[Mikuro]

The duplicate command returns a reference to the new copy. So you just need to store it somewhere.

Try this:

tell application "Finder"
	set file_list to {the path to me}
	repeat with i from 1 to 5
		set file_list to file_list & {(duplicate file_list)}
	end repeat
end tell

Curly braces are how you make with lists in AppleScript. So first you make a list with one object, then you duplicate that list and append to it. Repeat as desired.

The result is 32 copies of the script, since it doubles the number 5 times over (2^5=32).