Brownells BRN-10A: A Retro Cold War AR-10 Reproduction

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We have a new Brownells BRN-10A reproduction AR-10 to take a look at today, hot off the production line! Brownells is making both AR-15 and AR-10 rifles in their "Retro" reproduction line, but this is definitely the more interesting one to me. You can piece together a good retro AR-15, but the AR-10 platform has until now been very limited in retro options.
In today's video, I am comparing the BRN-10A to a semiauto conversion of an original Portuguese AR-10. This allows some good comparisons, but it is also of limited use, because Brownells has chosen to reproduce the cleaner lines of the early Cuban-pattern AR-10. Details like the muzzle, handguards, charging handle, and front sight block are quite different between early and late original AR-10s, but the comparison with a late Portuguese one does allow us to see how much detail did go into properly replicating many of the other elements.
Overall, I am quite impressed by Brownells' new rifle. There is room for improvement, and my biggest complaint is the feel of the handguards - but they certainly do look right. Incidentally, after I finished filming I spoke with the company, and was told that a more accurate pistol grip is in development, as are waffle-pattern mags. Those will be nice improvements added to guns as they start shipping. The BRN-10 is definitely a much better reproduction than the old Armalite AR-10B rifles, and a heck of a lot less expensive than finding a semiauto conversion of an original one!
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[@762influencer9]

We won’t go quietly, the Legion can count on that.

[@Laughing_Man-ws8ly]

Ave, true to Caesar

[@SearchEast2069]

profligate FILTH

[@mikemallon1065]

Yup yup, thought of the Service Rifle and the Survivalist's Rifle when I saw this

[@63Hayden]

I'm surprised this is top comment. Who knew New Vegas was so popular among gun enthusiasts?

[@Malaveldt]

Countdown before Ian and V339 collaborate on a video.

[@AndrewSMi95]

Armalite originally being in California and having developed the AR-10 there makes sense for the Californian army being equiped with them in New Vegas. The more you know.

[@RichieRichOverdrive]

Same with the Mormons/Burned Man and their 45 auto in Zion, as JMB was Mormon.

[@baker90338]

Trimmel Portuguese one btw

[@evanceier8577]

Shame they didn't and they used m16s with wooden furniture.

[@colegilliam2379]

For one, they werent issued Ar-10's in new vegas. They were issued M16a1's. And it wasnt the army using the "Service. rifle" it was the air force. J.E. Sawyer said it himself, the Service Rifle and Assault carbine were abundant in New Vegas because of its proximity to Nellis

[@rastishichka]

ironically california now bans these types of guns

[@emreozsoy8563]

"Patrolling the KZbin Makes You Wish For a New Forgotten Weapons Video"

[@tomshepard8473]

Ian. Ian never changes.

[@Snuckster2]

that's a sexy rifle

[@Hybris51129]

"Nobody's bayonet is that long, not even Long Bayonet Johnson, and he had a fucking long bayonet. Thus, the name"

[@vincentrichnomd1265]

I hope Ian never will change

[@mixererunio1757]

I really wanted to see this comment

[@MrComradeDave]

Woah Ian, that’s one *big iron*

[@HillbillyHades]

i see you're a man of culture as well

[@toastpuppy3491]

Anthony And I see you are a man of culture as well

[@Snuckster2]

dont dare to make a slip

[@toastpuppy3491]

No, He has Bigger Irons on his hips

[@LUR1FAX]

@@toastpuppy3491 I'm a man of men of men of culture about men of culture.

[@TomXizor]

Came here for New Vegas comments... Not disappointed. ;)

[@jerrell1169]

TomXizor Take your happiness and run, wastrel

[@DJ_Spazzy]

Ye same here

[@kabob0077]

Same, OP.

[@andrewjohnson1663]

How did it even become a thing? Not that I'm complaining.

[@frailty7280]

"I want these for my army" *"give me five thousand"*

[@doughesson]

Yeahhhh,just let me check my petty cash pocket....

[@philipdisessa6489]

Ranger Jackson resupplied me with one of those.

