[phalanx]

Robinson M96 ,Barrels for caliber conversions , Stoner M63 fluted type barrels and Knight Rails.
This is the Factory rifle ,it was discontinued for now, because of other projects ,but is due to start back soon.
The rifle is labor intensive to build , it is all SS ,and it was costing more to build than your AR market prices could bring.

 

[phalanx]

M96 custom rifle on top , M96 custom BF conversion on bottom.
Both of them in 308 , the stocks were custom made for these rifles.
The top cover on this BF was made by HR Donaldson , to get a lower profile.

 

[phalanx]

Bren kit , the handle is off a Stoner M63 , and the sights are from Yankee hill.

 

[phalanx]

M96 custom BF with Stoner parts , made to be as close to a M63 as possible.
The two guns are hard to tell apart anyway ,but collectors can tell.
The trick was to get the stoner top cover to fit ,some surplus M60 parts were used.
The M96 recever is used most all the time for these builds , A Stoner recever is a class 3 FA and not cheap.
223 BF uses the SAW links 308 uses the M60 links

 

[iRIGHTi]

definitely not my M96 w/ custom BF conversion! Damn it! FN should be though!

SWEET Phalanx! Digging the new sig 2! God Bless!

 

[kansasrebel]

Give us a heads up when production starts again. Daddy needs a new toy!!(Just don't tell my wife ) LOL

 

[blackrifles]

Phalanx,

Sent you a PM on the 5.56 BF conversions, if RA is going to start making M96s again, this is the best news I've had today, Happy 4th!

 

[moosiah]

m96

wow! very nice. you do know that this is a form of torcher ,don't you

 

[phalanx]

Oh crap no ,the first one is a full kit , mine looks like it but i but i don't have those top two barrels sight block or that top rail that is on the full rail on the receiver. That rail is for level 3 NV. It was late and i wanted to show you guys what a neat rifle this is.top barrel is 5.56 1x7 twist the next down is 308 made by Douglas as exact copy of a M63 fluted . next down i do have its 7.62 x39
and the last is 223 1x9 twist . I am piecing my kit together ,those barrels are
$325.00 each with the gas blocks , tubes & pistons. The mag adapter is $150.00 , a caliber conversion can run you $800.00 depending on how fancy you want it to be. I just thought my 1919A4 was a money pit
the other pics belong to a guy helping me with mine ,he owns a real M63 and if i ask him what he paid he says to damn much.Remember a M63 reviver is only going to be Class 3 ,and no one is going to weld it for you to be SA because they are rare ,and lots of $$$$$$ ,and the M96 is out there for that.
Robinson stopped building them he says for other projects ,but i think sometimes it was when the guns stopped coming ,it got rid of the guys who didn't understand these rifles are like our 1919s ,and they appeal to guys know what they want. He could not sell these for $1,300.00 and compeat with the AR crowd . When he knew i had one he was open to what ever i wanted but he cant sit on the phone all day with a guy telling him he wont pay over 1300 for it or he would get an AR. He is re tooling with equipment just to make this rifle again and all the stuff you see those others with.
When you go on the web and they tell you its discontinued and how crappy that was its because those guys dint even own a rifle and gripe about anything . Its to calm it down and re introduced at the base price of 1800 ,to 2200 ,with options included. That isn't bad ,a Fulton or LRB M14 is 2200.
After the announcement about the production stop ,guys were dumping then NIB on GB for 1200 ,with no bids ,Me and my buddy's snatched them up and we were getting laughed at.
Then the H&K ,M14 , purist got wind of it and then bid wars started ,now they are around 1600 to 1800.
I only posted this because you guys are purist ,and this is an awesome rifle.
M!s excluded ,this is the last of the all steel construction rifles made anywhere. The H&K guys know it , parts and accessories are not hard to find
and if you read that parts from the M63 wont fit ??
Thats to keep morons from doing dumb crap , you guys know what i mean lets just leave that alone ,it was another reason the gun was discontinued.
I didn't mean to go long again ,i was just letting you guys in on what may be a good deal right now.

 

[phalanx]

Now i have your attention , this is a M96 -A1 belonging to the guy who got me into them . The BF kit he has is the current kit offered ,it is a pin/bolt on kit.
5.56 ,with cans , this guy got all of the other stuff used from a purist ,trying to buy a real FA M63 ,and needed the money .
The butt stock on the gun is the dead give away ,Stoner's butt stock has the sling swivel on bottom .M96 is on the side and is laying there .
The mag pouches ,carry handle ,butt stock are the only stoner parts in this pic. I shot this gun ,and like my 1919 if you ever do your hooked.
Some guys buy one ,and get all the stuff to go with it and sell all their ARs, L1A1 ,and just keep these.
I don't think i would go that far , these are way hard on keeping any ammo on hand.

