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daurizio
11-03-07, 07:51
have been trying to locate a colt mt 6731,and have contacted around 20 gun shops without any luck.they all say the colts are on backorder.whats going on with colt. anyone know when they will start shipping out ar,s.thanks dean:mad:
Cold Zero
11-03-07, 08:12
Wartime production is top priority, patience. They are worth the wait.
ST911
11-03-07, 12:14
have been trying to locate a colt mt 6731,and have contacted around 20 gun shops without any luck.they all say the colts are on backorder.whats going on with colt. anyone know when they will start shipping out ar,s.thanks dean:mad:

Call SAW?
MAP
11-04-07, 11:45
It took our police department eight (8) months to get a delivery of Colt 6920.

YMMV

Mike
Hootiewho
11-04-07, 13:59
To be honest with you, I have never heard of a Colt 6731; are you sure this is not what you are looking for:

https://www.policeguns.com/catalog/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=65&products_id=5638&osCsid=0e8d8ceab2b4d60747e6d458aef5d6bf

Ok I did some searching and found out what a 6731 was. Sorry for my ignorance, but the link above is for Clyde Armory and he usually will have Colts in stock when others don't.
MH64
11-04-07, 14:02
DOD
Foreign contracts
LEO



Civilians
ST911
11-04-07, 14:47
It took our police department eight (8) months to get a delivery of Colt 6920. YMMV Mike

Same here, and a little more. There seemed to be a drought of them at the time, though.

(14 months for a FN P90, though. So it could be worse.)
5pins
11-04-07, 16:05
IIRC Colt got a big contract to arm the Iraqi army.
graffex
11-04-07, 20:02
IIRC Colt got a big contract to arm the Iraqi army.

I believe Bushmaster got the contract for the Iraqi's. Couldn't imagine Colt worrying about the lousy Iraqi's when our troops need weapons ;)
5pins
11-05-07, 00:20
According to the article in Wall street journal;

“One sweltering afternoon this month, a few dozen Iraqi soldiers in T-shirts and mismatched uniforms made their way to a bustling warehouse here to swap their AK-47s for shrink-wrapped M-16s. The guns were so new they still had "Colt Defense LLC" stickers on their stocks.”
Robb Jensen
11-05-07, 05:16
According to the article in Wall street journal;

“One sweltering afternoon this month, a few dozen Iraqi soldiers in T-shirts and mismatched uniforms made their way to a bustling warehouse here to swap their AK-47s for shrink-wrapped M-16s. The guns were so new they still had "Colt Defense LLC" stickers on their stocks.”

In the last year I've seen a lot of new Colt 6920s, 6721s and 6520s (all semi-auto guns mind you) but have never seen Colt 'stickers' on these rifles. They do come in plastic bags and with a lot of preservative oil on them.
Failure2Stop
11-05-07, 12:34
It took our police department eight (8) months to get a delivery of Colt 6920.

Mike

To keep things in perspective it took many agencies twice as long (IIRC) to get 416s from H&K.
Ed L.
11-05-07, 19:53
Here's a picture I got from I believe Time Magazine of an M4 wrapped up for delivery.

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/edagain/m4fwrapped.jpg
Saginaw79
11-05-07, 22:01
Just buy an LMT
SperlingPE
11-06-07, 08:15
Colt manufactures in lots/batches.
There won't be any particular model available for 8-10 months.
Suddenly every dealer has them.
Be patient.
condition 1
11-06-07, 14:58
Here's a picture I got from I believe Time Magazine of an M4 wrapped up for delivery.

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/edagain/m4fwrapped.jpg

If you look real close the tag says, : to condition 1 : from Santa.: I don't even need a bow. :p
QuickStrike
11-06-07, 16:34
Here's a picture I got from I believe Time Magazine of an M4 wrapped up for delivery.

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/edagain/m4fwrapped.jpg

I want a few of those... :( :( :(
Rock-N-Ruin
11-07-07, 00:37
Just buy an LMT

Done it, and more than happy, I won't get into my feelings about Colt!
Hootiewho
11-07-07, 07:02
Colt manufactures in lots/batches.
There won't be any particular model available for 8-10 months.
Suddenly every dealer has them.
Be patient.


He's right, it wasn't long ago that you could find Colts in a lot of stores, now they have dried up again. If you want one have your money ready when they hit the stores. I was in bullseye gun store in Lawerenceville Ga Monday and they had a couple in. I think 6721 and 6920. Also check Clydes Armory as he usually buys a metric shit ton when they are available and still may have some from the last big order he got. The last time I was in there which was about a month and a half ago he had all models. That is where I usually buy from.
Saginaw79
11-11-07, 15:15
Done it, and more than happy, I won't get into my feelings about Colt!

I hear ya LoL!!!:D