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    Posted: Jun 19 2017 at 10:36am
Is the recoil plate color supposed to be a match to the receiver, or closely match?  Is a big deal if it doesn't?  So far the three I have all are not close. lol  
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I would not expect a match unless they were done in the same batch of other parts.
Some manufacturers made their own recoil plates, other were made by subcontractors.
Think about it.
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Thats true. And I'm guessing the assemblers didn't sit there and look for matching colors.  I was just wondering because sometimes you see pictures of ones that are exactly matched to receiver.  I have one that is bothering me though as its about black and the receiver is gray tone.  
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Of my 10 carbines the majority of the recoil plates are darker than the receiver some more than others, I have 1 that are lighter and 3 that are pretty close. The only one I have that I say is a perfect match is on my std prod which has a standard products marked recoil plate.
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Same is true with handguards, they did not take time to match the color.
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Ok, It was driving me crazy, I feel better now lol.  
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Here are some compiled pics.  Hope everyone finds them useful..

Sometimes they are close and sometimes not.




















Edited by moneawon - Sep 17 2022 at 3:27pm
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Nice 👍 thanks for sharing
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The second set from the bottom should be helpful.
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