My C8A3 build
- Thread starter DILLIGAF
- Start date
So you're the second bidder? It begins.
- Location
- Richmond, BC
Yup, Im currently the High bidder... Well sell it as parts once I have the parts I want....
The seller is also looking for a "D" marked BUIS for me, He said he might have one kicking around....
Ohhhhh......haha, maybe you shouldn’t have advertised that auction here....I can think of a couple of guys who would be more than willing to get into a bidding war over that piece.
That one is pretty beat. Mine were new or excellent condition. The worst one I had, had about 200 rounds through it.
Just remember the export fees, duty, GST and shipping to the FFL and shipping to Canada and from the importer to your house. I spend around $333.50 per rifle I imported.
I also served when we had those and would spit and swear at the sight of them - until I learned better.
I still use these for training and they are excellent mags - with some qualification. The early ones were just plastic. Diemaco updated the design and added glass fibre to the materials, and increased the thickness of the lips, machined the lips and added an updated follower. It was too late, soldiers lost faith and no one knew the difference. For those of you that collect UFI, the ones with a date stamp on the lower right side of 94 or later were the "improved" versions.
These are out of production now, and there are better mags. The standard USGI mags are better, but I still have a soft spot for these, and here is why:
1. They will pass the drop test from 2 m again and again. They take impacts on the lip and not on the magazine catch hole.
2. While not impossible to dent, it is very hard and makes a very obvious damage mark. Metal mag bodies get dented and can cause stoppages without being obvious.
3. The lips don't bend, they break. When they are broken it is very obvious. Metal mags lips bend and it is very hard to tell without shooting them.
4. There is no catch hole for dirt or snags, and the lip helps keep dirt out of the well.
5. Big maple leaf on the side!
On the down side, they didn't perform very well at extreme cold or high heat, and they never worked well with the minimi mag hole. The lip also prevented them from being used in a non-conforming non AR magwell. (who in their right mind would't use a C8 anyway?
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I also served when we had those and would spit and swear at the sight of them - until I learned better.
I still use these for training and they are excellent mags - with some qualification. The early ones were just plastic. Diemaco updated the design and added glass fibre to the materials, and increased the thickness of the lips, machined the lips and added an updated follower. It was too late, soldiers lost faith and no one knew the difference. For those of you that collect UFI, the ones with a date stamp on the lower right side of 94 or later were the "improved" versions.
These are out of production now, and there are better mags. The standard USGI mags are better, but I still have a soft spot for these, and here is why:
1. They will pass the drop test from 2 m again and again. They take impacts on the lip and not on the magazine catch hole.
2. While not impossible to dent, it is very hard and makes a very obvious damage mark. Metal mag bodies get dented and can cause stoppages without being obvious.
3. The lips don't bend, they break. When they are broken it is very obvious. Metal mags lips bend and it is very hard to tell without shooting them.
4. There is no catch hole for dirt or snags, and the lip helps keep dirt out of the well.
5. Big maple leaf on the side!
On the down side, they didn't perform very well at extreme cold or high heat, and they never worked well with the minimi mag hole. The lip also prevented them from being used in a non-conforming non AR magwell. (who in their right mind would't use a C8 anyway?
Unfortunately they are 85's, Ha well they will look cool on display....
Thanks for all the info....
Moparman1303
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Ontario, Canada
Nooo! Please keep selling the rifles with this kit! It's epic and is a good reason to buy!
Meh, most of that crap won't be used and will simply sit in a box. IMO just adds to the cost of the rifle.
Moparman1303
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Ontario, Canada
Or at least stock it so someone can buy it.
Gunnerlove
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Vancouver Island
Pretty much everything but the rifle will live in a storage bin.
Gunnerlove
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Vancouver Island
You can, want the number of the recruiting office? lol
- Location
- Richmond, BC
I do not have any live rounds, blanks, empty shell casings, pyrotechnics, or parts there of, and I have all my kit, SIR!
All this crap will be for sale soon. I will also have the CC marked BCG and Colt fire control group...
Dude, you never know how things may end up, so many "never sell" guns have ended up on the EE, I would keep all the associated kit in the box with the original sleeve. In the unfortunate event you have to sell, it's going to be way more valuable.
