My wife likes guns. She liked my AR-10 so much that its now "Her AR-10." I don't mind as much because I have another one. But my stepson like that one, so will likely take it in a few years when he's 18. That mean eventually, I'll need another AR-10. Its too bad it means I'll need to buy another rifle....
My wife loves guns. (I say she married me for the guns) Be careful what you wish for. It means you have to buy, at least, 50% more guns and 100% more ammunition. On the other hand, she never has an issue with me buying guns or ammunition. She has "acquired" several of my guns as "hers" and I actually have bought duplicates of some...otherwise I'd never get to shoot them! 😏
That’s so cool. Your wife sounds so happy. Very neat way to give her a present! Quarter from the 50s is silver. Not collectible but still worth more than a quarter. Contact me if you need one. I have several.
What a guy to surprise your wife with a Christmas present for all of TH-cam! Gotta get me a woman as happy and surprised to receive a beautiful AR as Mrs. SOTAR! Brave of you to immediately put it through an exam to point out any potential flaw in it haha
There's a recent interview on Forgotten Weapons with a Brownell's guy about their retro rifles. He gives some insights on the decisions they mad to build them.
Clearly because the AR platform has gone BACKWARDS. The charging lever under the carry handle is so much better. The rear charging handle is the worst feature on an ar.
Wow!!! Just wow! Retro physical turns into a secret Santa present for the Miss... Well aren't you the sly one, the public at large witnessed the gifting... Your reciprocal socks and tie are under the tree love.
Merry Christmas Chad and Donna, I sincerely appreciate all you both do for us. Stay safe and healthy! Great video you make these things look so easy. I gasp when you take the fire control group out and it takes you 1/2 second to put back in...I will be in your class someday hopefully soon sir!
I can't help but to think what the difference would be if Brownells knew it be going to SOTAR... Amazing knowledge you share with us my friend. Thank you kindly and Happy Holidays...
That's so cool! such a neat piece of history for your wife's Christmas present. Thanks for taking one of these rifles apart for a physical. I'm a big fan of Brownells and think their Retro line is awesome! Merry Christmas to you and your lucky wife!
So I bought my wife a Springfield saint railed model about a year ago. She's never fired it and I'm hoping to get in a class with her. The other day I bought a Midwest URR to do a little gauging like shown here. The reaction rod won't even start to insert into the locking lugs. Bolt seems to cycle fine and it chambers a round. I guess contact Springfield? But man am I appreciative of the things I learn here. Thank you for the knowledge and your wife for excellent camera work.
sounds like a clocked barrel to me, happens when there is enough slop between the barrel extension and upper receiver when being installed. check again with the assembled BCG and slowly push it into battery. if i am right it should hit slightly then the bolt will start to rotate then continue into the barrel extension and lock. if you have the tools i would just undo the barrel nut and re-align the assembly then with your reaction rod installed then tighten the barrel. if that does not seem to be in your wheelhouse then send it in.
@@jacksonblanks8038 thanks. Never put a upper together but have been assembling all the tools necessary. From what I'm hearing Springfield is not doing such a bang up job lately and I prefer to fix things myself anyway.
@@take1one I would see about a warranty exchange or repair. If it's been fired I bet there are impact marks on the corners of the bolt lugs or the barrel extension. If not, they will begin soon.
If you can't find a silver quarter from the period, let me know. I rarely come off of silver- but this is a good cause :-) A rifle like this requires it...
If you want this to look even better contact John Thomas @ retroarmsworks and have him paint your stock set. I have one set he did and it looks like it came out of the Vickers book, the job was not cheap but in spite of that I will be sending my retro AR-10 stock set in after the holidays.
Love your videos! ive learned so much in a short time. Even after having over 197,000,000 hours cleaning M4’s and (what I thought was) maintenance in the army. 😂 keep them coming!
I hope your wife thoroughly enjoys that rifle. I did an XM16E1 build with my lady and she was very proud of the finished product. Very cool video. I'll be sharing this one.
Wish I got such a cool present for XMAS. And fron what Paul Levy said on a recent Forgotten Weapons interview I think you got one of the last Proto models as they are not making anymore.
Pacific Tool and Gauge can let you have an extractor gauge for $99.00. Every time I watch this guy I spend more money and time on my rifles than before when I was blissfully ignorant.
I’m curious, I’m building a Colt SP1 and I can’t find one of those retro carriers for the life of me. Any tips on where I might find one, or an early BCG? Thanks much.