[@loosemoose4134]

Y'all forget that the Service Rifle in NV has an A1 triangular fore end

[@CaptainCiph3r]

It's also an AR-15 mutation and uses wooden furniture.

[@gestaposantaclaus]

Captain Ciph3r it was based off the AR-10, according to the developers anyway.

[@CaptainCiph3r]

@@gestaposantaclaus but it's 5.56 so it's an ar-15.

[@gestaposantaclaus]

Captain Ciph3r I get that, but the developers used wooden grips and a wood buttstock because they were inspired by the AR-10. It still is an AR-15 at the end of the day, it just was inspired by the AR-10 (hence the wood).

[@CaptainCiph3r]

@@bendriver1127 it's based off of the 50 Beowulf Ar-15

[@gregstudeny1680]

Dang, this just came out and its already forgotten.

[@AJayAnswersYou]

Lmao.

[@bren97122]

Man, I want one of these things so bad. *cries in New York*

[@muffledgiraffe4303]

*laughs in freedom land of the Midwest

[@charleshaynes815]

bren97122 w

[@2wheeleddemon999]

I can hear those cries all the way over here in Texas.

[@ronnieman87]

Your tears taste good in South Carolina.

[@bren97122]

2wheeled Demon Man, I wanna live in Texas so bad... soon, I hope.

[@kutamsterdam]

My grandpa worked at Artillerie Inrichtingen at Zaandam The Netherlands and he worked on the AR10.

[@colinroelofs7185]

Jammer dat nederland de fal heeft gekozen

[@RMoribayashi]

The original AR-10 used a phenolic resin composite for the furniture. The same material was widely used in printed circuit boards for most of the 2nd half of the 20th century. I've worked on God knows how many of those boards over the years and I'm certain after emptying a clip or two in an original AR-10 I'd recognise the familiar odor of overheated phenolic resin.

[@chaserydosz7729]

One note on that ar10 barrel bursting Stoner was against using that type of barrel and tight after it burst he built new solid barrel to complete the trials. And the ammunition used in it's testing faulty high pressure AP ammunition used to intentionally sabotage the rifles performance. If anyone is interested in more AR specific information there's another great channel called small arms solutions he worked at Colt for a long time. Thanks for the great videos Ian lots of knowledge.

[@davidgreen5099]

Interesting. Thanks.

[@chaserydosz7729]

You're welcome.

[@Packrat1947]

Ian said the original bbl delaminated. I'm not sure just what he meant by that. I'm looking at Springfield Armory's “Metallurgical Examination of One Barrel Cal. 30 AR-10, that ruptured in firing test at Springfield Armory”. Dated 28 May 1957. Six pages of technical examination. The bottom line was a sulfur stringer in the liner precipitated the accident. The failure didn't have anything to do with the aluminum/steel construction.

[@chaserydosz7729]

@@Packrat1947 I never said it did I said Stoner was against using that kind of barrel, and after it burst he made solid barrels. I did say the army used faulty high pressure ammunition intentionally to break the rifle. Go watch the other video for more information he's goes into detail if I'm not making myself clear.

[@Packrat1947]

@@chaserydosz7729 Chase, I never stated you said or implied anything. What happened was I scrolled down the comments and saw the first sensible statement. All the other postings were juvenile, political, etc. I was on the way out of the house, and quickly posted to add depth to your educational reply. I meant no harm. If you want me to remove it, I can do so. I can see you are a fellow “student of the AR” system. There are not many. We were on AR15.com long before it was a website. It used to be just an email server. Best Regards and good shooting, Ron, aka Packrat1947

[@thegoldencaulk2742]

On the topic of the original AR-10, giving the production license to AI might've been the biggest mistake that ArmaLite and Fairchild made. They could never make enough of these guns to satisfy some of the larger countries that wanted it. Germany, Italy, and France among others _really_ _really_ liked this gun, but AI took too damn long to make them and so interest faded in favor of the production-ready FAL and other available designs. Such a shame, what could've been...

