Need an M4A1 clone

[Bigghoss]

Went down to the local shop and had them order me the Colt 6920 HBPW. They couldn't find a SOCOM or an FN-15. For $790 I'm going to go ahead and order an FN online in addition to the Colt.

Their resident AR assembler caught the tail end of me talking about the FN and he was telling me how Colt has really gone down hill and FN is way better, which may be true, I don't know. But then I told him what I was going for and he said they had a nice M4 barrel they just got in. He shows it to me and it's an Anderson barrel. I was really afraid of something like that which is why I didn't just have them put one together for me. It also wasn't a heavy profile like what I want. I don't know if he only heard "M4" and not "M4A1" or if he just doesn't know or probably both. I didn't know about the different profiles before starting this thread and I bet he's never seen a legit M4A1 in person.

[ASH556]

Their resident AR assembler caught the tail end of me talking about the FN and he was telling me how Colt has really gone down hill and FN is way better, which may be true, I don't know. But then I told him what I was going for and he said they had a nice M4 barrel they just got in. He shows it to me and it's an Anderson barrel. I was really afraid of something like that which is why I didn't just have them put one together for me. It also wasn't a heavy profile like what I want. I don't know if he only heard "M4" and not "M4A1" or if he just doesn't know or probably both. I didn't know about the different profiles before starting this thread and I bet he's never seen a legit M4A1 in person.

terrifyingly common.

[Bigghoss]

The Colt came in today. Hopefully I'll get to shoot it tomorrow.



Right barrel profile


Pinned and welded flash hider



Crappy pic of the gas key staking. It looks good


The mag is made by Colt and it has an H buffer. Just need an RAS, ambi safety, and the right rear sight to be an M4A1 clone.


The FN-15 is coming in Monday so I'll be sure to post pics of that when I get it and compare the two.

[ASH556]

The Colt came in today. Hopefully I'll get to shoot it tomorrow.



Right barrel profile


Pinned and welded flash hider



Crappy pic of the gas key staking. It looks good


The mag is made by Colt and it has an H buffer. Just need an RAS, ambi safety, and the right rear sight to be an M4A1 clone.


The FN-15 is coming in Monday so I'll be sure to post pics of that when I get it and compare the two.

Much like!

[Bigghoss]

Much like!

Yeah, I'm excited. I'm not an armorer or anything but so far everything looks as it should.

[Bigghoss]

Turns out the FN carbine I ordered is the wrong model. Doesn't have the heavy profile barrel. That was my mistake for not reading the description closely enough. Looks like I can return it but probably only for credit. Read the description closely, kids. It's a really nice gun otherwise.

[awp_101]

That sucks! Is it "close enough" to be used the way you'd like?

[MistWolf]

Turns out the FN carbine I ordered is the wrong model. Doesn't have the heavy profile barrel. That was my mistake for not reading the description closely enough. Looks like I can return it but probably only for credit. Read the description closely, kids. It's a really nice gun otherwise.

The fix is but a barrel swap away.

[Bigghoss]

The fix is but a barrel swap away.

I told one of my buddies about it and he offered to buy it for what I paid since it's still effectively new. I'll probably have the gun store order another HBPW for me but I am looking at other brands in the mean time.

[Bigghoss]

I was able to find a Colt LE6920SOCOM for $1300 online. Considering the cost and hassle of tracking down all the right parts to get an HBPW to the same point, I'm happy with that.

https://www.gunhulk.com/products/rif...289019462-2180