Great gift for Mrs. A - I think she likes it! Nice reward for a “gun gal” doing a great job on the camera that showcases your talent and dedication to these rifles. A simple machine that requires the attention to details that can make the sum of those details an amazing firearm. I’m a real fan of the AR10’s and understand they can be a real PIA due to the variations. Do you do much with them? I love mine and would like to see some content that goes in depth the way you have with the AR15’s. That said, it’s understood with the gauging and tooling investment why you might not. I would assume many of the basic principles would still apply to “Grandaddy AR” Thanks for the knowledge you pass on!
@@rcairnut checked the other day they do not have enough parts to build a complete rifle. Using parts from other manufacturers may be an issue because much of that rifle is proprietary.
@@Veritas419 bummer and I wanted one more myself! I wanted to have a black one to run hard and my repainted one for display. I hope they restock the parts so we can build them.
Hi, Chad. Another great video as usual, thanks. Your gas system straightness gauge is relying on the carry handle being straight. Can't the carry handle machining be off as well?
You are correct. The slot could be off. Normally I use this gauge with a Colt Carry Handle that has been checked for trueness. When I hold up this rifle I can detect a canted front sight though.
Yes, I saw the Forgotten Weapons interview. They have discontinued several of their retro items but are continuing with others. Unfortunately, on the discontinued items they are not producing any spares for some of the proprietary parts for many Retro models. This isn’t necessarily a problem with the 5.56 rifles but will be an issue for anyone who purchased the BRN-10 in 7.62. Which I find curious, they paid to have tooling, molds and the like made for all of these retro style parts but then discontinue them. How do you get a return on investment by doing that.
I’ve heard Paul Levy state that they would continue selling parts for most of the retro rifle lines/models. I believe he mentioned that during an interview with Ian on InRangeTV or the Forgotten Weapons channel recently.
There was an interview with (I think it was) Paul Levy with forgotten weapons. He spoke in length about the project. From what I recall- it sounds like if they can still get the parts they are going to try to keep them available. Check it out it was a good interview anyways, may be some answers in there for you.
@@cdecro00 I saw that interview, he said they would continue to make spares of the 5.56 rifles. In that same interview he announced that they discontinued the BRN-10 and the Proto in 5.56 despite the fact both items are on the website. They still have some BRN-10 parts on their site as of December 23, 2020 but there are no bolt carriers, pistol grips, and only black hand guards. They also were going to make Portuguese hand guards, and a carbine model. They abandoned both of those projects and dumped the parts they had made on their site with no comment. My issue is that they discontinued these products, didn’t follow through on the Portuguese model (which was the one customers actually wanted) without mentioning it on any of THEIR social media platforms, I think that is just bad practice.
45:26 yeah my older Colt BCG is rough like that. I think it broke a gas key bolt… but besides that, it had a rough finishing. Tool marks, slop, all that. I was surprised.
If memory serves, U.S. Quarters from 1955 and earlier were actual silver (and therefore, yes, highly "collectable"). If you are going for the late '50s you should be fine though.
On July 23, 1965, President Johnson approved the Coinage Act of 1965, which removed silver from circulating coins and authorized that clad coins be used for the half dollar, quarter, and dime.
Sitting at my computer in the morning. Saw this. Liked and commented. I'm on vacation, so now I'm gonna get back in bed and put this on the tv and enjoy lol
Not often you get to buy a rifle and the wife is happy about it.
My wife recently found out how much I spent on parts and ammo this year..... I have A LOT of Christmas shopping to do tomorrow, sigh.
your wife's reaction is perfect
Could you time stamp it? I missed it.
@@SkintSNIPER262 2:35
Definitely sounds like you picked the right present for the wife
Definitely sounds like he picked the right wife xD
@@MichaelBakowski no kidding lmao
Right in the feels, sounded like she was damn near in tears.
My wife would sure be a lot easier to buy presents for if she liked guns like your wife. Awesome video as always and Merry Christmas.
My wife likes guns. She liked my AR-10 so much that its now "Her AR-10." I don't mind as much because I have another one. But my stepson like that one, so will likely take it in a few years when he's 18. That mean eventually, I'll need another AR-10. Its too bad it means I'll need to buy another rifle....
My wife loves guns. (I say she married me for the guns) Be careful what you wish for. It means you have to buy, at least, 50% more guns and 100% more ammunition.
