I just received a Colt 6920 and I inspected it very closely at the dealer to check for anything that wasn't right.
Upon looking at the carrier, I noticed a little hole (or DIVOT actually) that was located on the TOP REAR of the carrier. Basically, it's at the very tail end of the carrier, ON TOP. It's almost like a drilled hole that was STARTED, but never finished (IOW's, the hole does NOT go through the carrier.). It's NOT a THROUGH-HOLE, but rather, a shallow hole drilled about half way through the top of the carrier.
I inspected three other 6920's, and they ALL had the exact same hole. However, a 4th 6920 did NOT have this hole, and I've never seen it before.
Can anyone tell me what it is? I've just never seen this before.
One other thing I've never seen before, is the finish that was applied to some of these carriers. Unlike the smooth blackish finish on previous Colt carriers that I've seen, these carriers had very "fine-grained" sandpaper like finish to them. It wasn't rough, or bad looking, but it just looked like a black colored emery board (only not quite as rough). There was almost a "glitter" like look to the carrier, when you held it properly in the light.
It was the weirdest thing I've ever seen. I mean, from a distance, you wouldn't notice it too much, but up close, in your hand, it's noticeable.
Is Colt possibly doing something different to the carriers, or using another companies carriers? Anyone ever noticed this odd finish, or this weird hole in the top of the carrier before???
The only explanation I can think of, for the hole, would be to lighten it up in the tail a bit? However, that little hole is so small, I can't see it making any difference in carrier function/weight.?????
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