Originally Posted by
3ACR_Scout
At some point in the Brownells sale extravaganza, someone over on ARFCOM contacted Colt and Brownells and confirmed (I believe with their lower’s serial number through Colt) that they were complete lowers that left Colt in that configuration and were never built up as rifles. That was why everyone over there was scrambling to get them toward the end because they were the only known batch of Colt lowers that could be built into pistols. The story was that, for whatever reason, Colt sold a large batch of complete lowers to Brownells, but that after those sold out, there wouldn’t be any more because Colt made the announcement that they weren’t going to be selling parts anymore. Supposedly their lawyers were concerned about people building Colt parts up into complete rifles that could make Colt liable for any “misuse” of those rifles. Anyway, I’m not sure about that last part, but it’s apparently possible to verify that these lowers were never built up as complete rifles by contacting Colt with your serial number.
My apologies if you’re already aware of this, but it sounds like some people may not have heard that background story.