 

[phalanx]

This is a M63 Rifle ,it was converted to a Belt Feed by Volmer ,the guy who does the HK91s Nice , he was able to do this through the replacement of the mag well with a starter tab roller system like he uses on an HK.
The story is it was done for a PD ,and the girl is related to the Chief.





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM1MTXZ9cxk&feature=related

 

[Tom Kelly]

So I'm a bit confused (nothing new there!), WHO is making a belt fed conversion for the M96? Robinson, or an after market company? I've owned a M96 Recon for a LONG time (5-7 years?) just cause it's the closest thing to a M63 Stoner that I can afford. I was VERY disappointed when Robinson never made good on their word to bring out a belt fed conversion, for us Walter Mitty, Navy Seal collector/re-enactor/wannabe types.

So where can I get a belt fed kit for my M96. Mongo wants one!

Thanks - Tom

 

[panaceabeachbum]

sign me up for a belt fed kit also , I have just about every m96 acc except a belt fed conversion , would love one to set next to the m60 and m249.

 

[panaceabeachbum]

This is a M63 Rifle ,it was converted to a Belt Feed by Volmer ,the guy who does the HK91s Nice , he was able to do this through the replacement of the mag well with a starter tab roller system like he uses on an HK.
The story is it was done for a PD ,and the girl is related to the Chief.





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM1MTXZ9cxk&feature=related

I am almost positive thats Mongos wife(or girlfriend ) and an original stoner, not an m96 robinson

 

[Dr. Fixit]

M96 custom rifle on top , M96 custom BF conversion on bottom.
Both of them in 308 , the stocks were custom made for these rifles.
The top cover on this BF was made by HR Donaldson , to get a lower profile.

These are Cadillac Gage M69W's and are owned by my employer, predating the Robinson gun by nearly 40 years.

The ONLY Robinson M96 is the first picture in this thread, the rest are all Stoner 63's.

http://world.guns.ru/machine/mg41-e.htm

This whole thread smells bad.

 

[panaceabeachbum]

mr fixit is correct, I just looked all these pics over in paintshop so I could blow them up and all of them except the first pic are original stoners not robinson m96. The lower is a dead give away.

 

[panaceabeachbum]

These are Cadillac Gage M69W's and are owned by my employer, predating the Robinson gun by nearly 40 years.

The ONLY Robinson M96 is the first picture in this thread, the rest are all Stoner 63's.

http://world.guns.ru/machine/mg41-e.htm

This whole thread smells bad.

I thought that paneling looked like the pics I have seen from KAC

 

[Tom Kelly]

I kind of smelled a rat, but was hoping that somebody finally built a conversion kit. The "Holy grail" STILL evades me........What in the World!!??

Well if any of you do-it-your-selfers/engineer/machinists come out with a working belt-fed unit for the M96 I will BE INTERESTED in one! Even a faux "Stoner" wannabe would make this kid happy.

Thanks - Tom

 

[phalanx]

These were the photos in links that was sent to me from what this man Donaldson who has built these type rifles before out of a 96.
He gave me the links to go to,and faxed us the description of rifles he had made for people out of different parts and rifles and links to illustrate what he could do with a 96.
His fax wasn't clear in the description of the guns as to the photos on the links.
I emailed him about why he said the one link was a converted 96 with a M63 manual in the back ground.
He finally wrote me back and said he sent the links to show me the original guns and that he meant he has made rifles like this out of a 96 before.
I know he has because i was given his name by a guy who has one of his BF guns , and told me he makes them as close as possible to these photos.
He was going to send me a catalog when he got home , with his photos and i will post them then.
I didn't post on this anymore because i understood from his fax that these were the guns , but like you i didn't think something fit.
But i have never seen a M63 except behind glass ,and he said the two pages explaining the 96 conversions to look like these originals, i didn't get.
My fault ,i will post the others when they arrive .
The you tube says M63 , and he referenced it also, but the Mpeg he emailed me so i could see his gun, was with a girl also and had only that description, and it wouldn't open so i didn't know one from the other.
Hes in Singapore right now he works for GE ,and was writing off a lap top.
I should have put that these were pics for me to see what he can make .
The BF 63 threw me because the 96 i saw in Houston looked just like it and made me want one. Donaldson remembered the gun and sent me to that photo and the two missing papers explained what was 63 and 96 parts in the one he makes.
Sorry guys i should have waited , but this stuff is available if you have the 96 and the money.
Guys were writing me on another site and wanted pics and where to get them done , and they had seen the modified 96 rifles also, and didn't know who was doing this.

 

[Mongo]

These pictures are of REAL Stoner 63A machine guns and are not Robinsons M96:

This picture is of a Stoner 63 early version and is also not a robinson gun.

If you were told that they are Robinson's then you have been lied to. I own a Stoner 63A and they are easy for a Stoner owner to know the differences.