Some basic C8 questions / C8 build thread (BUILD COMPLETED & PICS)

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What particular things are necessary for a build to be a C8? Any input is helpful.

Everything he put on his.

 

[skrypnyk]

Man, if you can ever pick of the Grip from the C9A2's. those things were great. Low Pro, quick detach. I put one on my C7 in leiu of the awful C7/8 Cadex grips

 

[RickR1100]

Man, if you can ever pick of the Grip from the C9A2's. those things were great. Low Pro, quick detach. I put one on my C7 in leiu of the awful C7/8 Cadex grips

Got pics????

 

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Man, if you can ever pick of the Grip from the C9A2's. those things were great. Low Pro, quick detach. I put one on my C7 in leiu of the awful C7/8 Cadex grips

I'm not a fan of any grip that folds but I'm glad that they introduced those grips for the C9s.

I just wish they hadn't introduced that dumb rail that the grip's attached to...

 

[Airborneboi69]

i made an identical clone with canadian forces canadienne diemaco reciver 16.1 inch bull barrel with simmons sleaves and diemaco/colt canada stamps on barrel ambi controls
ill post pics when i get the chance

 

[Claven2]

What makes a C8 (not C8FTHB, C8A3, etc.) is the lightweight 14.5" barrel. It's a near exact copy of the 1970's Colt Lightweight XM177 barrel.

The very lightweight tube makes the carbine scary fast to point and light to handle. Shooting offhand is made a pleasure, and the barrel with its 0.75" journal still takes most M4 parts.

Basically you need an A1 upper (call Wolverine), a barrel (got any machinist friends who can convert a chrom-lined M4 barrel to Colt Lightweight profile?), an older CAR butt, and 6-hole thermoset hand guards.

I like also using the fatter Colt M16A2 grip like a real C8, but any A2 grip will work.

Finally, look for a real Diemaco front sight post - they shoot a lot more accurately than the US M16 fatter post.

Cheers

 

[cr5]

You have one more picture to show us.
I know you have an export only mag now

 

[Claven2]

LOL - yes, I'll have to take that photo

 

[8 ball]

Lets take this back to the top, just so I can find the pics!

 

[Canadian Sig]

Hehehhehe---

cant remember where I stashed the canuck plasti-mags

I might know where there is a few .....lol

 

[Rebel Rouser]

I might know where there is a few .....lol

They throw them all in the dumpster at CFB Calgary...

 

[-[Crosshair]-]

I stomp on them and then throw the pieces in a dumpster. They shouldn't have the right to exist.

 

[albayo]

Is the butt stock an original C8?
I have couple of the original ones and they are heavy as hell compared to the after market ones.

 

[8 ball]

So, thanks to Claven2 I am doing a C8 build as well. I now have a question regarding the controls. Did any of the original C8's have ambi controls or not?

 

[Rebel Rouser]

Ambi controls didn't come out till the A2 upgrade.

 

[8 ball]

Thanks Rebel Rouser. I am finding out now that the C8's are simply the carbine versions of the C7. This is making much more sense. I was under the mistaken impression that the C7's were first and then the C8's.

 

[Claven2]

The C7 came out a little before the C8, but not by much if I recall.

 

[Undergiver]

The C7,C8 C9 and C6 were all introduced at the same time under the SARP program.

 

[Nug]

The C7,C8 C9 and C6 were all introduced at the same time under the SARP program.

If memory serves the C6 entered service when we adopted the Leos in the late 70. The rest of the army was still using the C5 into the 80's. My unit (reserves at the time) got the C6 a couple years before the C7 and C9.