Here's my two:

Sudanese pattern AR-10 with Telko semi automatic receiver No. 00006





Portuguese pattern AR-10 with Sendra semi auto receiver No. 00001. This rifle's lower receiver was shown in my friend Joe Evans' book The ArmaLite AR-10, on page 349. The photo is attributed to the Charles Kramer collection. However, I've had this rifle for about 20 years, and the owner before me was not Mr. Kramer, either.

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Fucking amazing. I wish they kept the charging handle there.

Outstanding. Best rifles I've seen on the forum in many a year.

Way Cool...Serial # 00001

What's up with these old members showing up out of nowhere posting cool shit?

Hot damn. Excellent.

Sendra=Jerry Drasen.Bought several of his lowers ar15 from him in the early 80s.

Neat!! Thanks for sharing.

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Originally posted by MGMAN45:
Sendra=Jerry Drasen.Bought several of his lowers ar15 from him in the early 80s.

never got one of his AR10's but have a converted (NFA) receiver I was gifted back in 1984,, and another that is still semi,



would love to have a Sendra AR10

very nice. Charging handle in the carry handle, hoa.

PGT's is awesome as well.

That second one (#00001) looks freaking awesome.

I am so jealous. Beautiful rifles.

I've never seen such a charging handle. Very cool rifles. Thank you for posting.

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Originally posted by MikeGLI:
I've never seen such a charging handle.

Besides the original AR-10, there have been a few others with similar charging handles, like the FAMAS:



And then there are a few others with somewhat similar folding charging handles housed in the carry handle/sight riser, such as the G36 and HS VHS (aka Springfield Hellion).

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Originally posted by arcwelder:
What's up with these old members showing up out of nowhere posting cool shit?

Because Sig Forum brought him and I together in real life over another rifle a couple summers ago and we were talking on the phone for an hour or three the other night after I got my Sendra Guatelmalan based on a tip from a friend who owned that S/N #0001 that Malysh posted before Malysh bought him from year many years back.

The AR-10 world is a small enough group, we look out for each other because they're so rare. I posted pics of mine and it sparked interest so Mike thought it would be good to add pics of his which are the other two pattern guns. Well, technically we still need someone to post a Cuban but not sure how many are still around...tiny number since only 50 or so were made and went to Fidel.

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Originally posted by MikeGLI:
I've never seen such a charging handle. Very cool rifles. Thank you for posting.

Check out an M50 Reising....even weirder lol

Interarmco/Sam Cummings filled an order of 100 Cuban pattern AR-10s to Batista in Nov. 1958. Payment wasn't tendered yet by New Years day 1959 when Castro overthrew Batista.

The rifles were obtained for Batista's palace guard.

Cummings visited Fidel, Raul, and Guevara shortly after the revolution to attempt collection on the unpaid AR-10s. He conducted another firing demonstration. Castro decided to pay for the 100 rifles he confiscated (Evans, The ArmaLite AR-10).

The Cuban model was the first Artillerie-Inrichtigen (A.I.) Dutch made AR-10 model. Aside from the thin exposed barrel, they are fundamentally the same as Dan's new Guatemalan or my Sudanese model except for the distinctive barrel shrouds the Guatemalan and Sudanese have. The Guatemalan barrel shroud has round perforations, the Sudanese barrel shroud has no perforations.

The Sudanese rear sight adjustment markings are in Arabic, and a round brass disk is attached to the left side of the butt stock denoting which Army of the Sudan infantry division it was issued to.

The Cubans are the rarest, excepting the first AR-10s made in Hollywood, CA.

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Originally posted by PGT:

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Originally posted by arcwelder:
What's up with these old members showing up out of nowhere posting cool shit?

Because Sig Forum brought him and I together in real life over another rifle a couple summers ago and we were talking on the phone for an hour or three the other night after I got my Sendra Guatelmalan based on a tip from a friend who owned that S/N #0001 that Malysh posted before Malysh bought him from year many years back.

The AR-10 world is a small enough group, we look out for each other because they're so rare. I posted pics of mine and it sparked interest so Mike thought it would be good to add pics of his which are the other two pattern guns. Well, technically we still need someone to post a Cuban but not sure how many are still around...tiny number since only 50 or so were made and went to Fidel.

This was tongue in cheek because one of those old members is me. I'm happy to see this rifles because I'm old school like that. The best collecting and pursuing of firearms always has a personal story. The '04 just struck me. Carry on.

100% absolutely fantastic post and pics…Sigforum membership rocks!

The 00001 serial number is off the scale. Beautiful, exceptional rifle in any form. But the serial number puts it in the unequalled, “can’t get any better” class of its own.
Thanks for sharing, I love seeing these rifles