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Limited Edition MR556 A4 at Cabela's?

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I just ran across this browsing and hadn’t seen one yet.
Quick surface scan says these were made for Cabela’s/Bass pro shops.
I just verified some in stock, I’m gonna go put my hands on one. Looks like the safety lever is a little bit different in the photos than the standard black.
 
#13 ·
Hate to say it boys, but I think you’re looking at your only MR556 4 “Ral” offering in the US… :hide:

Hope I’m wrong. :confused2:
I mean we’ve already had the “patriot brown” distributor exclusive as well. I imagine other distributors will get their own colorways and eventually HK releases the “true” colors in the official lineup after the initial buy-ins are done.

Those expecting anodized tans will likely be disappointed I think, not holding out hope that they won’t all be Cerakote.
 
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I just ran across this browsing and hadn’t seen one yet.
Quick surface scan says these were made for Cabela’s/Bass pro shops.
I just verified some in stock, I’m gonna go put my hands on one. Looks like the safety lever is a little bit different in the photos than the standard black.
10% for Club members today, plus a veteran/first responder (5% on guns) would knock it down in price.
 
#21 ·
I finally went to Cabela’s to check it out the MR556a4 with this new color in person. According to Cabela’s website, the color is “Dark Earth/Cobalt KineticGreen,” and it is a very nice color.

When I saw the pics, I originally thought the upper and lower were Patriot Brown. However, after seeing it next to Patriot Brown AR15s, it is clearly a different color.

I was not wanting to be another rifle just yet, but the improvements of the a4 over my a1 rifles and the fact that this color looks like an ideal cerakote match for the Ral8000 furniture I’ve been running over the years.
 
#22 ·
I finally went to Cabela’s to check it out the MR556a4 with this new color in person. According to Cabela’s website, the color is “Dark Earth/Cobalt KineticGreen,” and it is a very nice color.

When I saw the pics, I originally thought the upper and lower were Patriot Brown. However, after seeing it next to Patriot Brown AR15s, it is clearly a different color.

I was not wanting to be another rifle just yet, but the improvements of the a4 over my a1 rifles and the fact that this color looks like an ideal cerakote match for the Ral8000 furniture I’ve been running over the years.
Did you take any pics?
 
#32 ·
If you do I’d highly recommend getting the patriot brown 11” pistol. The black one is type 3 hard anodized and it’s near impossible to anodize aluminum after already being type 3 anodized unless you remove enough material to take it out of spec. The patriot brown pistol is just cerakoted so it should be easier to anodize after being media blasted. Alternatively raid research has a multitude of custom cerakote designed to match anodizing from a number of different manufacturers.
 
#42 · (Edited)
The MR762a4 I ordered arrived at my local Cabela’s today, so I went there after work, did the paperwork and picked it up. I am very impressed.

My first MR762 is BE date code, and I was purchasing Ral8000 parts back then when they were very rare and only a handful of parts were Ral8000.

in comparing this MR762a4 to my other Ral8000 setups, Unlike the past where I had to buy Ral8000 parts to replace black ones, this MR762a4 already has the parts swapped out.

I plan on replacing the buffer tube (which is cerakoted) with a G28 ral8000 buffer tube. Does anyone know if the castle nut is staked? It appears to be from looking at it, so I may need to get a new end plate as well.

I also plan on adding a Ral8000 slim HKey handguard, a Ral8000 grip with the replaceable side/back panels, and a geissele charging handle in DDC.

Other than that, this will be the easiest rifle I will have set up with Ral8000 and possibly the best looking.
 
#43 ·
The MR762a4 I ordered arrived at my local Cabela’s today, so I went there after work, did the paperwork and picked it up. I am very impressed.

My first MR762 is BD date code, and I was purchasing Ral8000 parts back then when they were very rare and only a handful of parts were Ral8000.

in comparing this MR762a4 to my other Ral8000 setups, Unlike the past where I had to buy Ral8000 parts to replace black ones, this MR762a4 already has the parts swapped out.

I plan on replacing the buffer tube (which is cerakoted) with a G28 ral8000 buffer tube. Does anyone know if the castle nut is staked? It appears to be from looking at it, so I may need to get a new end plate as well.

I also plan on adding a Ral8000 slim HKey handguard, a Ral8000 grip with the replaceable side/back panels, and a geissele charging handle in DDC.

Other than that, this will be the easiest rifle I will have set up with Ral8000 and possibly the best looking.
It’s staked but HK does a single stake and you can reuse it. They also do a rectangular stake as opposed to a circular one.
 
#44 ·
The first pic is the MR762a4 from Cabela’s as I bought it.

After removing the handguard and comparing the a4 barrel to the a1 lightweight barrel (2nd gen a1 barrel), the a4 barrel appears to be an even lighter profile. (See second pic). I didn’t measure the two (do not have those type of tools), so I do not know for certain. Is anyone able to confirm this?

The last pic is after swapping out for HKey handguard, Adaptive grip, and Geissele charging handle. Ill swap in G28 buffer tube.
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