Re: How to make a gas tube glow on an AR
OH, and I ran-up on an interesting kit in a 2008-issure of "Small Arms Review," that any Red Jack-off fans might find interesting!
Remember the episode wear Will & the boys "built" a shoulder-fired, M-1919 machine gun for that LA cop's "shooting competition?" Man, wasn't it soooo dramatic when they were trying to figure how to pull-off something else that'd never been done before! Well, there was a couple Marines back in WW2 that built several for use fighting the Jap's in the Pacific(1 of those Marines even won the Medal of Honor, using it. They called it the M1919-A6, tho). I saw on another forum where Will was asked why he didn't just build the standard M1919-A6 version. Will from Red jacket replied, that the "A6-mod" was awkward to handle, & since "the SUCK-Factor was HIGH" on the "A6-mod," he wanted to do it his way. The Red Jacket M1919-A6 is pictured directly below...
<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #FF0000">Red Jacket's M1919-A6</span></span>
Now, like I said, I just happened to be flipping through that old "Small Arms Review" mag and ran across an ad by "TNW Firearms, Inc-Vernonia,OR." TNW was selling their "M230-kit"(M1919A6-mod)back in April '08(That's when the ad I saw came out, have no idea how long they've offered this kit). Kit comes with a new lighter/shorter .308 barrel, railed forearm, butt-stock/pistol grip, vert. forward grip, etc.
TNW goes on to state, "The upgrade <span style="font-weight: bold">takes about 20min's to install, and <span style="color: #FF0000">requires NO permanent modification</span></span> to your M1919."
Here's a pic of their M230-kit & link to their webpage
<span style="font-weight: bold">TNW M-230(M1919A6-mod)</span>
http://www.tnwfirearms.com/guns_m230.shtml
Someone please explain to me, just exactly what the fuck was it that Red Jacket built? I mean, other than buy TNW's kit & ripping-off their idea by claiming they, Red Jacket, actually "Built" it? I'd like to know just WTF was so much trouble bolting a butt-stock, forearm, & barrel from a pre-fabbed kit that's only supposed to take "20 minutes" to slap together?
Hell, they didn't even swap-out TNW's funky-looking, buttstock and half-ass, attempt to make it look like they had to actually do something original! I guess that ugly-ass, OD green paint-job on the receiver is the kinda, "If u dream it, we can build it," "Game-changing" Innovations that's putting Red Jack-off at the TOP of the custom-firearms market, huh?
Companies like GAP, KAC, POF, etc. better get their shit wired-tight, & look-out! Red Jacket's gonna grind, dremel, hacksaw their asses right outta business!!!