Weatherman wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=-

Haven't shot in ages... Wife has had a lot of stress with work and her parents (aging and getting worse - she's an only child, so we spend a
lot of time taking care of them). I COULD shoot in the winter without
her, but more fun with a partner...

Agreed. My wife and I used to go out to the range regularly when we
lived in New York. Since we moved to Wyoming and literally have a
range right in our back yard, we just don't seem to do it any more.
Have vowed to take better advantage of the range behind the house as
well as the county shooting facility on the other side of Cheyenne.
Very nice indoor range and good outdoor facilities as well.

Yeah - we live in the country as well, and we literally shoot in the
back yard! We also have had a piece of metal set up at 160 yards...

Shooting is definitely a perishable skill. Need to exercise it often
and regularly. Picked up a few rifles over the winter and a new
revolver that I need to try out. I have no excuse NOT to do more
shooting other than "sometimes life just gets in the way!"

Yeah - for a while I was picking up .22 single actions whenever I
found one for a deal... :-)




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Moondog wrote to Weatherman <=-

A fews ago I got into parting together AR-15's and caught a case of BRD (black rifle disease.) It started with building a bull barrel 20"
target gun with a full length A2 stock, then realized it wasn't
practical other than carrying to and from the bench. The next build
was an SPR/ Mk12 inspired build with a 1-4x lpvo with a rifle length
quad rail. It had a 18" mid length gas system, still qualified as an
HBAR profile. Next in line was a lightweight M4 copy with a 16"
barrel. Nothing fancy, just stock hardware and
iron sights. While shopping I found lots of great deals, and acquired spare parts that resulted in other builds. I filled up a safe with various configurations, many have one magazine ran throught them for a function check or zeroing the sights.

My wife has an AR rifle and an AR pistol... I've actually thought about learning to build them just for fun to see what I could come up with,
but have had other things to spend my time on...




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I'm an absolute sucker for the A2 profile, as that's what I qualified with "way back when." I'm in serious danger of building an A2 profile AR. Only a Herculian effort of will holds me back. The thing that would absolutely put me over the edge would be a reasonably priced source of wooden furniture. Love those wood stocked ARs!

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Re: Re: Therapy
By: Jimmy Anderson to Moondog on Sat Mar 11 2023 09:35 pm

Moondog wrote to Weatherman <=-

A fews ago I got into parting together AR-15's and caught a case of BRD (black rifle disease.) It started with building a bull barrel 20" target gun with a full length A2 stock, then realized it wasn't practical other than carrying to and from the bench. The next build was an SPR/ Mk12 inspired build with a 1-4x lpvo with a rifle length quad rail. It had a 18" mid length gas system, still qualified as an HBAR profile. Next in line was a lightweight M4 copy with a 16" barrel. Nothing fancy, just stock hardware and
iron sights. While shopping I found lots of great deals, and acquired spare parts that resulted in other builds. I filled up a safe with various configurations, many have one magazine ran throught them for a function check or zeroing the sights.

My wife has an AR rifle and an AR pistol... I've actually thought about learning to build them just for fun to see what I could come up with,
but have had other things to spend my time on...

The modularity and choice of building options is what makes black rifle
disease interesting. I've never gone low end with regards to buying parts.
I know some folks part together guns with the cheapest parts, then wait until buying panics occur and cash in oon inflated values and high demand.

I build mine for personal enjoyment. It's sort of like parting together
gaming desktops when I was younger. I would set a bar for price versus
value, and wasn't into keeping up with the Joneses regarding paying a bundle for the latest greatest parts.


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Re: Re: Therapy
By: Weatherman to Moondog on Sun Mar 12 2023 03:25 am

I'm an absolute sucker for the A2 profile, as that's what I qualified with " back when." I'm in serious danger of building an A2 profile AR. Only a Herculian effort of will holds me back. The thing that would absolutely put over the edge would be a reasonably priced source of wooden furniture. Love those wood stocked ARs!

Regards
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Right now there's several manufacturers building retro A2 rifles. For
awhile FN was maing an A2 with the older military contract roll mark on the receiver. PSA bought up the H&R brand name when Remingtondissolved it's assets, and they are making a replica of th H&R produced M16a1 that was made under contract around 1969-1970. Colt couldn't keep up ,so H&R and GM Hydramatic were brought in to build extra rifles. The H&R's had some
cosmetic quirks such as how the forge flashing was cleaned up that made them unique among collectors.

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Moondog wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=-

The modularity and choice of building options is what makes black rifle disease interesting.

Yeah. :-) Reminds me of when I used to 'build' PC's - it was just assembling componants. :-)

I've never gone low end with regards to buying
parts. I know some folks part together guns with the cheapest parts,
then wait until buying panics occur and cash in oon inflated values and high demand.

LOL - that's an idea, I guess... ;-)

I build mine for personal enjoyment. It's sort of like parting
together gaming desktops when I was younger. I would set a bar for
price versus value, and wasn't into keeping up with the Joneses
regarding paying a bundle for the latest greatest parts.

Oh wow - I did NOT read the rest of your reply before I started
replying. LOL

But yeah, building for personal enjoyment is the thing! I have a couple
of low end .22 revolvers I plan to play around with changing the finish...





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