On the other hand, she never has an issue with me buying guns or ammunition. She has "acquired" several of my guns as "hers" and I actually have bought duplicates of some...otherwise I'd never get to shoot them! 😏
Me: *sees 50+ minute SOTAR video*
Me: “it must be Christmas!”
"Stop checkin my rifle! I wanna shoot it NOW!!"
That’s so cool. Your wife sounds so happy. Very neat way to give her a present! Quarter from the 50s is silver. Not collectible but still worth more than a quarter. Contact me if you need one. I have several.
Merry Christmas Chad and Camera Operator Wife! That was soo cool of you to get her that Rifle as a gift. It brought a happiness tear to my eye.
Ive learned so much from this channel and Chris bartocci at small arms solutions. Good stuff
What a guy to surprise your wife with a Christmas present for all of TH-cam! Gotta get me a woman as happy and surprised to receive a beautiful AR as Mrs. SOTAR!
Brave of you to immediately put it through an exam to point out any potential flaw in it haha
There's a recent interview on Forgotten Weapons with a Brownell's guy about their retro rifles. He gives some insights on the decisions they mad to build them.
Clearly because the AR platform has gone BACKWARDS. The charging lever under the carry handle is so much better. The rear charging handle is the worst feature on an ar.
@@bill4639 only for people who don't use scopes & red dots
Good job, Chad! The wife was obviously overjoyed. That was awesome.
Wow!!! Just wow! Retro physical turns into a secret Santa present for the Miss... Well aren't you the sly one, the public at large witnessed the gifting...
Your reciprocal socks and tie are under the tree love.
I’m so addicted to this channel. Awesome job man I learn new things every time I watch!
Merry Christmas to CAMERA OPERATOR! Jeez...I want one too!
Merry Christmas Chad and Donna, I sincerely appreciate all you both do for us. Stay safe and healthy! Great video you make these things look so easy. I gasp when you take the fire control group out and it takes you 1/2 second to put back in...I will be in your class someday hopefully soon sir!
Pulls out mondo energy retro rifle.... "Merry Christmas, Sweetheart". Wholesome.
I hit like before the video even started .,was not disappointed!!!
They said the charger handle could get hot after you shot it a while and didn't have as good of leverage as the later "t"handle.But beautiful.
I can't help but to think what the difference would be if Brownells knew it be going to SOTAR... Amazing knowledge you share with us my friend. Thank you kindly and Happy Holidays...
Your a hell of a husband Merry Christmas camera lady
My man 🙌...every king has a queen.
The Christmas gift earned a like.
The “Let’s get that out onto a tray” reference 😂 I love this channel so much
What a wonderful Christmas present. She’s a lucky woman and you are a lucky man.
You put in that fire control group in so damn fast I wanted to cry. It takes me forever and I always feel like it’s gonna break or do something wrong
I enjoy your content so much man. I love nerding out on stuff and you nerd out on AR’s like no other! Have a very Merry Christmas!
That's so cool! such a neat piece of history for your wife's Christmas present. Thanks for taking one of these rifles apart for a physical. I'm a big fan of Brownells and think their Retro line is awesome! Merry Christmas to you and your lucky wife!
So I bought my wife a Springfield saint railed model about a year ago. She's never fired it and I'm hoping to get in a class with her. The other day I bought a Midwest URR to do a little gauging like shown here. The reaction rod won't even start to insert into the locking lugs. Bolt seems to cycle fine and it chambers a round. I guess contact Springfield? But man am I appreciative of the things I learn here. Thank you for the knowledge and your wife for excellent camera work.
sounds like a clocked barrel to me, happens when there is enough slop between the barrel extension and upper receiver when being installed. check again with the assembled BCG and slowly push it into battery. if i am right it should hit slightly then the bolt will start to rotate then continue into the barrel extension and lock. if you have the tools i would just undo the barrel nut and re-align the assembly then with your reaction rod installed then tighten the barrel. if that does not seem to be in your wheelhouse then send it in.
@@jacksonblanks8038 thanks. Never put a upper together but have been assembling all the tools necessary. From what I'm hearing Springfield is not doing such a bang up job lately and I prefer to fix things myself anyway.
@@take1one I would see about a warranty exchange or repair. If it's been fired I bet there are impact marks on the corners of the bolt lugs or the barrel extension. If not, they will begin soon.
@@take1one yeah that goes for pretty much anyone. And yes just glad to help
If you can't find a silver quarter from the period, let me know. I rarely come off of silver- but this is a good cause :-) A rifle like this requires it...
