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I Picked up this R75 clone today from Darryl; the wife and I are looking forward to shooting it when the weather gets better.

 

I'd like to thank Darryl and his late wife Irma for their exceptional hospitably during our visit it inspect the BAR, this community has some great people!

 

Darryl we're looking forward to meeting with you again in the near future.

 

Andy

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Andy,

It was a pleasure meeting you and your wife and making the deal on the gun.

One of my resolutions is to attend some of the club shows and shoots this year in

Ohio.

Darryl

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Good job Darryl & Andy,

Not many of those commercial beauties around. You say " clone " is it F/A ? , appears to be.

Nice weapon....

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Sandy,

I used the word clone because the rifle was built on a Marlin Rockwell receiver; yes it is F/A. I like the distinct features of this gun I haven't seen many around original or not, heck I didn't have to convince the wife so much either she's ready to go shooting. :)

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If it came from Darrly, has to be top notch. Not many of us, interested in the R-75, R-80, around. An elite group says I. I'm in the process now of building a semi R-80 Monitor.

 

Anyway what a nice R-75 you have, a very lucky guy.

 

I see by your description, you're into a lot of the same stuff I am. Must go hand in hand , seems like a lot of the elite group are . Haaaaaaaa, must be a bug we all have.

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Thanks for all the comments guys, it is a very nice gun and we're very happy with it. Sandy good luck with your R-80 build, looking forward to seeing pictures when its complete.

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Thanks for all the comments guys, it is a very nice gun and we're very happy with it. Sandy good luck with your R-80 build, looking forward to seeing pictures when its complete.

 

R-80 build.. I may die of old age before this build is done.

If you get a chance, be cool to see a video of your weapon in action. Love all the gizmos on the R-75, cool piece.

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Lynette Gillis, Colt Chopper's marketing Director and CEO will be in the " shotgun " seat as per history. Don't know if you've ever talked to her, Ron, but all she says is " WHAT ? " ( hearing you know )

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Well the weather finally broke and we headed to the range to sight in the R75 last weekend. Got it sighted in at 200 yards on semi auto and the gun is very accurate, on full auto the gun would fire 2-3 round and fail to eject from the receiver. I replaced the extractor and spring which fixed the problem, I have a video to post but I have to figure out how to edit it down to size so I can post it.

 

Andy

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Can't wait to see it Andy!

Darryl

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Jim,

 

I have the gas regulator set on the middle opening, I don't of anyone with a ROF indicator but If I run across one I'll check it.

It does sounds very close to Eric's rate of fire.

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Eric,

ROF seemed real close to Andy's gun.

Do you know how fast your gun runs??

By the way, really impressive job of holding the gun on target. Hope I can do half that good.

Jim C

 

Have not clocked it Jim but you can come shoot mine anytime, while you wait for yours :)

 

Orlando ranges are mostly very gun friendly. I am welcomed with any of my guns except the M2

They do watch very closely for people that cannot keep the gun on target and i have seen a few stern warnings. I don't blame them. I am in the process of buying 100 acres in Florida so i can shoot outside like Andy's range.

Eric

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