Reeder Custom Guns - I really don't get it no matter what the price...

Mike H.
I really don't get it no matter what the price...
Thursday, March 16, 2023, 08:56

maybe if the kit included a new barrel with different locking lug arrangement. In the service, bolt replacement was quite common, and this with milspec bolts of Carpenter steel. The extractor takes the place of a locking lug on one side, leading to lugs taking unequal shock and leading to cracked lugs. That bolt conversion will have same problem. The military has no problem replacing bolts on a regular basis, but civilians don't have a military budget for spares.

I just cannot fathom, a lot of things, but why - WB, 2023-03-16, 08:20
- Why would anyone go to the trouble of building - Gary Reeder, 2023-03-16, 14:06
  - I just bought a 556 MVP Patrol two weeks ago. Been - ChrisG, 2023-03-16, 19:31
  - Well said Gary! (nm) - SPB, 2023-03-16, 16:32
- I really don't get it no matter what the price... - Mike H., 2023-03-16, 08:56
  - Not that I am against either the bolt conversion - Mike H., 2023-03-16, 17:29
    - I can find barrels w/o a gas port in .224 - WB, 2023-03-17, 07:12
      - I finally ditched my Colt Lightweight Carbine - Mike H., 2023-03-17, 08:31
        I like that. They made some funky rigs. - WB, 2023-03-18, 08:36
        That 602 started out as a 375 H&H. We changed the - Gary Reeder, 2023-03-18, 12:11
        The photo of the missus looks like from 1963, - Mike H., 2023-03-18, 14:13
        This one is a marvel in immortal funky. The - Mike H., 2023-03-18, 09:11
        As for reliability, Tom Knapp used one in exhibition, - Mike H., 2023-03-18, 11:13
        What gun is that? (nm) - Gary Reeder, 2023-03-17, 17:24
        It is a Brno alphabet soup 611. This one was - Mike H., 2023-03-18, 07:54