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Help with an AR10 type build

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April 15, 2019, 05:31 PM
Nick
Help with an AR10 type build
I purchased some things from an estate sale, and one of them was the upper off of an Armalite AR10. I know I need an Armalite patterned lower, but was wondering if anyone knows of one that takes metric FAL mags? I know the RRA makes a lower that accepts them, but it wont work with the Armalite upper. This AR10 stuff can get complicated.


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April 15, 2019, 05:37 PM
NikonUser
Is it an AR-10 A or an AR-10 B upper. That is important to know.
April 15, 2019, 05:48 PM
Nick
quote:
Originally posted by NikonUser:
Is it an AR-10 A or an AR-10 B upper. That is important to know.


How do I tell the difference?


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April 15, 2019, 07:57 PM
NikonUser
quote:
Originally posted by Nick:
quote:
Originally posted by NikonUser:
Is it an AR-10 A or an AR-10 B upper. That is important to know.


How do I tell the difference?


You have to look at it from the bottom. I found a website that explains it nicely with pictures.

https://762ar.com/technical-in...a-versus-the-ar-10b/
April 17, 2019, 10:54 AM
Nick
okay.... orccording to the pictures in the link (thank you NikonUser) my upper is an AR-10B.


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April 17, 2019, 04:41 PM
NikonUser
In that case, you will need an ArmaLite AR-10B lower and some maganzines. You can get those at ArmaLite.

I have an Ar-10B and it's excellent. I grabbed a bunch of magazines for it. They are steel and they work great and last just a day over forever.

Brownells carries those magazines:
https://www.brownells.com/maga...zines-prod31788.aspx

You can get a strpped lower from ArmaLite for $239 and go from there.

https://www.armalite.com/produ...er-receiver-parts-2/