[@RyTrapp0]

Not to mention some of the absolutely AWFUL choices that ArmaLite made early on that completely fucked MANY potential opportunities(re: US trials) that this piece could've had. In fact, it's kind of incredible that a collection of people with a concept so far ahead of its time could possibly be such absolutely atrocious businessmen. Should've left the radical ideas to the engineering staff, not the pencil pushers...

[@axelpatrickb.pingol3228]

Visionaries aren't good businessmen as a rule of thumb. For example Walt Disney pushed the boundaries of animation far above the other studios but have crappy business acumen so bad he bankrupted the first company, got cheated over his first successful character by his distributor and got into a abusive business relationship with a gangster producer (and patent thief) before he got into the black with Snow White.

[@anthonytromp6265]

That a peace of rubbish compared to The FAL.

[@PureCountryof91]

Sadly the ar10 had a major issue. It was prone to fouling related malfunctions. The system used within the rifle is your standard DI assembly. Obviously the ar15 was a scaled down replica, in fact the down scaling reduced fouling and improved reliability vastly. Downside being that you lost range, and energy with the smaller weapon. I do however believe that had the ar10 had a steel barrel, that the m14 never would've seen service. The ar10 system is simply better sealed, modular capable, and able to produce greater accuracy than most battle rifles, even today they're still a wonderful system. M110/sr25 prove the facts that I'm certain other countries who used them found out. Accurate. Durable. And when tuned right, a sweet shooter in all required fields.

[@JG54206]

@@anthonytromp6265 Hence why the FAL is now used only by third world countries while modernized versions of the AR-10 are seen in every western military… usually being used by some of the most highly trained, capable forces.

[@augurseer]

The history is important. Thank you for not skipping it.

[@MilkyWhites]

When I first saw this thumbnail, I knew what would happen in the comment section with references. I love you guys, I'm proud lol.

[@YaoiMastah]

A slight note on Artillerie Inrichtingen. It wasn't so much as a company, but a state-owned-and-run enterprise (founded by Dutch Stadtholder William III of England), until it's privatisation in the 70s (split into an armaments manufacturer Eurometaal (later sold to Rheinmetall) and the still existing (and possibly oldest still existing) machine tool manufacturer Hembrug Machine Tools).

[@DominusRexDK]

IF i lived in the US and had the money, this would pretty much be an instant buy. hope for all the cold war battle rifle enthusiasts out there, that they will make Repro Portuguese and Sudanese AR-10, down the line.

[@sb-ant6457]

It's a proper battle rifle for a good price imo.

[@becauseiwasinverted5222]

Same here, even semi auto rifles are prohibited. I love the AR-10 so much but it will have to stay a dream :(

[@MCG55555]

I'm glad you explained it looks more like the Cuban AR10, I didn't see much of the resemblance of the new gun towards the other versions until then.

[@ArcChain]

I was just oggling this rifle at brownells today, passing through from chicago to council bluffs iowa. What a treat that inrange and forgotten weapons are featuring it today

[@chandlerlawson711]

Brownells said in interviews they’re looking to improve this rifle to be more accurate to the originals compared to what’s available now

[@Name-ps9fx]

Buttstock color options apparently include “Butterscotch”... :^( I’d prefer “1950’s Bakelite.”

[@rangefinder3538]

P.S I have Portuguese model with wood furniture and it looks fantastic. It's too beautiful to take to the range.

[@johnsullivan6709]

I have a Sudanese model. Very accurate and reliable.

[@rangefinder3538]

Are you "thee" John. L.Sullivan?

[@constant3273]

range finder I’d take it to the range all the time if it was mine but I’m very jealous

[@mmurray1963]

I have Eugene Stoner's original AR-10, just kidding 😂

[@ks972000]

Thanks for telling me that my original mags won't work. Saves me so much on buying one of these. I originally thought they would work in the Stoner pattern guns, so I bought a few mags a while back.

[@fastmongrel]

My favourite fantasy alternative history rifle has always been an AR-10 firing the British .270 round.

