MR made a prototype owned by a Rebelscum member, they wanted to make a new variant with these greeblies added to the blaster, but then the company went bust and only the proto remains.
View attachment 685399
Just for the record, Steve took my unconverted Sterling, added the scope he liked which was mine (and started a bit of talk here on the RPF at the time of it's release), put plastic under the cocking handle slot, and added an aluminum rail and rubber T-track, which was what I had at the time. Measurements were taken, and the factory in China got access to a real Sterling for confirmation of the measurements. That's why you can swap out parts on the MR w/ real steel, like the trigger group (if you make a hole) and the return spring cap (Epoxy it in place as there are no slots on the MR tube). And you can replace the static stock w/ a folding one if you just grind the round-headed pins off the real Sterling, and reuse the round-headed pins from the MR. You can fit a real grip onto the MR, and slide a bolt into it if you want.
There was someone else who initially supplied a rebuilt Sterling, but it was too short and the folding stock didn't line up, so he asked for mine.
I know someone who had his MR stripped down, made the hole for the trigger group and magazine housing, had a machine shop weld those parts onto the MR tube after the Chinese steel parts were removed, and he now has a "functioning" blaster, with a bolt that slams forward and everything.
Just correcting the record, didn't mean a hijack.
These parts you're making are very nice.
