yes scottryan, i purchased about one month ago, and the same for my buddy, but he now tells me that his was sold to him as used, though it looked new to me. so that could be why? Don.........
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yes scottryan, i purchased about one month ago, and the same for my buddy, but he now tells me that his was sold to him as used, though it looked new to me. so that could be why? Don.........
I have a 6920 marked Colt Defense on the lower with Cerro and Diemaco forgemarks on the upper. It also has two squares forged into the right side of the notched hammer. Is that a Colt hammer or somebody else's to meet some sort of trade requirements?
I'd wondered about their relationship. The 6920 and 6520 I bought a little over a year ago have the Colt "C" on the upper and Colt Defense on the lower, but the floorplates of the magazines all say Colt Manufacturing.
Incidentally, all of the Colt ARs I've seen at the gunshows in the last few months have the Diemaco "D" on the upper.
Any chance we could see some pictures that show the Diemaco vs Colt manufacturing and proof marks ?
I'm a hair away from buying a new Colt 6920 and would really like it to be 100% Colt.
Thanks - northbilly
The Colt mark is just a very plain "C" above the forward assist; the Diemaco stylized "D" (only picture of it I found) will be in approximately the same place, in lieu of the "C".
Here's some markings on my 6920. It's marked Colt Defense.
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r...m/DSC00214.jpg
Excellent point. Those marks are left after the raw forging operation and such forgings are not under any import restrictions as they are not even considered gun parts at that stage (each raw foring weighs a couple of pounds); even completed Dimeco stripped uppers could be imported for civilian sale/rifles. The restriction is only supposed to apply to completed recievers and completed barrels for "assault rifles."
As for barrels, it might be possible that Dimeco is importing semi-complete barrel "blanks" and Colt is finishing them in the USA - that appears to be how Sig is managing to use hammer forged barrels on their US made Sig556. I am not saying that Canadian barrels have not been "diverted" - I personally believe such things are possible - but I have no info on whether it has happened or not.
My Colt Defense rollmarked MT6400C came with a Diemaco Anchor Harvey upper receiver.