I have an affinity for vintage type AR's that I have neglected the 1980's.

I got a neutered Armalite upper from the ban era of the 90's with a super heavy match barrel in it with no bayonet lug or flash hider and swapped it for a new Fulton Armory government profile with the FSB installed. It has the proper early universal front handguard and early A2 triangle handguard cap.

Had a Spikes lower laying around to stuff with leftover parts.

The upper is starting to turn purple so it doesn't match the lower. I'd love to find an old Armalite or Colt lower. I might just buy a new H&R M16A2 lower for it if it shoots well.

Nice


I trained on A1's in basic and then carried an A2 for eight years, I know her well

I am craving a repro A2 for my wall. LOL Ridiculous to think of spending $1K< on something that'll most likely get zeroed then hang on a wall, but here I am.

I cannot for the life of me find any place with the USGI Okay 30rd mags in stock though.

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Originally posted by AllenInAR:
I cannot for the life of me find any place with the USGI Okay 30rd mags in stock though.

My surplus store up the street from me has them. $20 each, I put the Magpul followers in them.

Noice! Here’s my A2- Palmetto lower with every single other part from an FN M16A2 (FN mag to boot)… except the tri-burst cam, auto sear, selector, and auto disconnect of course. Complete with full on battle rattle.

Nice. I have a Windham A2 HBAR without a FH and I want to either get it threaded for a FH or swap the barrel (or maybe upper) to get an A2 setup. I have a pre-A1 style (Colt SP1) and several M4-type mongrels but I always liked the original A1/A2 rifles.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: 1KPerDay, March 27, 2025 07:23 PM

Nice! Oh the memories! The A2 was my service rifle in the 90's.

Tony.

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Originally posted by 1KPerDay:
Nice. I have a Windham A2 HBAR without a FH and I want to either get it threaded for a FH or swap the barrel (or maybe upper) to get an A2 setup. I have a pre-A1 style (Colt SP1) and several M4-type mongrels but I always liked the original A1/A2 rifles.

This is the barrel I bought.

https://www.tntesales.com/tnte...56-barrel-1-7-w-fsb/

Nice rifle.

I'd forgotten just how nice shooting a 20 inch AR was until I built an A4 clone.

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Originally posted by 1KPerDay:
Nice. I have a Windham A2 HBAR without a FH and I want to either get it threaded for a FH or swap the barrel (or maybe upper) to get an A2 setup. I have a pre-A1 style (Colt SP1) and several M4-type mongrels but I always liked the original A1/A2 rifles.

This is the barrel I bought.

https://www.tntesales.com/tnte...56-barrel-1-7-w-fsb/

thank you

The A2 feels great. I did get rid of mine, because this gives much the same vibes, though it's not an HBAR, which is how I like my A2.

My brother has a Mass legal PSM pre-ban receiver that he's going to pull and put an H&R in its place.

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Originally posted by Mars_Attacks:
My brother has a Mass legal PSM pre-ban receiver that he's going to pull and put an H&R in its place.

The fetishists "updated" the law here, so unless it was in the state, no value here.

Is there anything functionally or dimensionally wrong with the receiver? Pulling it just for what's written on the side seems drastic.

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Is there anything functionally or dimensionally wrong with the receiver? Pulling it just for what's written on the side seems drastic.

H&R make beautiful receivers that match the Colt gray and all the proper rollmarks.

Ah ok, why not build a whole new one and just use that for mini- golf?

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Ah ok, why not build a whole new one and just use that for mini- golf?

Oh, its in the works.

I'm putting a proper H&R M16A2 lower on the A2 and using the Spikes to make a flat top with the heavy match barrel for my thermal night vision scope for blasting these coyotes on the farm.

I just love the clean lines of an A2 rifle.