I am looking at picking up a Noveske Afghan it has the 14.5" barrel with the welded brake.

Where are the barrels stamped so I can verify that it is a Noveske barrel?

It has the key-mod rail, are they as good as they say they are?

Or is this a parts gun, and if so how can I tell?

It will be a range toy and an occasional shooter, so what say everyone???

Thanks,

I have one in 6.8 with the quad rail. Stainless barrel. It is a solid, accurate gun but with the Mur upper it is on the heavy side. I had the same carbine in 5.56 but ended up trading it for a Recce.

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Originally posted by archerman:
I am looking at picking up a Noveske Afghan it has the 14.5" barrel with the welded brake.

Where are the barrels stamped so I can verify that it is a Noveske barrel?

It has the key-mod rail, are they as good as they say they are?

Or is this a parts gun, and if so how can I tell?

It will be a range toy and an occasional shooter, so what say everyone???

Thanks,

I don't know much about Noveske rifles, so I can't help you there.


In testing, it appears that Mlok is the stronger of the two between Mlok and Keymod.

All my handguards are keymod and I see no reason to switch. I attach lights, slings, and bipods and I have never had anything come loose.


There are plenty of accessories for Keymod so I would say go for it if you like the rest of the upper.

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Originally posted by archerman:
I am looking at picking up a Noveske Afghan it has the 14.5" barrel with the welded brake.

Where are the barrels stamped so I can verify that it is a Noveske barrel?

Here is how the Noveske barrel is stamped. They will all have the Noveske logo.

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It has the key-mod rail, are they as good as they say they are?

Noveske NSR is about as good as any quality handguards out there.

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Or is this a parts gun, and if so how can I tell?

Only way to know for sure is to call Noveske with the serial number. They should be able to tell you if it was a complete factory rifle.

Thanks for that info Q I have emailed them with the serial # to see if it is a factory rifle or not.

Do you think your Noveske is better than most other AR's or???

Thanks,

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Originally posted by archerman:
Thanks for that info Q I have emailed them with the serial # to see if it is a factory rifle or not.

Do you think your Noveske is better than most other AR's or???

Thanks,

What sort of price range are you looking at? And what is the round count on that upper?

He says it has 500 rounds through it, and it’s a local trade, he is putting a valu of $1800.00 on it.

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He says it has 500 rounds through it, and it’s a local trade, he is putting a valu of $1800.00 on it.

Whoooo boy. You could have a JP-15 for that kinda cash.....new.

https://www.jprifles.com/1.2.2_JP15.php


Link

Yes you could, but i am not putting up any $$$, it’s a trade locally

Tim from Noveske just replied to my email, with the serial # info and was sold as a striped lower, so its not a factory built rifle.

So that’s good to know and it changes my thinking on the trade now.

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Originally posted by archerman:
Thanks for that info Q I have emailed them with the serial # to see if it is a factory rifle or not.

Do you think your Noveske is better than most other AR's or???

Thanks,

I just installed a new old stock Noveske barrel from the era when John was alive. That is one fine barrel. Super precise and very, very consistent. Worth the dough IMO

Early Noveske Afghan barrels are some of the very best barrels made IMHO

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Originally posted by archerman:
Tim from Noveske just replied to my email, with the serial # info and was sold as a striped lower, so its not a factory built rifle.

So that’s good to know and it changes my thinking on the trade now.

Is the barrel marked as a noveske?

Noveske complete/Factory built uppers used to have the noveske cross stamped across the upper and lower where they meet so that half the cross was on the lower and half on the upper. I'm not sure if it's still the case.


When they met and lined up properly, they completed the logo. It was small and subtle, but difficult to counterfeit.

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Originally posted by jjkroll32:
Noveske complete/Factory built uppers used to have the noveske cross stamped across the upper and lower where they meet so that half the cross was on the lower and half on the upper. I'm not sure if it's still the case.


When they met and lined up properly, they completed the logo. It was small and subtle, but difficult to counterfeit.

Yes, that's how John did it (complete rifles only), but only for a short time. This is a very early N4 Lo-Pro carbine (serial # 01077), the one that made Noveske a household name in the AR world. No longer mine.

This is a complete Noveske factory AR (Project Ares Battle Rifle) that I bought a few months before John's untimely death. No longer has that split logo.

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Thanks for that info Q ...

Do you think your Noveske is better than most other AR's or???

I would never claim that my Noveske is better than other ARs.

I have a Gen 1 14.5” pinned Noveske Switchblock midlength from a year or so before Johns death. It is a great barrelled upper and after using it on a Mega lower build, I finally splurged for a Noveske lower to ‘make’ a complete rifle - but I’d never pass it off as an original Noveske rifle.

Novseke is a sad tale of the death of a brand.

Yes, I know the name is still around, but the momentum behind the brand has largely dissipated.

The early guns were phenomenally accurate. Later, their quality became hit-and-miss (with marginal support for misses). Whether this was due to the death of John or not is a matter of some contention. Where the company is now in terms of market share and presence/consumer awareness is not.