among others.” (post 25 by Roman_War_Criminal)
No one makes “stamped aluminum” AR-15s.
All makers forge the upper & lower receivers from aluminum billets, then machine them to final dimensions. Same goes for the makers of AR-10-style rifles. Except for the receiver extension (aka “buffer tube”), all other major parts are steel.
Stamping isn’t necessarily a bad thing. HK used stampings to make the G3, the MP5, and a number of other arms. Whoever made the CETME Modelo 58 for the Spaniards and the Portuguese did the same. And the Red Army’s AKM (superseded the AK-47 in 1959 or so) was stamped.
Me too. Hopefully Trump will get around before too long to deleting another Obama mistake.
And don’t forget: anodizing is an electrochemical process that converts the metal surface into a decorative, durable, corrosion-resistant, anodic oxide finish. Aluminum is ideally suited to anodizing.
AKs are sprayed with a can of black BBQ grill paint.
Anyone else have a couple dozen of those little hex head wrenches in various sizes that come with all the crapola we bolt on our evil black guns?
WASR is Romanian.
Aluminum stamped?
No. Cast, maybe, but not stamped. And that was long ago.
They make good rifles.
Look up the Armalite 180 - it’s stamped. It’s the bottom line AR that I was referring to. Olympic Arms tried the same years ago with epic failure results.
Yes it was - Armalite 180 and I forget the cheap version Olympic had.
Cool. But it’s not an AR-15.
Maybe not - but close ;)
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