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Aisin

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Looking at picking one up for a retro build. There are multiple places selling them. I assume the majority of them come from the same manufacturer. Does anyone here have a recommendation? Not looking for something loose fitting or pitted up like Tulsi Gabbards face. Not paying Colt prices. The last one I saw for sale went for $400.
 
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I have one of the Ace repros. It’s a little bit more loose than the factory SP1 I also have, but it’s a very good reproduction. The powder coating they used looks and feels just like the original Colt coating.
 
Mortar it a couple times and it’ll be tight as a tick.
 
Aisin said:
No, reproductions are ok. Just want a tight fitting stock. I’ve read a post on ar15.com about one fitting like a commercial stock on a milspec buffer tube.
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It’s not that loose. It’s not coated inside the stock as well as it is on the outside and I suspect that is why. I’m usually pretty particular about details, but this doesn’t seem to matter to me.
I picked it up at RTG when I was passing through about a year ago and ended up using it to replace a brace when that horse shit happened.
 
Anybody got any close up pics they can share?
 
Don. said:
I have one of the Ace repros. It’s a little bit more loose than the factory SP1 I also have, but it’s a very good reproduction. The powder coating they used looks and feels just like the original Colt coating.
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The originals are coated in Vinyl Acetate. If someone is making a repro and is a sticker Powder coat may not pass. Here is a thread on ARFCOM about them.
DoubleStar resumes retro vinyl acetate CAR-15 stocks... - AR15.COM

Wish I had picked up the original I found at a gun show for $100 some time ago. I've always wanted to build a gun based on what my dad carried in Vietnam
 
Johann said:
The originals are coated in Vinyl Acetate. If someone is making a repro and is a sticker Powder coat may not pass. Here is a thread on ARFCOM about them.
DoubleStar resumes retro vinyl acetate CAR-15 stocks... - AR15.COM

Wish I had picked up the original I found at a gun show for $100 some time ago. I've always wanted to build a gun based on what my dad carried in Vietnam
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The Double Star ones are oos. I ended up picking up one from Delta Team Tactical. I got an anodized one. These are all made in Taiwan btw.
 
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