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Item Relisted! FS/FT Retro Vietnam 20" clone $750

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Item has been relisted, you can find the new listing at: https://www.theoutdoorstrader.com/threads/fs-ft-retro-vietnam-20-clone-750.1986110/
Item Name: FS/FT Retro Vietnam 20" clone

Location: Byron

Zip Code: 31008

Item is for: Sale or Trade
Sale Price: $750

Caliber: 5.56

Willing to Ship: No

Bill of Sale Required?: No

Item Description: Most of the info on the build can be found here:https://www.theoutdoorstrader.com/threads/retro-ar-pic-build-thread.1541784/

As you can see, I built it about a year ago. The barrel is an FN barrel that fell off the truck years ago, as these have never been for civilian sale as I understand it. LM marked upper with a real deal USGI fwd assist (not a new reproduction). 3 prong flash hider with split ring washer. NOS flat slip ring. Colt bcg, ch, buffertube assembly, Armalite stock I believe---no trap door. No broken teeth on the handguards. Some small blems on the bottom, but badass USGI regardless. NOS seatbelt sling.

I wanted this build to be as legit USGI as possible, the only thing that is not surplus is the Brownells A1 lower receiver/lpk, split washer for the flash hider and the buttstock screw. I scuffed the receiver and oven cured it with Alumahyde. It's a pretty tough and durable finish! Little mismatch in color but I can live with it. I did try to distress it a little bit, see pics. Milpar bayonet with M8A1 scabbard. In typical ODT fashion, I haven't shot it yet. Dammit.

1 vintage mag included

More pics available if needed...

$750 CASH CASH CASH.

I will be out of town starting Wednesday night. Last price drop.
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If I owned this, I would be shooting 55 grain full metal jacket bullets through it 90 % of the time. Therefore a slow twist like 1:12 would be just fine for me.

(Actually, I should clarify that to say that I would only "want to" shoot 55 grain bullets through a rifle of this type about 90% of the time. In a perfect world I would want to shoot heavier bullets about 10% of the time, but given this slow twist rate FN barrel they wouldn't stabilize properly and accuracy would be terrible. So if I owned this gun, I really would commit to just shooting 50-55 gr. bullets.)
 
There are some A1 profile 1/7 barrels floating around out there, Colt or someone made a batch as replacements back in the day. That thing is giving me 1985 flashbacks but alas no fun money for me till the end of the month-if then-just dropped big coin on the wife’s poodle...

Was thinking FN might have been one of the contractors on the barrels.
 
There are some A1 profile 1/7 barrels floating around out there, Colt or someone made a batch as replacements back in the day. That thing is giving me 1985 flashbacks but alas no fun money for me till the end of the month-if then-just dropped big coin on the wife’s poodle...
So now you have 3 dogs?
 
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