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Brownells is coming out with a whole series of Retro AR Rifles:


https://www.brownells.com/.asp...F0QVFOam5iXC9rIn0%3D


Pretty Darn Cool! I remember a thread earlier with one of members that had just built one that everybody thought was really nice. Now Brownells is following that trend. AWESOME


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The lighter AR10 gives me the tingles.
 
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Very nice. Who machines Brownell's lowers. Is that done in-house?
 
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They are going to sell some hotcakes.


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Very nice. Who machines Brownell's lowers. Is that done in-house?


Reading some of the details of the particular rifles says that the 308's are fully machined by FM Products and on the 223's I looked at said their receivers were made by Aero Precision......


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I hope that these are not a limited edition and stay in their line up for a few years, I'd love to have one of each!

Brownells is a fantastic company.


By the way, there is a give away sweepstakes for these going on each day from the 23-26th!


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Very nice. Who machines Brownell's lowers. Is that done in-house?


Looks like Nodak Spud forgings with Aero doing the machining on the lowers on the .556 rifles.


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Oh God! This is going to make me poor! I'm almost done with my XM177 clone and part ways done with my XM16E1 transitional clone....I was thinking about building a model 601, now I might have to just buy it and forget about looking for parts.

Would love to have the AR 10A, the granddaddy of the AR 15.

What would be cool, is a reproduction of the AR 18/180. The the family would be complete.



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I'm digging on that XM177!


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I hope that these are not a limited edition and stay in their line up for a few years, I'd love to have one of each!

Brownells is a fantastic company.


By the way, there is a give away sweepstakes for these going on each day from the 23-26th!



Where can I get into said sweepstakes? I don't see anything for such......


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My heart didn’t actually skip a beat when I saw the Brownells announcement, but it did do a little flutter. I have a picture of myself in Viet Nam holding my rifle and what I believe was the model the Brownells’ XBRN16E1 is based on. This is going to be a very tough temptation to resist.




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$1299 on the AR15's and $1699 on a brown AR10. Nice pricepoints for sure.

That said, teh furniture is very plasticky, nowhere near the originals if you get any closer than 25ft. Still....very happy they're offering these. I might finally get an AR10 after himming and hawing for many years.
 
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I hope that these are not a limited edition and stay in their line up for a few years, I'd love to have one of each!

Brownells is a fantastic company.


By the way, there is a give away sweepstakes for these going on each day from the 23-26th!



Where can I get into said sweepstakes? I don't see anything for such......


ARman


https://www.brownells.com/.asp...tPage/shot-show-2018

3/4 down the page


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Retro rifles really aren't my style for ARs, however I see the appeal to other shooters. I suspect Brownells will sell every one they make. And there will a waiting line to buy them.

So what the heck, I entered giveaway.
 
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Originally posted by jjkroll32:
I hope that these are not a limited edition and stay in their line up for a few years, I'd love to have one of each!

Brownells is a fantastic company.


By the way, there is a give away sweepstakes for these going on each day from the 23-26th!



Where can I get into said sweepstakes? I don't see anything for such......


ARman


https://www.brownells.com/.asp...tPage/shot-show-2018

3/4 down the page



Thanks! I entered, I hope to win the model 601 or XM16E1, that would be awesome!



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Damn I want one of those brown stocked 308's bad!!!! I hope they still have them this summer. I might be able to afford one then.
 
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That M16E1... I want that.

My brother built up a number of retro AR's over the years and I nearly bought a very nice, very faithful Colt 604 copy off him about a year ago, everything that could have been Colt or USGI about it was. I still kick myself for letting that one walk.


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Sweet! Nice to see them offer a couple models that aren't easily obtainable, or able to find parts to build. I wish they would offer a XM607 then I could stop hunting for a stock (unobtanium) and just buy a replica.


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Must resist, must resist, must resis.... Mmmmm, M16A1.... I mean; MP5, MP5, MP.... Mmmmm, M16A1....

Yeah. I want one. I’ve been debating on buying their parts and putting one together for the past few months but I couldn’t make up my mind between the XM177 and the M16A1. Seeing them now I think it’ll need to be the 20". But the 9mm SBR will be first.


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