Colt or no?

[fordemti]

What's odd is I've seen this exact configuration before. Colt A1 barrel, AH C7 type upper, and no name semi BCG. Friend bought it off the web thinking it was a Colt M16A1 upper (that is what it was represented as). I wonder if somebody put a bunch of these together a while back.

Huh. Weird. Maybe. It'd be great if we had more info on these.

[Col_Crocs]

I would be more interested in trying to get some history on the barrel. The upper is minor. Granted it was machined to spec, it's actually a nice upper.

[fordemti]

As far as I can tell, the barrel is actual Colt. It's stamped C MP Chrome Bore. So I Think it's real.

[Col_Crocs]

Ya, it appears to be. I was referring to its history as opposed to its authenticity. Seeing as it was sold as a complete colt upper when in fact youre now finding out both the BCG and upper are actually not. I would be weary of the "bought in the 70's and never fired" line he told you.

[SgtT11B]

The fact that there is a brass deflector tells me this isn't a A1 nor from the 70s. This is a late 80s variant...IMHO.

Dave

[ramairthree]

The fact that there is a brass deflector tells me this isn't a A1 nor from the 70s. This is a late 80s variant...IMHO.

Dave

Yeah, my SP1 upper was made in '82 IIRC, and it is a slick side.

[Col_Crocs]

The fact that there is a brass deflector tells me this isn't a A1 nor from the 70s. This is a late 80s variant...IMHO.

Dave

It's an A1E1 upper.

[JasonB1]

Post has been inert for awhile, but info is always good I guess.

I bought a C7 type upper direct from Bushmaster with the splintered A forge mark around 2000 give or take a year. I had to request the round forward assist due to Bushmaster using a tear drop type as standard.

[HackerF15E]

I bought a C7 type upper direct from Bushmaster with the splintered A forge mark around 2000 give or take a year.

Lots of manufacturers use Anchor Harvey forgings for uppers -- including Colt.

Unfortunately, it is impossible to tell the quality of the upper based on simply who forged the blank that it was made from.

[scottryan]

That receiver is not colt. It is a generic c7 style upper that bushmaster and others sell. It was made in the past 10 years.

Uppers from the 1970s aren't black. They are gray.

The seller is lying about when he had the upper.

That upper is typical put together junk that floats around on the Internet.