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    Army M24 Build Thread

    I noticed the front sight base is not there. Does it have the threaded holes? You can find current reproduction f+r sight bases at Freelands Shooting
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    Army M24 Build Thread

    Looks like a legit Remington Defense or Remington Law Enforcement release. Double check it has their 5R 11.25" twist rate barrel, and you're gtg. One minor detail is the buttpad is the heavier commercial version of the HS Precision stock, so its probably stamped with "HS Precision" versus the...
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    Army M24 Build Thread

    Pull down menu Optics + Sights, then Sight mount bases
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    Army M24 Build Thread

    Original on left, copy on right from my collection. Can someone ID the other rifle shown?
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    Army M24 Build Thread

    December 1988 U.S. Army Sniper School patch. This is an original (unofficial) issued moral patch being offered on eBay. The seller provides documentation on the history behind it. There are multiple clones available, but not the correct size or pattern, some even having period incorrect velcro...
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    Army M24 Build Thread

    IDF 933 Nahal Brigade M24 in service
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    Army M24 Build Thread

    Never saw this done before, AN/PVS-10 optic fits inside the Hardigg SWS case.
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    Army M24 Build Thread

    That auction was a sleeper. It has 2 UID trackers, and the weird RFID tracker. And the HS Precision stock has early issue annodized aluminum plates, not blackened. Maybe a Quantico benchmade predecessor to the M40A3...call it an XM40A2 prototype, or even a stop-gap M40A1 rebuild when McMillan...
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    CMP sold Unertl and USO MST-100 scopes

    I called Unertl back in the late 1980's, in Mars, PA. His wife answered the phone. When I asked if they sold their scopes to the public, she got real nasty towards me and said no and to not call again😂
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    CMP sold Unertl and USO MST-100 scopes

    Chandler, Death From Afar {Vol. 1, pgs. 128~130} lists every Unertl 10X and the date of purchase. I think he also lists the Barrett 50 scopes in a later edition
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    Army M24 Build Thread

    There is also a difference between the floorplates of the 2 contractors who built them. The 2-piece bottom metal variant has an elongated floorplate spring channel on the EuroOptic ASA M24 on the right side picture below. This allows the spring to seat farther forward. Not sure if that was the...
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    Army M24 Build Thread

    The factory OM describes how to install the mag follower spring after identifying the longer leg by compressing it. But it does not mention the tactile dimple stamped onto that leg.
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    Army M24 Build Thread

    About 12 years difference based on bbl codes.
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    Army M24 Build Thread

    Left bolt is Remington Defense M24 Right bolt is EuroOptic ASA M24 What is the reason Remington widened the EuroOptic lug rail channel? What is the reason Remington used a smaller diameter & non-chamfered gas escape port on the EuroOptic bolt? Both receiver gas ports are the same diameter
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    Army M24 Build Thread

    USMC rifle M40 no. 6257227 is documented by Peter Senich in his book The One-Round War on pg. 259. It was shipped to Sionics Inc. in December 1969, and is pictured with a threaded bbl & Sionics Model M14SS-1 suppressor. The CMP auction rifle currently being discussed is no. 6257272. It has a...
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    Army M24 Build Thread

    @Kwtaylor is there a pic of the inner received?
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    Army M24 Build Thread

    I fired the M852 out of my M1A with a Saco NM bbl. When I reloaded it for that same rifle, it had a few case head seperations using a small-base resizer die, which isn't unusual in a semi. I'm monitoring case stretch out of the M24, and use a full-length sizer die adjusted for its chamber...
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    Army M24 Build Thread

    Slight typo🤣
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    Army M24 Build Thread

    Im having trouble obtaining certain powders, and when I do, they cost over $100/pd with haz, s/h, tax, etc. So currently using Varget/43.0gr which gets me to 4635fps while still fire forming the lot of M852 brass. Problem is its a compressed load that Im not totally pleased with. And as @mjh30...
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    Army M24 Build Thread

    Just started using the newest Sierra 169gr SMK. Anyone have a pet powder charge they use it with in an M-24?
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