BRN-10 & CETME L review

[TGS]

Even then, nobody will take the financial gamble and reproduce something like a Federov or even a Johnson. There are no suplus parts kits to build on so every last piece would have to be made from scratch. Yeah, modern castings could be used but there again you would have to have someone big in the industry (Ruger) get involved. I assume Ruger would make anything you want as long as it was profitable to do so. Would Ohio Ordnance or whoever have the funds to pay for such a project?

You mean like how Smith Machine Group has already been making the FG42? They did exactly that......recreated the gun from scratch, part by part. Except for the magazine

Obviously that's coming at a cost, however, as they're essentially one off builds out of a very small shop. I'm curious if there's been any attempt by SMG to sell their plans, or larger established manufacturer to buy it. If you could get a larger manufacturer to produce FG42s for $2k, they'd sell like crazy. Without question, even more so the Stg44...they wouldn't be able to keep them in stock. Maybe not as much the Fedorov or RSC-1917, but the M1941 Johnson would likely do well as well with the same crowd that collects M1 Garands and M1 Carbines.

[Tokarev]

Wise Lite and DSA have done some Soviet stuff. And Marcolmar did a PKM that was pretty pricey.

Any of these guns would be nifty as heck to see on the market. But sell like hotcakes? Nope. Not even at $2,000. Nobody outside the hard corps collectors or enthusiasts would be interested.

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[Joe in PNG]

Brownells is also doing a more modern take on the Armalite AR-180 by building an AR-15 compatible upper (file under "Things Everybody Probably Already Knew").

It will be interesting to see how well that does, and if they go full retro on the design (for those who want to get their Terminator on).

[Tokarev]

Brownells is also doing a more modern take on the Armalite AR-180 by building an AR-15 compatible upper (file under "Things Everybody Probably Already Knew").

It will be interesting to see how well that does, and if they go full retro on the design (for those who want to get their Terminator on).

I believe Brownell's has stated they won't be doing a full-on Terminator or IRA Armalite 180 build. They say the stamping machines are too expansive.

There is some discussion on ar15.com about a billet AR lower that is cut to resemble a 180 lower. That's probably about as close as we can get.

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[Tokarev]

An interview with Marcolmar owner David Bane.

https://gunstreamer.com/watch/interv...IXyNA4fur_FYf8

[Lex Luthier]

If we're putting in a wish list, I will add a
MAS 49/56 optimized for 7.62x51
with a magwell that will accept either AR-10, M-14, or G3/HK 91 mags. And maybe a modern optic mounting system...

[Bigghoss]

If we're putting in a wish list, I will add a
MAS 49/56 optimized for 7.62x51
with a magwell that will accept either AR-10, M-14, or G3/HK 91 mags. And maybe a modern optic mounting system...

Dude. Get out of my head.

[HCM]

Plus, the vast majority of current non-AR rifles are either super expensive (Styer AUG), kind of odd (Tavors, ect), really old (M1a, Mini-14s), or from the crack addled monkeys at Century Arms.

I would love an Aug, but I love having my kidneys more.

Current US production AUGs are about $1700. About the same cost as the Tavor.?As I recall in the 80s, when a new Colt AR was $450 an AUG was $8-900.

In relative terms AUGs are cheaper than they were back in the day.

Given a Mini 14 was $250 at the time and now rivals the cost of a good AR, this is actually a great time to pick up an AUG.

[Tokarev]

I'm fairly surprised that Brownell's isn't making a retro inspired AR10 carbine.

It looks like they planned to have a few different types available because I see a couple different barrels available on the website. They already have the carbine barrel and are also selling the carry handle upper and chrome bolt carrier assembly.

Using these parts it should not be terribly difficult to make something similar to the carbine pictured here. The hard part would be the proper forend. Maybe someone like Ironwood Designs could help.




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[Tokarev]

Maybe the lack of AR10 variants is an indicator of how these are actually selling.

The Brownell's M16 retro line seems pretty complete so those various guns are all probably selling pretty well.

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