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My next venture: Ti base for the XM-3

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    Here's the artifact gents. This was peeled off of a legit XM-3 that saw its last deployment during Fallujah.

    Starting the dissection today.
     

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    Planning on offering an add on to the clip-slotting service to engrave the receiver SN on the base like the real ones?
     
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    This looks great, I had all but given up on the idea of putting together a XM-3 clone. Maybe not anymore. @LongRifles Inc. Can you do the clip slot cut on a left hand 700 receiver?
     
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    Yes, there will be repro XM3 recoil lugs!

    In case anyone is curious about the authenticity of the XM3 parts that Chad currently has on hand, rest easy knowing that he's taking apart my original USMC XM3. Here it is lounging around on Chad's couch:

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    What is the brass on top of the Lee-Navy?
     
    Planning on offering an add on to the clip-slotting service to engrave the receiver SN on the base like the real ones?
    These guys make engraving magical.

    I thought I was asking for the impossible with my engraving.

    Got an LRI update stating “We are starting the engraving. Is this what you want?”

    “Yes that is what I want”

    I thought my next LRI update would be a week later.

    That afternoon. Done.

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