M16A1 scraps

[kidicarus13]

Found on another site and thought it was interesting and revelent due to the locale. If I can't do this, just please remove this posting.

I live near Fort Carson near Colorado Springs and I always slip a few bucks to my local scrap metal guy for when military brass gets dropped off to be melted down. I get a call in January, "Judah, you should come down here now." I drop everything, pull up in my truck to 4 guys looking into a 55-gallon drum. NICE, I get a grip of brass, right? Wrong. An Army officer is standing there with his arms crossed sort of frowning. I peer into the barrel and see HUNDREDS of crushed Colt M16A1 lower receivers. He said they must be from Vietnam or some other conflict, but all I could do is ask how much he wanted for the barrel. Long story short, he got a down payment for a new vehicle and helped load it in my truck. The top of the barrel had nice stuff, the bottom of it just shards, but I managed to get my metal buddy some work by making these.

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[UncleDave]

Is he selling those keychains?

[Not_A_Llama]

Cool but painful to see.

Also, I would hate to do the fixturing.

[Lurch]

I would be down for 3 keychains

[kidicarus13]

Is he selling those keychains?

A couple people have already asked but the OP has yet to respnd.

[Zundfolge]

Cool but painful to see.

Naw, these are worn out and not reparable (even before being cut up).

[APEXgunparts]

That is most likely this gent out of Manitou Springs:

https://www.gunbroker.com/All/search...Sellers=599116

Richard

[beast556]

He has a listing on arfcom, If I rember correctly the key chains were 75$ and the reciver peices were 35$ .

[kidicarus13]

That is most likely this gent out of Manitou Springs:

https://www.gunbroker.com/All/search...Sellers=599116

Richard

Assuming people are actually buying, the seller is quite the entrepreneur.