I am a fan of most Colt guns, but as a corporation they definitely seem to have the agility of an iceberg. 20 years ago they were selling basically GI 1911s under the 1991 label for about the same price that Springfield and Kimber were putting out a gun that had a lot of shooter friendly features. Yet back then people (myself among them) bought Colt 1911's for the Pony and took them to a gunsmith to turn them in to the type of pistol we wanted.

The M4A1 SOCOM that's basically unobtainium these guys would be an awesome rifle if it was available. I bought an FN M4 because I wanted basically a milspec gun--if there was a Colt offering available that had a GI rail I absolutely would have bought it.