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    Vintage Sniper Rifle Picture Thread

    That photo is quite famous, and is even published in a reference book or two. The photo was taken by the well known photojournalist David Douglas Duncan and was published in the February 23, 1968 edition of Life magazine. Here's a link to some information about the photographer...
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    Mk 13 Mod 0 stock

    https://www.gunbroker.com/item/1062194690 Here's the Gunbroker item description, there's no mention about the new paint and the remarked serial number in the barrel channel: "Listed is an original Mk13 Mod 0 stock with Certificate of Authenticity. Everything pictured is included which consists...
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    Mk 13 Mod 0 stock

    Congratulations on acquiring that stock kit, and it's definitely one of mine! Unfortunately, it appears that a previous owner painted that stock. Crane didn't paint the bedding and exposed fiberglass in the inletting. Additionally, if you look at the chips in the left side of the forend, it...
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    USMCSGT0331 newbies guide to building a M40

    The original USMC M40 barrels are made in the Remington varmint special profile. Remington had exact specifications for these M40 barrels, and they were the only manufacturer/builder for the original USMC M40's. So the 1966 Vietnam War era USMC M40 barrel contour weren't "more consistent," all...
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    USMCSGT0331 newbies guide to building a M40

    Another thing to take into consideration is that @[email protected]'s CMP Army M40 isn't an actual M40A1. The M40A1's are a very specific USMC rifle that was built by 2112 armorers at the RTE/PWS shop. The CMP Army M40's with the McMillan smear stocks aren't M40A1's. They weren't USMC rifles...
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    M40 scope base project by LRI

    Interesting. I talked to them on Friday and no one mentioned anything. We discussed some other parts, but no updates on the A1 mounts. That sucks if it's going to take a year, but LRI has been ridiculously busy and they're training in some new guys right now.
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    M40 scope base project by LRI

    Where did you hear this? This is the first I've heard of it.
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    M40A3/5 PGW rails discontinued

    Costs are definitely being cut, and it will be made out of a lower quality type of aluminum, but that doesn't mean the part will be completely unusable. This isn't a heavy load bearing part, it's not a critical component, and it's not something that will ever see heavy use (and subsequent wear)...
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    Original Army SF 5th Group used LaRue Stealth uppers!

    Well, I think I now have enough of these historical uppers for my collection, lol. These uppers are amazing, and I still can't believe these were used by 5th Group and eventually released to the public! I hope that other collectors here were able to get some of these uppers. Some of these...
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    M40A3/5 PGW rails discontinued

    @Wallaback, that's a good point, I didn't think about having another rail on hand to compare it to. How about this, you measure this part of your rail, I'll measure this part of my gen 1 rail, and then we'll compare the results. Here is a photo on the first page of thos thread that was posted by...
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    USMCSGT0331 newbies guide to building a M40

    It was great talking to you, I really appreciate the wonderful conversation! The McMillan marked barrel is something completely new to M40 collecting and cloning, that has never seen by any of us historians/collectors/cloners before! I just checked my CMP M40's and unfortunately none of mine...
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    Lets see your USMC M40-M40A6!!!

    Here's another completely unique item, I got it from a friend who got it from a very famous collector/collection. This is an original prototype/test USMC M40A3 barrel from about 1998 or 1999! This barrel is milled for an experimental recoil lug that is very, very thick (I also have the original...
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    M40A3/5 PGW rails discontinued

    Just so everyone is on the same page, there was NEVER an IBA XM3 (prototype or issued rifle) with a Badger Ordnance M5 bottom metal or any other type of DBM. If you look through the IBA documents for testing the XM3 and other XM rifles, you can clearly see that a detachable bottom metal was...
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    Lets see your USMC M40-M40A6!!!

    Which one? These are 2 of the 5 USMC Remington 40X M40A1/A3 receivers
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    Lets see your USMC M40-M40A6!!!

    IYKYK:
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    M40A3/5 PGW rails discontinued

    I just read all the new posts in this thread, and I actually agree with all of you! There's no need to argue over anything. If you want to make a 100% clone, the get the PGW EFR. It's the correct rail that the Marines used, and it's currently available. I feel that if an original part that was...
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    M40A3/5 PGW rails discontinued

    That's excellent info, especially if they're still selling the gen 1 version! The company was supposedly closing it's doors (again and again), so who knows what those crazy Canadians are doing (probably free basing maple syrup or some shit). If they have any EFR's in stock, gen 1 or gen 2, then...
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    The AR15 Picture Thread

    Original Secret Service used KAC SR16 uppers (URX2 and URX3.1) with KAC NT4 silencers on KAC SR15 SBR lowers:
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    Fake Vintage Parts

    Not going to lie, I've actually had the "straight up, no nonsense, satisfactory experience" buying something from PTG! I needed a chamber reamer for a .10 Eichelberger Long Rifle barrel that I'm using for a build, and PTG somehow had what's possibly the most obscure chamber reamer ever in stock...
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    M40 scope base project by LRI

    Redfield 40X or 700SA scope base and Redfield 1" medium height rings with 2 under screws
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