[@elite5828]

Body armor: exists Not anymore lol. But yeah thst would be awesome, maybe even with a really long barrel

[@djcoopes7569]

Mine would be a select-fire M17S with a T2MK5 style lower reciever chambered in 7x43mm being adopted by the Australian Army

[@matthayward7889]

One of those rifles that’s just a nice thing to own! I’m sure the aftermarket will offer better furniture in time

[@coolsenjoyer]

It's amazing what passes for a firearm appearing in New Vegas around here.

[@five5105]

The part about the dictators was actually hilarious to be honest

[@dutchman2205]

I like the Dutch/ Portuguese model more. That's a beautiful rifle. The original AR10 from AI go for €2500,- over here. Very accurate rifles.

[@charlescox290]

He sees the book holder fall on the ground and then simply lays the book down and continues with the monologue. Truely a professional.

[@RJM1011]

I like it I think Brownells have got this right like the other retro rifles and I am happy to buy ALL of them but I am in part of the UK where they are banned so never mind.

[@kmcgovern2012]

I'm a custom knife maker. The material you are describing for the original furniture sounds like Micarta. This material was developed by Westinghouse around 1910. Originally, it was developed as an electrical insulator, and later as counter top material. It is a phenolic resin on a substrate of paper, linen or canvas. It is still used today as a knife handle material, popularized by the late great Bob Loveless. In flat sections it is extremely strong and is considered one of the most durable knife handle materials. I've used it on scores of knives without a failure. How it would hold up in the thin, molded construction of a handguard? I can't say.

[@zedoktor979]

The handguard being hollow lended itself to flexing and cracking. A service rifle foregrip goes through hell.

[@kmcgovern2012]

Totally agree. Scales on a knife aren't subjected to any flex (If it's built right). Micarta is very impact resistant, so pretty ideal for a knife handle material. It is pretty heavy, which I'm sure is why the designer would make it thin for such a big section on a rifle stock.

[@keithweiss7899]

Back in the 1980’s I attended the big Ohio gun collectors show. On one occasion I saw the Sendra Corporation selling reproduction AR-10 receivers. They produced some pretty good AR-15 receivers too. I came close to buying one but didn’t only because I didn’t know if I could get my hands on a Portuguese parts kit to finish it. Hindsight is 20/20!

[@coolsenjoyer]

Would be pretty cool if Ian got a chance to take a look at the 7.62x39mm AR-10 for the late 50's/early 60's Finnish rifle trials. Not sure if any of those rifles exist anymore though...

[@Beagle4Bagel]

What is that amazing noise Ian makes at 6:15? lol

[@falloutpropguy]

Woop

[@PotatoIsNotCute]

That's the sound of my furnace being done in Stardew lmao

[@tommytwotacos8106]

As much as I love NV, my daily carry for like 12 years was bought as reference to a piece of beloved pop culture and I think that doing the same thing twice might be a little too cringe for me. That being said, I absolutely adore my IWI Jericho 941 (i did get the medium version, however) and have never regretted the buy for a single moment. If any of you decide to get one, however, make sure that you get the competition pin and trigger kits to go with it. Fifteen years later and it still shoots like a dream.

[@27dcx]

I really want to like these but the plastic furniture just looks so cheap and shitty. That gap in the handguard towards the rear is visible even in the wide shots. I get that they had to keep the price down somehow to be competitive but yuck.

[@barrag3463]

It'd be cool if you could custom order one with stained wood furniture

[@korblborp]

style

[@SHDW-nf2ki]

Idc if it won't crack if it looks this awful its borderline worthless for a collector.

[@Snakesht172]

The furniture would be excusable if this was at or below a grand, but with an MSRP of 1700 its just inexcusable. It looks cheap, I'm sure it feels cheap, and it lacks heat shields. I'm not a huge AR-10 fan but if they improved the furniture I'd buy one.

