thanks in advance!
i bought what i understood is an armalite AR10A4CBF - the carbine - with a 16" bbl, flat top picatinny and adjustable clamp on picatinny gas block with A2 hider.
the barrel is 1/11.25 chrome moly;
the upper has no markings;
the lower above the magwell has a lion in crosshairs and below that says
RIFLE. 7.62MM
AR-10A
A000XXX - x's are 4 digits other than zero in the serial number
above the trigger is
ARMALITE INC.
GENESEO. IL
theres also - in white 'paint' - an eagle with three dots above it, in a square, on the front of the lower.
can anyone tell me:
1) is it an eagle arms factory assembled from off site armalite parts or armalite factory made AND assembled in one spot? in other words the lower vs slightly higher end? ive read some blogs that say the white eagle means its an EA, but others that say only on the older EA's, and now ARMALITE uses the white stamp too. so im not sure now.
2) it takes pmags so its an AR10A4 right? cause the stamp only says AR10A. some blogs say the AR10A4 carbines only say AR10A regardless of rifle, carbibe , etc.
3) is the fact its a steel chrome moly bbl proof that its an EA AR10A? cause some blogs say the ARMALITE AR10A4 cones with a chromed bbl while the EA cones with a chrome moly. but some say that EA and armalite BOTH used chrome lined AND chrome moly depending on other things so i dont know.
4) some blogs say he old EAs were stamped EA, and thats how you knew, but sone also say both the new EA and armalites say "ARMALITE" so i dont know based on the stamp!
armalites site info isnt helpful but i think i could get a history from them for 25$ if they still do that.
thanks again