What to do with a spare Colt LE 6920 upper?

[arken]

Hey guys,

Update on page 5: https://www.m4carbine.net/showthread...26#post2848426

Hope everyone is doing okay. I have a spare Colt LE6920 upper magpul edition. I thought it’d be interesting to see what you’d do with it. Here are my options:

1. Do nothing. Just keep it in the safe. It’s part of the history.

OUT-----2. Build a new lower for it. Probably a pistol lower so I can use the lower for a pistol upper later on.

OUT-----3. Have the barrel cut down to 14.5” (with pinned and welded A2) for a more true M4 clone. Also need to build a new lower.

OUT-------4. Have the barrel cut down to 12-12.5” and build a pistol lower for it.

OUT-----5. Buy a new 11.5 or 12.5” barrel and reuse the Colt upper receiver to save $$. Build a pistol lower for it. Keep the Colt barrel.

OUT-----6. Sell it to fund for a BCM 11.5” pistol complete upper.

I’ll probably end up with a pistol AR of some sort at some point. Please share what you’d do and why.

Thanks!

[robbins290]

sell it. Colt is hard to buy right now. I had to settle for a new FN patrol rifle as the colts were 500 dollars more.

[rvanno]

I'd go with option 5. It sounds like you want a pistol and there is a lot of love for the 12.5 barrel (from a ballistics standpoint). Get a sba 3 brace. I cut down a noveske barrel once and I have always regretted it.

[26 Inf]

I'd build a new rifle lower for it, cut the barrel to 14.5 if you feel the need, and keep it as an iron-sight shooter.

Since you are going 'cloneish' these lowers might be kind of okay:

https://www.primaryarms.com/aero-pre...stripped-lower

https://palmettostatearmory.com/psa-...tm_campaign=cl

[Hammer_Man]

Options 1 or 6.

[Renegade]

Options 1 or 6.

yep

dont put money into a spare upper to make a frankengun.

[alx01]

option 6. just sell it if you have no use for it and/or want something different.
I wouldn't part a Colt upper unless you have a specific reason or don't want to deal with the buy/sell cycle.

[titsonritz]

I'm not into parting with much these days, I'd stash it for a spare as know quality and I don't give a crap about it's "part in history". I'll fund my pistol build by other means and little patience.

[El Vaquero]

Cut it down to a 10.3” and put a Centurion Arms two piece rail on it make it into a pistol.

[scooter22]

Anything other than Option 6.

I would rather have a properly cut down Colt upper than an over-gassed and less accurate BCM 11.5" any day.