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My question is (since there is no picture from the rear of the receiver) Will it be machined in a way that allows a receiver endplate to be installed AND still allow the receiver halves to pivot open?
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^^^ note that the rear of the lower is cut out to accept the endplate and allow it to open/close freely. Elimination of the ability to accept an endplate and only rely on the castle nut to attach the buffer tube will extremely limit sling attachment ability/options.
Please keep this in mind during the design process.
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I should add, I'm interested in one of these, pending final design and pricing. I think it would make a nice foundation for a compact SBR for backpacking or throwing in the tractor cab.
The positive I see in this compared to the NR semi auto receiver sets is that the only requirement it would have to meet is minimum OAL.
I in NO way view this as a substitution, or worse, a replacement for my semi auto rifles. That it is being marketed as such due to government fear mongering is appalling to me. They can go pound sand as far as I'm concerned.
Regardless of my thoughts I do see this as having it's place in the market.
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This is pretty important to consider SBI. If the bolt is not held closed by some means then the design of an AR bolt arrangement will allow for some slop to occur with the bolt carrier (whatever form it may be in). In turn this will mean light primer strikes or out of battery detonations. The Troy PAR has a mechanism for locking the bolt I. Position that is quite clever. Without something similar I think this design is unfinished.
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Perhaps they are concerned the RCMP will find a way to determine that it could be easily converted back to semi auto. Really all you'd have to do is drill the hole through the front of the receiver for the gas tube and you'd be back up and running.
Perhaps a solution would be to machine the channel in the top of the upper not as deep so you could still use standard bcg and buffer spring BUT the gas key would have to be removed in order for it to fit. They would still need to find a simple way of attaching the side charging handle to a standard unmodified bcg which could prove to be a bit of a road block.
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A gas-less AR still has the bolt locked closed by the buffer system. This does not.
The Troy PAR locks the bolt closed with a cam system acting on the unique bolt carrier. The Troy Side Action Rifle likely uses the same cam and also uses a spring to assist the bolt movement forward.
Either a locking mechanism or spring pressure system are, in my opinion, a necessity.
Simple. Parts commonality, availability and serviceability. AR parts are the most common out there and the easiest to obtain.
What happens when your proprietary part fails and there's no longer a way to get it serviced, repaired or replaced.
Which is why I think they've chosen to go the route of a proprietary bcg. I did point out the possible concern of going with a standard AR bcg in my previous post.
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Simply drilling a hole for a gas tube will not allow you in any way to convert the rifle to semi-auto. The buffer spring is completely omitted from the design. Infact the mount point for the stock is not even drilled all the way though the rifle, and is slightly offset from the bore axis by a couple of mm's to ensue the gun can't be converted.
As for a proprietary BCG, yes it's a downside but necessary. It is possible to permanently convert a standard BGC to work with the rifle.