[@USSEnterpriseA1701]

It's better than it looks. Yeah, they all seem to have the gap at the back to varying degrees, but the actual material used is tougher than it feels. I haven't tried abusing it, nor do I really intend to, but it is rigid enough to do it's job, while slightly flexible enough that I'm not worried about it being brittle. The gap seems to be a result of the handguards warping as they cool after being molded. Between myself and my dad (our combined collection is something of a 'joint-custody' arrangement), we tinkered around with how to make a heatshield for it and we cut up an aluminum drink can about 23 oz. in volume, ran it through a paper crimper to corrugate it, and used some type of putty epoxy to tack it in place. We only managed to put it on the back half of the bottom handguard, partly because the back half was all that was really necessary and partly because there was a clearance issue with the gas tube on the top. After mentioning our tinkering on the Retro forum section of AR-15.com, someone suggested using aluminum foil tape, the sort often used for HVAC duct work. I added the tape to the top handgaurd (because now for our rifle it does make a difference) and that seems to be the solution. The pop can heatshield was a fun project, and a learning experience, but if I had to do it again, I'd just use the tape for top and bottom because it's just plain easier and just as effective. Really all you need from a heatshield is a reflective surface to bounce the infrared heat off of, rather than an insulating air gap. Additionally, there are things you can do about the color of the handguards if it doesn't suit your taste. You can always paint them, I've seen some pretty convincing paint jobs to replicate the mottled Bakelite look. If a solid color is what you're after, I've seen Rustoleum Kona Brown recommended by some of the Retro forum tinkerers as well.

[@GBadkarma]

6:18 -“Whooop!” Haha Joked aside you make some of the best military history content in the modern age.

[@andrewjohnson1663]

Out of the Brownells Retro line this is by far the coolest rifle. I wish I could afford one.

[@golf-n-guns]

Love the Portuguese charging handle design. Wish Brownell's borrowed that handle.

[@RedSemen420]

brace urselfs, the new vegas comments are coming

[@RedSemen420]

me too, on every vid wih a ar with wooden or orange furniture theres always a bazillion new vegas comments.

[@homeichamplover]

Red Semen well you know what they say we won't go quietly the legion can count on that

[@qwerty1002]

When u reply to you own comment lol

[@MrRedFox13Photography]

made in cali banned by cali hahahahahahaha

[@sb-ant6457]

LoLz

[@MrBioniclefan1]

Vise Diesel lol

[@rjstrunk6438]

Hollywood giveth Hollywood taketh away lmao

[@mikecampos1193]

Blame the drug wars and gangs war it might one of those.

[@artemis_smith]

@@mikecampos1193 na it was Ronald Reagan

[@dashy9482]

I love that the AR was developped in comie cali, ironic that cali hates AR rifles

[@WJS774]

Cali was fairly consistently a red state from 1950 until 1990, it's only recently they've been the other kind of red.

[@dashy9482]

@@WJS774 I know I just find it funny that the place where one of the modern worlds most versitile weapons was made, now hates it

[@Packrat1947]

Ian said the original bbl delaminated. I'm not sure just what he meant by that. I'm looking at Springfield Armory's “Metallurgical Examination of One Barrel Cal. 30 AR-10, that ruptured in firing test at Springfield Armory”. Dated 28 May 1957. Six pages of technical examination. The bottom line was a sulfur stringer in the liner precipitated the accident. The failure didn't have anything to do with the aluminum/steel construction.

[@Celer_Umbra]

It looks Brownell made this one in Montezuma. I haven't been to the original location but the newest one they built in Grinnell, IA is nice. It is an awesome experience and worth a visit.

[@Ironman1o1]

Was hoping for New Vegas quotes when I clicked this video, was not disappointed.

[@Anonsage3]

"gee, I wonder what the comments on this video are going to be"

[@jonathanvautour7899]

Quick disclaimer to the FNV fans. The survivalist rifle is based of the beowolf AR pattern rifle, not the AR10. Very easy to mistake given how close it looks. Well that and the SR is 12.7mm and the AR10 is 7.62mm

[@rickytickybobbywobbin7430]

Was not expecting all the New Vegas comments. Pleasantly surprised

[@Hendrik-jan-de-tuinman]

Artillerie-Inrichtingen was actually fully state owned by the Dutch government.

