Originally Posted by
scooter22
Perhaps their “fit and finish” isn’t the best. I honestly don’t care about that.
As for FN making mil rifles, that has nothing to do with quality. It’s a function of he lowest bidder. Colt still makes mil rifles.
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Yeah, FN got the contracts by beating the price gouging Colt used when they were sole source. Then after FN got the M16 contracts Colt held the M4 TDP hostage for years to keep that contract. While in the Army around 1974 I can remember seeing the price for a M16A1, can't remember the exact amount but it was between $650-700, I got out in 76 and bought a NIB SP1 for $250.
Colt has a long history of producing "quality" AR's with oversized front take down pins, oversized fcg pins, receiver blocks etc. Don't get me wrong, I used to love Colt uppers, just despised their lower shenanigans, but today I really wish they would produce more mid lengths.
Last edited by mack7.62; 11-02-18 at 09:15.
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