Colt to stop making rifles

[Boldkharma]

If it's not a Colt it a copy...........

 

[easy rider]

If it's not a Colt it a copy...........

Debatable.

 

[TheDan]

If it's not a Colt it a copy...........

ackshually........................................................

 

[Boldkharma]

LOL, ok

 

[JCC]

The "Hollywood, CA" marking looked odd.

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[Boldkharma]

And the charging handle yuck, It's ok Colt fixed that.

 

[hoghunting]

What Colt didn't say in their announcement, the Dept of Defense awarded Colt a $41.9 million contract to manufacture rifles for sales to militaries in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, Oceania and the Caribbean.

 

[Boldkharma]

No but they did say they were halting civilian production to focus on LE/Military orders.

 

[JCC]

They definitely have their hands full with those contracts.

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[JCC]

Does Colt no longer making rifles for the civilian market increase available inventory value?

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[Boldkharma]

It already has. Prices are going up as we speak.

 

[JCC]

Good to know. Shame my M4A1 was lost in that boating accident.

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[Bambulance Man]

If it's not a Colt it a copy...........

Haha well considering ar stands for armalite rifle.....

Medic, Coffee nerd, Otaku, Fisherman.

 

[Big Green]

I've said it before, anyone can make "mil-spec". If you are a company planning on bidding on a military contract, you would manufacture to at least the military's minimum standard in size and/or longevity. It has nothing to do with being the best out there. In fact, if you were to make something better, the cost of making it better may put your company out of the bidding for that contract.

I laugh when I hear people say things like "actual mil spec", but often companies will use that as a selling point to make it sound like "therefore it must be good!"

Never said mil spec was the best. If I were building a rifle on par with Colt, I would use similar parts. I would not use, say an Anderson LPK.

My point was that you can build a similar spec’d rifle for less so why buy an overpriced Colt.

Quick glance on GB has 6920s averaging $1200. I can build a pretty decent rifle for that money.

 

[Boldkharma]

I paid less than that for my 6920's new. I think they are an outstanding rifle for under 1k. Its kind moot now as the prices will go sky high.

 

[Boldkharma]

Haha well considering ar stands for armalite rifle.....

Medic, Coffee nerd, Otaku, Fisherman.

Well mine say M4 so not sure it counts : )

 

[Bambulance Man]

Hehe nice

Medic, Coffee nerd, Otaku, Fisherman.

 

[easy rider]

Haha well considering ar stands for armalite rifle.....

Medic, Coffee nerd, Otaku, Fisherman.

Actually it stands for "ArmaLite" period, but Colt did purchase the name AR15 and AR-15.

 

[Boldkharma]

Actually it stands for "ArmaLite" period, but Colt did purchase the name AR15 and AR-15.[/

M4=Colt

 

[easy rider]

M4 is a shorter, lighter version.