[@immikeurnot]

Wow, I definitely trust the gas key screw staking on the new version better. DPMS pattern AKA "AR308" fire control parts are indeed just AR15 parts. You can grab a JP, Timney, Geissele or whatever trigger and drop it right into DPMS style .308 AR.

[@collinboyd6337]

Hill and Mac are working on Waffle pattern magazines (they showed a prototype in one of their video updates on the STG a couple weeks ago.

[@davidgreen5099]

Great! I wish they would ship the StG though.

[@davidgreen5099]

@@calska140 2 and a half years and counting.

[@Hawkeye83627]

Love what you do, Ian! Keep it up!

[@LikaV1996]

Uhh that book photo cover seems like a Portuguese Alouette 3 we still use those for air shows, top notch

[@dickimusmaximus9086]

Wakanda needs 5000 AR 10s.

[@aroniense21]

That's adorable.

[@joonkang2879]

I've heard similar with earlier Taliban insrugents putting sight markers at 2000m for more power

[@theinstitute1324]

@@EminemLovesGrapes I've also heard shooting harder.

[@jussayinmipeece1069]

thats old tech for Wakanda

[@baker90338]

jussayin mipeece it’s the 1960’s.

[@TheStygian]

OMG now that prominent carry handle/sight makes sense! It makes place for a charging handle like the German G36 Assault Rifle!

[@marzcapone9939]

Nice review Ian, yeah I think that furniture would have looked better if it were darker, more like that Portuguese or the Cuban variant. Chris Bartocci at Small Arms Solutions has several videos about the AR10, IIRC he said that Knight's Armament had Karl Lewis, from LMT, involved in the machining of the SR25. I own an MWS from LMT and seems to be of that lineage.

[@AnimeFanatic5602]

I was just on Brownells yesterday, they have new aluminum waffle mags.

[@darkspire91]

It amazes me how many iconic gun companies here in the States started in California out of all places.

[@carlwitt7950]

1:04 Did the original AR-10s have such a poorly fitted forearm? Honestly, there are toy guns with more precisely fitted furniture.

[@ForgottenWeapons]

It's not flimsy, it's just not as nicely fitted as it could be.

[@2wheeleddemon999]

@@thegoldencaulk2742 This is a new rifle.

[@thegoldencaulk2742]

@@2wheeleddemon999 I gotchu, I misunderstood his question

[@Snuckster2]

the survivalist is one of the most low key interesting stories in vidya

[@51WCDodge]

Actually when I first saw it I thought of model guns Airfix used to make in UK.

[@gearcheck101]

SR25/DPMS LR308, and even modern "Armalite" AR10A/B use AR15 fire control. 100% interchangeable. When I was deciding which pattern to buy, I did a lot of research on what parts are interchangeable with what. I think I made a post on r/AR10 with a list of all the parts that interchange with what and what does not with all "AR10" style rifles including HK417/MR762, SR25, LR308, LAR-8, SIG762, AR10A/B, MP10.

[@rmbettac]

Thanks for the review. This is another great video and helps preserve the history of an icon. Can't wait to see the shooting video.

[@JoeyP322]

Awesome to see these reviews... love this channel

[@fogratindustries6901]

the resin laminate is commonly referred to as micarta. Micarta is the Westinghouse name brand (ie Kleenex) It is also extensively used for knife handles by Randall Made Knives. It was basically superceeded by G10 materiels. Neat side note though. Larry vickers designed a special edition Randall made Knife known as the Vickers Subdued Tactical, which features a bead blasted blade finish and black Micarta handle. they are very rare but next time you talk with Mr Vickers check one out!

[@johnrildo2325]

If you painted the furniture on the Brownells AR-10 to match the old dark brown originals, it would be just right.

[@becauseiwasinverted5222]

maybe that's just aging? i don't know, just a thought, age tends to do that sometimes

[@Nevernotalone]

Very aesthetically pleasing indeed.

[@ahc1230]

🎶 BIG IRON 🎵

[@gaylordpantamime]

I'ma buy one, thank you gun jesus

[@heisan70]

You should go to the Norma factory in Sweden and cover some of the guns they have in their factory museum.