Another great one! Please keep them coming. I learn every time.
thank you for this video,
I have a Proto and the AR-10 that Brownells did they rock on the range. Great guns.
If you want this to look even better contact John Thomas @ retroarmsworks and have him paint your stock set. I have one set he did and it looks like it came out of the Vickers book, the job was not cheap but in spite of that I will be sending my retro AR-10 stock set in after the holidays.
Just what I was looking for. Thank you very much Chad. Merry Christmas to you and your family
Love your videos! ive learned so much in a short time. Even after having over 197,000,000 hours cleaning M4’s and (what I thought was) maintenance in the army. 😂 keep them coming!
I'm fairly new to this channel but videos like this is why I'm a fan. Merry Christmas!!!
The video is a present in its self man thankyou merry Christmas
I hope your wife thoroughly enjoys that rifle. I did an XM16E1 build with my lady and she was very proud of the finished product. Very cool video. I'll be sharing this one.
Congrats to Camera Woman. She got a great one! And a nice rifle too!
That puppy just needs a barrel cleaning and some lube and ammunition and you will have a very happy wife 👍 Merry Christmas 🙂
Awesome Christmas Gift for a Special Lady that we all appreciate! Merry Christmas, Albrechts!!
That was awesome video from start to finish. A great gift for a lucky lady👍... Merry Christmas to you both and thanks for sharing😉👊🇺🇸
Very smooth Chad...VERY smooth! Good on you man..Merry Christmas everybody!
now that is what I call a cool present! Merry Christmas to you and your family!
I really wanted to see you shoot it. Great video, merry Christmas to you and your family.
That was awesome thanks guys. Would love to send my scar 17 to you and see you put it through the gauntlet!!
Cool Reto Rifle and I enjoy the great attention to details and historical points . Very awesome.
Love mine! It's a real shooter (swapped in a Larue MBT trigger but don't tell anyone else that, haha)
Wish I got such a cool present for XMAS. And fron what Paul Levy said on a recent Forgotten Weapons interview I think you got one of the last Proto models as they are not making anymore.
Great gift! Love the long format / full rifle physical video! I also love the Steve 1989 reference (m'kay... Nice). Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Would love to see you both test firing, and the results of the barrel after cleaning!
Merry Christmas! Camera Operator Lady is a keeper!
That is the coolest thing i have seen in a long time. ❤
Cool rifle. God bless Brownell's!
Slick video. Thankyou.
Very informative inspection,Glad I bought a Brownells upper.
Pacific Tool and Gauge can let you have an extractor gauge for $99.00. Every time I watch this guy I spend more money and time on my rifles than before when I was blissfully ignorant.
Awesome gift. Merry Christmas to you guys.
Came here for Chads infinite knowledge. Stayed for the Steve1989 reference.
Merry Christmas Mr. and Mrs. SOTAR! That was an awesome video, Chad. Thanks for the breakdown, info, and knowledge.
Awww Chad you're such a sweetheart man. Awesome gift, congrats Donna!
Merry Christmas Mrs. Chad 😅 wholesome
I’m curious, I’m building a Colt SP1 and I can’t find one of those retro carriers for the life of me. Any tips on where I might find one, or an early BCG? Thanks much.
You know the gun store mag dumped through that thing a couple times!
I think so.
Those look like fun guns to shoot.
Awww this is so wholesome. Merry Christmas!
These are the only ar15’s I’m interested in. Thanks.
Have learned more from your videos than I have learned from everyone else combined TY for the content and Happy holidays
Great respect for your work from NoVa
What do you use for demagnetization
I built a 601 using a lot of parts from Brownell’s.
Was she laughing or crying? Either way you made her very happy. Merry Christmas you two.
Merry Christmas and God bless
Mrs. Chad's reaction is priceless!
Great gift for Mrs. A - I think she likes it! Nice reward for a “gun gal” doing a great job on the camera that showcases your talent and dedication to these rifles. A simple machine that requires the attention to details that can make the sum of those details an amazing firearm. I’m a real fan of the AR10’s and understand they can be a real PIA due to the variations. Do you do much with them? I love mine and would like to see some content that goes in depth the way you have with the AR15’s. That said, it’s understood with the gauging and tooling investment why you might not. I would assume many of the basic principles would still apply to “Grandaddy AR” Thanks for the knowledge you pass on!
I'd be choked up too if you bought me that rifle!
The Christmas gift I'm giving my wife is a new broom to fly around on
broom ok, vacuum not ok.
