receiver for original AR10 upper?
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It was a prohib then, too. It has been prohibited since 1992 (thereabouts).
Were these lowers ever made? Just curious.Be patient. New lowers are slowly being made in the US. They are extremely accurate reproductions of the Dutch lowers so I for one will replace my ugly Telko and Specialty Arms lowers. Will IRG import such a thing?
No other recently-made lowers will fit.
Yes, a few new lowers have been made. (in the US) Not for commercial sale. These have been made to the exact dimensions of the originals and do not have a sear hole. It would be difficult to envision them as a commercial product since the engraving is as original.
I imagine that these would be prohibited in Canada, just like the 1980s lowers from telko, sendra, specialty arms, etc. The BRN10 uppers and lowers would not mate with any prior variant so I had hoped that they would have been a good product for canadian consumption.
The creation of new lowers in the US is important because that part must be destroyed when importing a parts set. Barrels also can not be imported. Anybody have any spare Dutch barrel extensions, or ...?
Below is a Transitional AR10 fitted with a new lower receiver. Note the factory wooden handguards that were made before the resin and molds were developed for the later Portuguese variant.
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Yup, sold some Sudanese issued ones too. Fun gun. - dan
I am looking for any info on those KLM survival rifles. I spoke to a former lever arms guy who fondled them on arrival. A dealer in Surrey ended up with three of the four and attempted to sell them to an american dealer. At some point atf got them and apparently destroyed two and kept one for reference. Happened in late 1970s early 1980s. It seems that the guns were not allowed in the US because of the lower receiver.
I have the parts set from one of the rifles and have assembled it. I am looking for information as to how the selector and sear areas were done. ATF is of no help.
Someone must have photos since the guns were sold a couple of times each.
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I have an extra selector somewhere for Ar10
The auto cut in the selector was filled in and polished
The sear was left stock
So, I think the KLM guns probably had the same set up or left full military
After all, they were the State Airline, rules don’t apply , they were for security.
So, FA probably was part of the plan
The auto cut in the selector was filled in and polished
The sear was left stock
So, I think the KLM guns probably had the same set up or left full military
After all, they were the State Airline, rules don’t apply , they were for security.
So, FA probably was part of the plan
I expect the KLM AR10 lower receivers were identical to the Sudanese AR10, with the sear hole riveted shut and a modified selector switch installed. The selector markings were likely milled over to exclude "AUTO".
The AI factory documents say that the KLM rifles were semi automatic so that definitely means there was no sear installed. Beyond the absence of the sear, semiauto had a vague meaning back in 1958. Even the ATF was confused. For example...
The marketing of a semi auto AR10 was proposed by Armalite to the ATF and a sample rifle was sent for examination in the spring of 1958. The ATF determined that the sample rifle needed three tweaks before it was acceptable for sale in the US.
1. The rifle can not be called an AR10
2. An oversized and offset steel pin (sear block) must be installed above the selector
3. The rifle must not be able to use standard AR10 (military) magazines
So this is how the AR102 was born. Way less is known about the KLM airline survival rifles.
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More retarded government regulation. Sigh. It never ends. - dan
