making a CAR-15 early sliding stock

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Back sometime around 2012 or 2013 there was a small lot of repro CAR-15 parts manufactured.
for the AR-15 retro collectors. These parts were for the CAR-15 sliding stock and came from Texas. They also sold extra parts too. All these parts have disappeared over time but I did have a butt stock from this lot. The key part is the unique butt plate which encloses the lever.
to lock the stock. I also found a reproduction buffer tube from the port firing kit someone else had offered at one time.

Unfortunately, I did not have the aluminum tubing but had steel and decided to fabricate the early stock with steel parts, Also used a spring loaded ball bearing like the original. A demilled
lower was perfect to attach the parts for testing. Somewhat heavier than the ordinal but works fine on the tests.