Help Identifying Make of Upper

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Posted: August/18/2012 at 19:06

Chris Farris Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List TEAM SWFA - Admin swfa.com Joined: October/01/2003 Location: Texas Status: Offline Points: 7781	We got this in this week and the lower is a Sharps-15, Mil-Spec from The Sharps Rifle Company but I do not know who made the upper. It could have been The Sharps Rifle Company but I cannot find any reference material to verify.
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Posted: August/18/2012 at 19:25

Kickboxer Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MODERATOR Moderator Joined: February/13/2008 Status: Offline Points: 18861	I like that... how much???
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Posted: August/18/2012 at 19:26

Chris Farris Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List TEAM SWFA - Admin swfa.com Joined: October/01/2003 Location: Texas Status: Offline Points: 7781	Not sure until we can identify what it is?
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Posted: August/18/2012 at 19:58

Kickboxer Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MODERATOR Moderator Joined: February/13/2008 Status: Offline Points: 18861	Must be a knockoff... el cheapo...
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Posted: August/18/2012 at 19:59

Kickboxer Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MODERATOR Moderator Joined: February/13/2008 Status: Offline Points: 18861	As you know, I'm not much into AR-type rifles, but I LIKE the looks of that...
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Posted: August/18/2012 at 21:15

EAGLE Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Optics Journeyman Joined: August/08/2011 Status: Offline Points: 332	RGUNS were selling the Sharp low receivers at one time. Very mixed reveiws on Sharp . I would check trigger pull for starters, take it to the range for function and accuracy testing, because that is where it counts for me.....I would never buy on looks alone! Eagle PS: Chris I sent you a pm with some info that may or may not help. Edited by EAGLE - August/18/2012 at 21:25

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Posted: August/19/2012 at 07:09

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Possibly sound advice for someone... the only I've ever purchased just because of the way it looks was my Corvette... and that turned out EXTREMELY well.

I think a quick look across the internet would show that just about anything that is being sold today has "very mixed reviews". "God is great, beer is good, people are crazy..." While I won't buy a rifle just because of the way it looks... I am very unlikely to buy one that I don't like the way it looks. I also happen to like the 300 Blackout specs. It is "interesting" to me... unlike anything in 5.56/.223.

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Posted: August/19/2012 at 11:40

Sgt. D Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Optics Master Extraordinaire Joined: February/20/2008 Location: North Carolina Status: Offline Points: 3727	Look inside the upper and on the bolt for a single letter stamp. C -Colt, B -Bushmaster R -Rock River and so on. This isnt real reliable but uppers are hard to identify anyway. Many aren't stamped and that leaves for frustration. I have seen some bolts and uppers stamped but not all that many. Good Luck!!
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Posted: August/19/2012 at 14:39

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According to some post from Sharp's own forum that used to be on ar15.com their supplier did not produce a batch of 500 uppers to their spec and they had to go to court over it and in the settlement the supplier was allowed to sell those uppers as seconds. Rguns was selling them for close to $50.

There were some good uppers made and some complete rifles. The complete rifles are pretty rare and we are hoping that the one we have is a factory built complete rifle. From what I can find they used 5R rifling on all of their barrels so there is a good chance this one is on of the few complete rifles.

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Posted: August/19/2012 at 14:47

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Chris Farris wrote:

According to some post from Sharp's own forum that used to be on ar15.com their supplier did not produce a batch of 500 uppers to their spec and they had to go to court over it and in the settlement the supplier was allowed to sell those uppers as seconds. Rguns was selling them for close to $50.

There were some good uppers made and some complete rifles. The complete rifles are pretty rare and we are hoping that the one we have is a factory built complete rifle. From what I can find they used 5R rifling on all of their barrels so there is a good chance this one is on of the few complete rifles.

THAT would be a pretty nice find...

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