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I've been looking for an m16a2 stripped upper for two days online. They range from $99-$250. The problem is that nobody has one. I looked about two months ago and couldn't find one also. Really frustrating because I have literally every piece I need to complete this retro build minus this damn upper! Does anyone have a line on one?
Thanks

They've been as scarce as hen's teeth for a long time now.

I managed to pick one up a couple years back, and haven't seen one since. A1 or A2.

This was my build,

Weird. I know where 3 are. 2 have been cerakoted though and are $140 ea. The other one is an original bushmaster that is in rough condition. I like the A2 configuration as well and dang near bought the 2 cerakoted ones, but I don't know how that affects the value??. I may actually be swinging by that shop next week....

I'd go scoop those up if I were you. Everything is "backorder, or discontinued by manufacturer".

I'll check into them when I head back to Oregon. If I buy both of them, I'll pm you if interested in one.

I would be very interested!

Interesting.

LGS has a DPMS A2 rifle for around $750.
Thought that was absurd. Considering the maker,
And the fact that the configuration isn't exactly hot right now.

Must be more popular than I thought.

Have you tried Double Star in KY? They are doing several retro parts now including the stock.

Nothing great, so to speak, about a DPMS. Pretty much bottom of the food chain.. I was looking at a brand new Colt set up with a detachable carry handle and A2 front sight for $1,300.00 last month. That was a very nice rifle. The problem with A2 anything is it's dated and most youngsters want a flat top you can scope. Most don't even know how to use irons. They are cool and retro looking to a lot of us older guys though. With that being said, I think everyone should own at least one A2 rifle...


I like mine so much that I almost bought another one... Probably still will eventually, or build from the A2 upper I will buy when I head back to OR.. Now watch, they will be sold when I stop in. ha ha.

I built a wannabe M16A2 with a 16" Armalite mid length barrel, Aero Precision BCG and attached to a DPMS lower and DPMS A2 upper. I owned the lower 10 years before I bought the upper and was concerned that nothing was going to go together well. Nope, they all fit like they were cut from the same piece of metal. I know I'm a sample of one but I have no issues with my little piece of anything DPMS.
kwg

BSA, would love to have a decent A2. But as a schidts and giggles toy.
Not worth to me, what one would be worth.
Don't let me see a bargain though😁



KWG, no disrespect meant. I own a couple PSAs and a RRA.
Just mentioned the price compared to the brand.

Don't dispute the big dollar guns should be much, much better.

Despite the money and time D'Arcy Echols puts into making
a M-70 into a perfect functioning rifle, many of the rack M-70s
have served their owners well. Even the push feeds!

And many 700s.
And even 2x4 Savages.


And I'd bet that someone has had a bad failure of a 100% Mauser 98.

I know this does not answer exactly what you ask.
But is a fun place to visit.
https://www.tntesales.com/a2

charlee

No, not really but nostalgia is a powerful thing, even if if not really better.

MM

A2s are kinda hot right now. The millenial / zoomer instagram crowd are getting into them.

Wth is Instagram, anything like a telegram?

I think you have to have pink hair and have voted for Bernie Sanders to use it.

Rollin^^^ Good stuff right there..

Maybe that's why I've been seeing a couple of them around here and there. Prior? Zero.

Millennial are getting into A2's? That's news to me. All the younger guys I see are putting scopes or reflex sights on flat tops. I haven't even seen a retro m16a2 for 20 years. I guess it would not have been retro then...
I have every piece I need to put this together minus a stripped upper. That's why I'm not really looking a complete or partially complete upper. I have to much into these other original parts to make spares of them.

Most of what I see the millenials messing with are AR pistols right now... 300 black outs with suppressors and schidt.. And yes, you are right, red dots and reflex sights. A lot of them don't even know what irons are. They go through a chidt load of ammo too. Their grand dad's weren't like ours, focusing on the fine art of marksmanship..