Is this retro

[barrelwrench]

I have a Colt AR 15 A2. It's a slab side, no bayonet lug, has a bird cage flash suppressor,round hand guards and foreward asst and the ser# starts with 00xxxx. I picked it up in 95 for $700, but my guess it was made earlier.

[TOrrock]

At this point in time, and on this site, I think anything prior to the M4 or M16A4 is going to be considered "retro", including A2 or A1/A2 hybrids.

[barrelwrench]

Man! that makes me feel old. I remember going to the armory to sign for the new M16A2's and check out the new M249. I remember crying when I had to turn in my 1911 for some subcaliber piece of crap.

[Quib]

Man! that makes me feel old. I remember going to the armory to sign for the new M16A2's....


Same here. The year was 1987. I believe it was that same year we drove back from Bremerhaven in our brand new M1008 and M1009 CUCV's after turning in our M151's.

[barrelwrench]

One of the sadist days of my life. Arrive at the range for a live fire 50 cal shoot, I look out at the hulk targets and what do I see....a whole shit load of M151's out in the impact area.....that was a sad day.

[Quib]

Those things were dangerous.

You know it's possible to bust a Cpt's nose against the windshield, by slamming on the brakes when his seat's not pinned down.

[barrelwrench]

I know it works good on 2nd LT too. LOL

[scottryan]

I have a Colt AR 15 A2. It's a slab side, no bayonet lug, has a bird cage flash suppressor,round hand guards and foreward asst and the ser# starts with 00xxxx. I picked it up in 95 for $700, but my guess it was made earlier.



It was made during or before 1989 if it has a slabside lower.

[LonghunterCO]

Pictures?

[barrelwrench]

scottryan, Thanks for the info.
Longhunter, I would post pics but we are still on dial up in this neck of the woods and pictures take to long to down load. I was wondering why it had no bayonet lug for being an early production. It has the AR bolt that is cut all the way to the rear, I think the call it a half bolt and that funky chunk of metal installed behind the trigger in the lower.
Only four number ser # not counting the first two zeros. Say's Target Model on the receiver. Has a standard military contour barrel, 20 inch.

[peabody]

At this point in time, and on this site, I think anything prior to the M4 or M16A4 is going to be considered "retro", including A2 or A1/A2 hybrids.





''retro'' i do thinks i'll have to agree':big_boss:

mine is a A1/A2 hybrid, A1 upper. A2 barrel. late style delta ring.

tear drop FA, no case deflector. i do have a n0-dak lower'full fence.

my upper must've been a mix/match something or other.

what model would you call it ?

peabody


p.s. pretty sure my upper was built early 80's.?

[USAFCATM]

Nope. Unless it has a light weight 1:12 barrel and A1 style sights, it may be older but not retro. Then again I tend to have OCD about such things.

[az doug]

Man! that makes me feel old. I remember going to the armory to sign for the new M16A2's and check out the new M249. I remember crying when I had to turn in my 1911 for some subcaliber piece of crap.

Now that makes me feel really old. When I enlisted the M-16A1 had only been out a short time and we were still converting some M-16s to the A1 variant. Also the 249 did not exist, we had M-60's as our GPMG.

[LowSpeed_HighDrag]

I have a Colt AR 15 A2. It's a slab side, no bayonet lug, has a bird cage flash suppressor,round hand guards and foreward asst and the ser# starts with 00xxxx. I picked it up in 95 for $700, but my guess it was made earlier.

A2s are still pretty prevalant in the US military today for training, so alot of younger guys still see them quite a bit. But, to the space age guys on this board, it may just be retro now a days.

[rat31465]

scottryan, Thanks for the info.
Longhunter, I would post pics but we are still on dial up in this neck of the woods and pictures take to long to down load.

Dial Up? Now that really is Retro.....:D