[@jimvandemoter6961]

The contrast from the brown and black just looks cool.

[@Hemimike426]

Hope they take off properly, would love to see kits to put them up to spec with other AR-10 patterns (like the Portuguese), minus the full auto of course

[@dougler500]

I agree with Ian about the furniture. Rifles need to be makeshift bludgeons if all else fails and that plastic, although resistant to wear, is probably not sturdy enough.

[@gre3nishsinx0Rgold4]

What I like about the ar10 is the charging handle and system.. I wish they could have improve it while keeping the charging handle.

[@herschelschueler]

Shame the AR-10 never caught on as much as the AR-15 did. Would really like the chance to shoot one one day.

[@JumpPackGentleman]

I really love those Portuguese contract AR10s.

[@ScottAT]

My Armalite uses modified M-14 magazines. Mine is the National Match with two stage trigger, bull barrel. My Colt Delta H-Bar is a great companion rifle to it.

[@loysanpera]

Because you have Suomi KP/-31 with finnish flag painting on the wall, i salute you gun jesus.

[@tuomopoika]

That brown plastic looks exactly like the one I had in my AK-47 toy in the late 80s :D

[@ValoPlay724]

At first, I was wondering why this guy was making videos so in-depth about guns, but then it came to me, he was making an ad. Absolutely massive production quality on these, and I found it considerably enjoyable watching it.

[@HarryH987]

why is this so interesting

[@quickscopeoneeighty9158]

I dropped my coffee when you said, "...it was made in Hollywood, California."

[@fdmackey3666]

Which contract, to which nation, included wooden butt stocks, pistol grips, and forearms? I ask because a friend of mine purchased two AR-10s back in the 1970s for what would today be called "chump change". He purchased both rifles as "South African Models" but between us, we have always thought of them as "Spanish" or "European" because of the three prong "flash hiders" and the wooden "furniture"....Both rifles were purchased through the old "Interarms" firm and utilize FN magazines. These are, by 21st century standards at least, pretty damn heavy as "assault rifles" are concerned. Thanks for yet again, an excellent video! Keep 'em comin'!!!!

[@ForgottenWeapons]

None. Wooden furniture was made aftermarket to replace broken factory furniture.

[@fdmackey3666]

Thanks for the kind and timely reply to a question, on originality, that the owner and later I puzzled over for years. As you can probably imagine there is a jungle of proof (?) marks all over the place on his two rifles but despite the various and sundry print and online research sources that we could find, none of the photos were, to our eyes at least, clear enough to make the material used for stocks, forearms, and pistol grips identifiable. Some, if not most, of the photos we had access to, made it appear that "grain" was visible while others were clear as day plastic or perhaps fiberglass. I sent a text to my friend upon finding your response to my question referring him to your video. Thanks again for the response!

[@rerewewrwrwrw]

Man, I really want one of those sugondese AR-10s

[@waveycrockett94]

WHATS SUGONDESE

[@waveycrockett94]

I've been betrayed :(

[@rhinovirus2225]

Got eeem!

[@RushBuzzing]

Sudanese

[@assvacuum]

Sugondese iron sights

[@valskiplayz3848]

i love the look of it so much its like a classy rifle

[@varanid9]

I would have GREATLY preferred that Brownell's had replicated the Portuguese version. If they had, I'd have one right now.

[@tomjones1967]

Very cool video with a nice original! I love the line. It sucks we can’t have any of them in NY. Called brownells & said parts kits would be cool.

[@Springfield1191]

I never expected so many Fallout fans to watch Ian's videos.

[@jamesthomas5895]

Ian; Great video one thing would have seen what the buffer looked like between the 2 examples you had.

[@TodayLifeIsGoood]

It is actually kinda surprising that any AR model got adopted given how opposed the brass was to changing company at the time, independent of the quality of the gun.

[@TodayLifeIsGoood]

That seems to be a problem in general when a very large company (like a nation state) is giving out contracts. At some point the people making the decisions may profit more personally when they make a decision that is sub-optimal for the company but good for them. It is really not reserved for states and guns. -.-

[@rediius]

@Zach cash 20% failure rate is absurdly high in my deployment experience. May I ask where you got that number?

