Employee of the Month
Stopped by my local Merchant of Death (Coal Creek Armory) to see if they had any deals on any death dealing gizmos and to grab a mag pouch. They had this up on their wall (sorry for the poor quality, it was taken with the Blackberry):
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And Coal Creek had a few AR 57 uppers in stock and only two AR-15s on the wall.
December 1st, 2008 at 4:20 pm
I think the election of someone on record as being so anti-gun did more to boost the economy than all those rebate checks ever did.
December 1st, 2008 at 6:06 pm
Out of a morbid sense of curiosity (since I doubt I can actually afford one), do you recall how much they were asking for the AR57 uppers?
December 1st, 2008 at 6:57 pm
Now THAT’s LOL funny…thanks for posting!
December 1st, 2008 at 7:10 pm
linoge, $730 IIRC
December 1st, 2008 at 8:11 pm
What is an AR57?
I missed the Memo on that one.
December 1st, 2008 at 9:32 pm
Spaceba.
Almost worth it, that. If 5.7 ammunition was not closely related to unicorn horn…
December 1st, 2008 at 11:25 pm
They are honest.
December 2nd, 2008 at 8:52 am
5.7 ammo is still around 0.50 to 0.60 a round, I think the boxes we have are about the same price as .45acp.
We’ve sold a LOT of FN’s new wunderkind, so it behooves us to stay up in stock on 5.7 ammo.
December 2nd, 2008 at 9:04 am
Another gun I don’t get…but still a neat little design from what I read.
Still spendy underpowered ammo that can’t easily be reloaded (A friend who tried found that the non-tapered case walls are aided in extraction by some factory coating, one trip through the brass tumbler or a few trips into the chamber lead to sticky cases and double-feeds.
December 2nd, 2008 at 1:06 pm
I love my PS90, I think the AR57 upper is a pretty cool idea too at about $500 savings over the FN gun. The cartridge isn’t really overpriced, 40-50 cents/shot for premium bullets (Hornady v-max)is actually quite decent. I have dies but don’t reload since the cases show signs of stress and stretching after just one firing in the PS 90. However I’d love to get a 20″ contender in 5.7 just to see how it performs in a long barrel. In addition to which it would eliminate case stretch and allow me to use those dies I bought. How’s that for a $300 answer to a $30 problem?
December 2nd, 2008 at 2:02 pm
the “o” has a long way to go before he matches the employee of the f’n decade back in the 90’s…brother bill c. brought about the most profitable period in my 30yrs. as a dealer.
but i do think o has a good chance to eclipse clinton…employee of the millennium? almost makes me want to pull an ffl again…
jtc
December 2nd, 2008 at 7:58 pm
If I had not already spent too much on magazines and 5.56 ammunition in planning for a 5.56 upper, I might have to steal a 57AR from you, Dr. StrangeGun. As it is, I think I would only really be happy with the 6″ barrel + 6″ silencer arrangement (that just looks shiny), and that would require far too much paperwork and money at the moment.
December 3rd, 2008 at 12:54 am
So, does that mean he got the special parking space?
December 3rd, 2008 at 8:52 am
Linoge,
We’re a type 7 with a machine shop… you can always get our 16″ and then later on pop for $200 (well, twice) to SBR it and attach a suppressor đŸ™‚
December 3rd, 2008 at 7:25 pm
Bah. Stop tempting me.
And, on a more serious note, it is that additional $400 that is making me hit the “pause” button on this purchase.