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But the source has dried and only availa- ble now are some garbage pieces in poor condition. Mint ones are second (or third) hand only and are rarely popping out now. That was the M16A1 only and if you wanted to have something more modern then it was essentially impossible or eco- nomically unjustifiable – you could find the company to import a surplus full-au- to M16A2 and convert it to civilian legal semi-automatic gun but that would cost around 6000-7000 EUR. Since it is not a "rare" rifle (with couple of millions manu- factured) it would be completely senseless. Second way is to purchase a commer- cial rifle and change all the required parts to make it resembling a cloned gun. This was my way. I bought the STAG AR15 Retro rifle, similar to M16A3/M16A4 rifle – it was really nice gun made specifically for "cloners" but with STAG logos on both sides of lower re- ceiver and with 16" long barrel, completely "out of MIL-SPEC". It was definitely a nice shooting rifle but 85% close to original one. Third way are collector editions. These were recently launched by some of the biggest brands in the defense industry and now some of the government contractors are selling their rifles to the commercial market. These are 99% looking like a real issue rifle without "happy switch" only. One of these companies is FN America, US Government contractor for M16/M4 ri- fles, and their Military Collector series with almost 1:1 "clones" of GI rifles. When I met one friends who owned the FN15 in M16A4 I immediately fall in love in it. I've decided to sell my tuned STAG and replace it with FN. FN M16A4 carbine right side view www.fragoutmag.com