[@TodayLifeIsGoood]

I wonder if having an inhouse (state owned) developer and producer would solve such issues. Edit: I would like to know how a failure is defined in this case.

[@TodayLifeIsGoood]

Then what does the 20% actually mean? Given enough time, dust, sand, mud and/or humitity, it is only a question of time until a gun, no matter how good, malfunctions.

[@AsbestosMuffins]

from what I've read basically ARPA bought a bunch because the vietnamese were too small and then it snowballed from there. so in a world where we didn't go into vietnam we probably would have ended up with something like an SA80 built from an arsenal project with too many requirements

[@scottjs5207]

Makes me curios how the auto industry handled steel/iron bore inserts with aluminum blocks considering those things get substantially hot for a far longer duration I wondered if a ribbed aluminum barrel would've done it or if the automotive lubrication/cooling system is the reason it works for cars but not guns.

[@JG54206]

Most likely the cooling system. A liquid cooling system will keep the engine around 210* F. The barrel will get much hotter than that under rapid firing. The barrel could be around 100* surface temp if not more if the gun were left out in the hot sun in a desert for a while. Within one or two rapidly fired magazines that would be much much hotter.

[@tommytwotacos8106]

Is anyone else here hyped for the FO4: London mod that's about to be released? I just watched the most recent trailer and that got me on the hype train fo sho.

[@americanoutcast9716]

God i love this channel. Every time i see one of these vids in the recomended section i cant help but click it. I think i have a problem.

[@CJ2808]

Thankyou for the history ian

[@juliushakala5148]

Finland vibin in background

[@spearspearspear]

Yes! How beautiful!

[@raghnallmacaodh3220]

Chris at Small arms solutions did a very good video on the history of the AR rifles. Most of the issues were Army officers trying to justify their jobs and thereby dicked with the AR rifle tests to get them to fail......

[@flytyer232]

If only they had furniture that looked good... maybe after market

[@fulsame1]

why would you buy a reproduction of the original ar10 just to stick modern furniture on it? you realize you can build a DPMS pattern ar10 MUCH cheaper than what brownells wants for the repro, yeah?

[@barrag3463]

@@fulsame1 I think he means replacing the original plastic furniture with wooden furniture or furniture of a different color, not rails.

[@RyTrapp0]

@@barrag3463 I don't think he misunderstood that. Rather it seems that quite a few people want a reproduction AR10 - as long as it's as they see it in their head instead of as history saw it. The BRN has that furniture specifically because it's a reproduction, it's intended to replicate the historically accurate visual design in a brand new product, not be a brand new gun "influenced by" the AR10. If you don't like that rather disgusting brown, well that's something that you're going to have to take up with ArmaLite(though I think you're probably a little late at this point). As mentioned, if you really want an AR10 - but in an inauthentic style that you prefer - then don't waste the money on this rather exquisite reproduction, get the cheaper DPMS(which is basically half the price, the savings from which you can invest into whatever furniture that you would want to put on it - you don't have to keep the rails on the DPMS anymore than you have to keep the gross brown stuff on the BRN) and customize that. Unless you have money to burn and really are desperate for EXACTLY this Brownells but with different furniture, in which case no one is stopping you...

[@flytyer232]

I was mentioning the cheap looking plastic handguard... doesn’t have the Rich look of the old stuff

[@fulsame1]

Hey guys, why doesnt the reproduction of the very earliest models with accurate, rickety furniture look like the late production with much higher quality plastics and molds?

[@metzwax5021]

Wish Brownells would bring these back. I'd slap some wood furniture on there and wooooo

[@WardenWolf]

AR-15 fire control parts are generally interchangeable with modern AR-10's, but you need a 4.5 pound hammer spring to get ignition out of the larger primers.

[@Lrr_Of_Omikron]

I never knew the ar 10s charging handle was on the top. I always thought it was like the ar 15 and m 16. Learn something new everyday am I right?