Interesting new production Colt AR15A4

[Mrgunsngear]

Here's a quick B Channel video with all the markings and whatnot of the rifle if anyone's interested:

[dsk]

Colt would've had more of my hard-earned money if they had actually released another batch of these rifles in the past couple months. Instead I gave up waiting and bought something else. Hopefully the next time I have the funds to buy another rifle they will finally have some more of these out in the wild. I know 16" rifles are hugely popular right now, but geez get some more 20"ers out there guys!

[thegreyman]

Saw some Colt AR15A4's with Carbine Receivers also?

[Creature]

Colt factory screw up, Cool! Is that like a flawed baseball card and worth more money?

I have a Colt 1903 Pocket Hammerless manufacturered in 1928 that has a serial number that is interestingly mismatched. The receiver has serial number 888888 (not the actual serial number) while the slide is stamped 888889.

I should probably contact Colt and ask about that...

[markm]

One offs, mistakes, factory oddities, etc. are certainly not a Colt rarity.

[Sry0fcr]

Might be colt is dumping as many extra parts laying around as possible.

Get them in rifles, and ship them...

That's not the way an ISO 9001 certified facility works. The barrels may well have been mismarked, but someone had to make a decision to use the barrels anyway. The marking doesn't affect fit, form or function so probably an easy acceptance.

[scottryan]

Colt botched the release of this gun., and continues to botch.

Carbine feedramps
Non F marked FSB
Incorrect barrel markings
CAR prefix serial number
Lightweight LE marked lowers
Blued handguard caps

In addition to the above, they also released this rifle to the market 10 years too late.

What it was suppose to be was a semi auto M16A4. There was demand for this during the second gulf war when these things were on TV. Instead Colt drug their ass and then released the gun with "features" that make it undesirable.

[Animalhd1]

That's not the way an ISO 9001 certified facility works.

Unfortunately, a lot of times it is exactly how an ISO certified facility works. They clean their act up for recertification, then it’s back to business as usual.

[Sry0fcr]

Unfortunately, a lot of times it is exactly how an ISO certified facility works. They clean their act up for recertification, then it’s back to business as usual.

That's not been my experience, you can tell pretty easily who has a functioning quality system.


R.B. (RABQSA/Exemplar Lead Auditor, ASQ Certified Quality Auditor, Certified Quality Process Analyst, Certified Quality Improvement Associate)

[HD1911]

Colt botched the release of this gun., and continues to botch.

Carbine feedramps
Non F marked FSB
Incorrect barrel markings
CAR prefix serial number
Lightweight LE marked lowers

In addition to the above, they also released this rifle to the marked 10 years too late.

What it was suppose to be was a semi auto M16A4. There was demand for this during the second gulf war when these things were on TV. Instead Colt drug their ass and then released the gun with "features" that make it undesirable.

Color me shocked.... I would take the FN any day over this model.