@@MJA5 🤣🤣
Too cool!!!
That’s cool! Merry Christmas and enjoy!
Happy holidays SOTAR great video love the content keep the videos coming
“Merry Christmas sweetheart” daaaaaaaawwwww
I don’t know if it would be worth your time to do others of brownells retro rifles, but I hope you do.
A Steve1989 off MRE info dot net reference? This channel can’t get any better
I love Steve.
Merry Christmas, Donna! That rifle should be a lot of fun.
Thanks, Chad!
Too cool man.. merry christmas people
Excellent video, Merry Christmas!
I would love to have the AR 10 one of these days.
per Brownells they stopped making them, but still have some parts if you want to roll your own.
@@rcairnut checked the other day they do not have enough parts to build a complete rifle. Using parts from other manufacturers may be an issue because much of that rifle is proprietary.
@@Veritas419 bummer and I wanted one more myself! I wanted to have a black one to run hard and my repainted one for display. I hope they restock the parts so we can build them.
I’d LOVE to build a brn!
Hi, Chad. Another great video as usual, thanks. Your gas system straightness gauge is relying on the carry handle being straight. Can't the carry handle machining be off as well?
You are correct. The slot could be off.
Normally I use this gauge with a Colt Carry Handle that has been checked for trueness.
When I hold up this rifle I can detect a canted front sight though.
I would be interested too see a physical on a smith and wesson m&p 15, just an idea.
Merry Christmas
Yes, I saw the Forgotten Weapons interview. They have discontinued several of their retro items but are continuing with others. Unfortunately, on the discontinued items they are not producing any spares for some of the proprietary parts for many Retro models. This isn’t necessarily a problem with the 5.56 rifles but will be an issue for anyone who purchased the BRN-10 in 7.62. Which I find curious, they paid to have tooling, molds and the like made for all of these retro style parts but then discontinue them. How do you get a return on investment by doing that.
I’ve heard Paul Levy state that they would continue selling parts for most of the retro rifle lines/models. I believe he mentioned that during an interview with Ian on InRangeTV or the Forgotten Weapons channel recently.
There was an interview with (I think it was) Paul Levy with forgotten weapons. He spoke in length about the project. From what I recall- it sounds like if they can still get the parts they are going to try to keep them available. Check it out it was a good interview anyways, may be some answers in there for you.
@@cdecro00 I saw that interview, he said they would continue to make spares of the 5.56 rifles. In that same interview he announced that they discontinued the BRN-10 and the Proto in 5.56 despite the fact both items are on the website. They still have some BRN-10 parts on their site as of December 23, 2020 but there are no bolt carriers, pistol grips, and only black hand guards. They also were going to make Portuguese hand guards, and a carbine model. They abandoned both of those projects and dumped the parts they had made on their site with no comment. My issue is that they discontinued these products, didn’t follow through on the Portuguese model (which was the one customers actually wanted) without mentioning it on any of THEIR social media platforms, I think that is just bad practice.
Alright, let's get this out on the tray. Nice.
Thanks for the tips
“Pause” the video. News like that calls for celebration haha great gift and great channel
We all know what happened during that "pause"
Awesome Christmas gift!
Would also love to see a physical done on a newer colt CR 6920
Thank you for the knowledge that you pass on . Could you provide info on your school courses.
45:26 yeah my older Colt BCG is rough like that. I think it broke a gas key bolt… but besides that, it had a rough finishing. Tool marks, slop, all that. I was surprised.
If memory serves, U.S. Quarters from 1955 and earlier were actual silver (and therefore, yes, highly "collectable"). If you are going for the late '50s you should be fine though.
Think its 64 and older,my dad collected coins and that date comes to mind.
@@stevechambers4810 I looked it up and you are correct. I guess he's going to have a slightly more expensive time correcting that bolt carrier travel.
On July 23, 1965, President Johnson approved the Coinage Act of 1965, which removed silver from circulating coins and authorized that clad coins be used for the half dollar, quarter, and dime.
The quarter from 50s is collectible. It is silver. Anything prior to 1965
Congratulations to your wife
I would’ve loved to even see you lube it up and shoot it in the trap lol. Y’all make awesome videos!
Merry Christmas Chad!
Live the vids!! How long did it take to obtain all of your tools!! The most interesting tool in my opinion is the mag well gauge 👍👍
Sitting at my computer in the morning. Saw this. Liked and commented. I'm on vacation, so now I'm gonna get back in bed and put this on the tv and enjoy lol