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give Ron at apex a call he is an Aimpoint and Eotech stocking dealer. He will be able to set you in the right direction. Also most of the reliability issues, ie turning itself off while firing, have been corrected with the xps line, because the battery is no loner in line with recoil, but perpendicular so the leads won't take as much of a beating. How does one get a hold of him? I don't have his number. Everybody have a good, and safe, 4th. Sorry, I should have provided that information. He is out of Marion Iowa, you can call at 319.551.5842 or his site is http://www.apexodt.com/. Usually its much easier to just give him a call. You can say Thomas sent you, but I dont know if that would do more bad then good TBH MOG_1 7/4/2011 10:42:04 AM Eotech XPS Reasons: Field of view Battery availability Small footprint Good customer serviceI just bit the bullet and bought and Aimpoint with Larue mount. I love the set up. I am thinking of a Larue mount and 3X maganfyer when the wallet allows.. Any down sides to this set up??? I would like to hear likes and if there are any dislikes. As always thanks for the input. EVILHUNTER3/21/2010 5:17:50 PM anyone???? SuperSet72 3/21/2010 5:43:37 PM Edited -Aimless 14point5 3/21/2010 6:00:42 PM I really like the CompM4 set up with an Aimpoint magnifier, all on LaRue mounts of course.
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Have you had this done to any of your rifles?
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I've had ADCO do lots of work on my rifles, just not that particular thing. I've never had a Colt with the sear block
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I will call ADCO. I was just wondering if you had it done what the procedure would be shipping a lower for repair or modification. Would I have to ship it and receive it through a FFL dealer ?
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The lower yes you would.
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for repair? It is not like I am transferring ownership . Are you sure?
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Unless this changed recently, you do not need to involve an FFL holder to ship rifles for repair and it can be sent back to the person who sent it.
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I will call ADCO tomorrow to verify the procedure and post it here. But it makes sense that I should not have to ship through a FFL. And I know gun laws rarely make sense
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You do not have to ship through FFL. ADCO is a dealer/FFL. Have done this many times. It will come back to your house.
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Originally Posted By epthunter:
You do not have to ship through FFL. ADCO is a dealer/FFL. Have done this many times. It will come back to your house.
This. ADCO is an FFL so they can receive the lower for repair. They can ship back to your home address. It is being returned, not transferred.
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Specialized armament does it. Just got mine back and it looks great.
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Originally Posted By hotbiggun42:
I will call ADCO tomorrow to verify the procedure and post it here. But it makes sense that I should not have to ship through a FFL. And I know gun laws rarely make sense
I think you'll have to email them.
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Media Media Collections 0% (0): 10/16/2011 6:32:11 AM EDT
Originally Posted By hotbiggun42:
I will call ADCO. I was just wondering if you had it done what the procedure would be shipping a lower for repair or modification. Would I have to ship it and receive it through a FFL dealer ?
No, You can ship it direct to them & they can send it back to you!
But a more important question, unless there is something wrong with the BCG, why bother with removing it?
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I have a late model pre-ban lower.Sent it to M60joe.com to take out the block then he plugged and recut my hammer/trigger pin holes so I can use standard .154 parts and pins.Removing the block was $80 that included shipping and about $400 to have the lower holes redone and the lower refinished a nice matte black.I got the lower stripped for $250 so now I have a $1250 invested in preban with no block and normal size holes..he does great work.Adco does too but I only use them for barrel work.
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Originally Posted By VLODPG:
Originally Posted By hotbiggun42:
I will call ADCO. I was just wondering if you had it done what the procedure would be shipping a lower for repair or modification. Would I have to ship it and receive it through a FFL dealer ?
No, You can ship it direct to them & they can send it back to you!
But a more important question, unless there is something wrong with the BCG, why bother with removing it?
What if the carrier breaks? Colts modification pretty much made the BCG proprietary. If I needed to replace the BCG I would then have to send off for repair . I thought if I de sporterized it now I could still use the neutered BCG until it needs to be replaced.
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[: 10/16/2011 1:09:34 by Stottman]
Originally Posted By hotbiggun42:
Originally Posted By VLODPG:
Originally Posted By hotbiggun42:
I will call ADCO. I was just wondering if you had it done what the procedure would be shipping a lower for repair or modification. Would I have to ship it and receive it through a FFL dealer ?
No, You can ship it direct to them & they can send it back to you!
But a more important question, unless there is something wrong with the BCG, why bother with removing it?
What if the carrier breaks? Colts modification pretty much made the BCG proprietary. If I needed to replace the BCG I would then have to send off for repair . I thought if I de sporterized it now I could still use the neutered BCG until it needs to be replaced.
How often do carriers break? Even in hard use Military rifles. Your bolt will break well before then.
Plus, its not like one cannot find a Colt "sporter" carrier out there...
Seems to me (Almost all of my ARs have the block) that the cost of having the block taken out does not outweigh the small gamble of having to replace the bolt carrier.
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$100 is too much?
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I dropped a FA carrier in mine and it seemed to cycle fine, I will have to take a closer look.
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If there is a seer block installed you would know it. It would lock up your rifle and you would be unable to even pull the CH back. That is the case with my rifle anyway.
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Originally Posted By hotbiggun42:
$100 is too much?
Yes.
$100 up front (plus shipping; Not cheap) vs. possible gamble of a $100 carrier?
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