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    I'm happy Colt is selling to the public again. But Colts aren't special any longer. The only thing that is special about the Colt is the BCG. I think they need to update. IMHO

    I thought about buying a couple Colts to keep in the back of the safe. But they have carbine gas systems which I don't care for.

    Instead, I can buy a nice BCM upper w/BCG and then build a lower of with all the extra parts I have lying around.

    And if I were a first time buyer I'd save my clams to get a complete mid-length BCM, or DD instead of buying a Colt, because I'd still be stuck with the carbine gas system and no free float rail. JMHO.
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    Thought about Colt selling to it's rifles to civilians

    Colt will be Colt, the company will try to cut it own throat at least every 10 or 20 years or so.
    Currently I have 2 Colt's, I wish I'd picked up a M4a1 marked one too. Now that Colt is coming back around I'll need to look into a factory SBR 🤔 6933??
    PSA has brought the masses in to the AR market, so they have helped too. (And to cutting Colt down) not as much as the people in the contracting with weapons purchase for military (passing on T.D.P. and Colt's pricing for contracts) to F.N. I do wonder how much or what they got for it?
    Yes I have been pissed on stuff Colt has done in past probably will be again. If Colt is not thinking about relocating to a gun friendly State they will be back in same boat as they have been many times before. Same thing auto industry is doing. Remington and others have done.... Move.
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    Both of mine stay in safe more than rest I have, my BCM uppers see more use especially the 12.5 upper on SBR with can.
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    I own a Colt M4 lower (CR prefix) and scored a good deal on a pre-ban HBAR Sporter in an A2 20" configuration. I wish their retro reissue line wasn't so stupidly expensive. At 1-1.2K I'm in, but what they are asking for cost as much as my SR-15E3.

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    I'm glad they are making them again. Stupid decision to stop producing.. but I believe they were looking at it as a market saturation and having a hard time selling vs they are appeasing the stupid (anti gun).

    However this isn't the first time they have done things that they did that pissed off the civilian market. Remember the large pivot pins.. then the blocks to block installing sears.. then a large hammer pin hole. WTF.. but I still like you Colt. LOL

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    I understand why they concentrated on gov contracts for various nations and stopped pumping out civilian market stuff. Not even a few months ago there were piles of AR’s on store shelves, market awash in them.

    It’s very tough to compete with budget blasters when the average consumer perception is that a PSA is just as good as a Colt, BCM, SIONICS, DD, LMT, SOLGW, KAC etc. The average consumer doesn’t care to be educated on the difference and may not have enough experience to know the benefits of a properly built gun vs the crap they get for $500.

    Most of them won’t listen when you try to educate them either.

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    Quote Originally Posted by scottryan View Post
    Yes it was substantially financial. 12-18 months ago, you could barely sell a 6920 for $800

    This was all a ruse to clear out excess inventory. Anybody that was paying attention could see that.

    They also had to stop production to the civilian market because they had a bunch of FMS contacts to get caught up on.
    Hopefully they’ll continue to get the sling swivels correct.


    In any case I’m in for buying a few lowers


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    You mean now that there is some money to be made? Big surprise.
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    Quote Originally Posted by PracticalRifleman View Post
    I’d you’re going to make the statement, provide some evidence.


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    Quote Originally Posted by scottryan View Post
    Yes it was substantially financial. 12-18 months ago, you could barely sell a 6920 for $800

    This was all a ruse to clear out excess inventory. Anybody that was paying attention could see that.

    They also had to stop production to the civilian market because they had a bunch of FMS contacts to get caught up on.

    Remember the timing when Colt stopped. Recall it was when many were pulling ARs off the shelves.

    Note comments from Donohue and Lytton. Yeah I googled that...and I believe now and at the time Colts real reason was at the time it was a good look for them. ymmv

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    Colt has done some dopey stuff in their history but I don’t get all the hate with this. They said in September exactly what they were doing and why. They mentioned excess inventory and they mentioned reentering the market. The only unknown was when. That was the line that most people beat them up; some claiming they never intended to get back into it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jpmuscle View Post
    In any case I’m in for buying a few lowers
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