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Thread: Colt LE6940SP???

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    I have been interested in picking up one of these uppers since Shot 09and it looks like they are finally coming to market. I was hoping for an 11.5" barrel for the final configuration but looks like they went with a 10.0". Clyde ARmory was taking pre-orders on these uppers for a reasonable price IIRC. I guess it's time to file the F1 on my spare Colt A3 lower.

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    The barrel is $495 on its own. I wonder why they went 10" instead of 11.5"....

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    Quote Originally Posted by PlatoCATM View Post
    The barrel is $495 on its own. I wonder why they went 10" instead of 11.5"....
    I don't think you can make an 11.5" out of a 6920/6940 barrel because of the relief cut for the grenade launcher.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MK18Pilot View Post
    I don't think you can make an 11.5" out of a 6920/6940 barrel because of the relief cut for the grenade launcher.
    Could'nt Colt simply use an 11.5" 6933 barrel or is SAW's offering a chopped down 6940? I was under the impression Colt was planning on offering these as complete factory assembled SBRs and also complete uppers only? My guess is they decided to go with 10.0" as a business decision since they already offer an 11.5".

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    Hell for that price I'd just go Noveske....His barrels are the tits

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    Quote Originally Posted by buddyhoohaw View Post
    Could'nt Colt simply use an 11.5" 6933 barrel or is SAW's offering a chopped down 6940? I was under the impression Colt was planning on offering these as complete factory assembled SBRs and also complete uppers only? My guess is they decided to go with 10.0" as a business decision since they already offer an 11.5".

    Cheers
    There is a lot more to it than that. While the barrel blank (no FSB, no extension) is the same as the standard AR barrel, once it's made up it's all different.

    The 10" guns are cut-down 16" barrels. They will also be doing a 10.3 which is a factory Colt complete barrel assembly. IIRC the 10.3 will have the bayo lug.

    Pilot is exactly right that the 10" guns have a shitload of work in them, from one of the best in the business.

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    After messing around with a lot of different guns, we cut a check and got an Operator from Ken. In the future I will just pay him the big bucks to send me complete rifles and add my own plastic. They really are all of that and a bag of chips.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MK18Pilot View Post
    Is this one of those jobs you can do in your garage with a dremel tool and a bottle of cold blue? How many hours of shop time do you think he has into that rifle?

    I have seen a number of his custom builds and nobody does it better.
    Speak with your dollars then, and post a range report.

    I sure as hell wouldn't pay for it
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    Quote Originally Posted by variablebinary View Post
    Speak with your dollars then, and post a range report.

    I sure as hell wouldn't pay for it
    Perhaps not, but if someone wants a 10" barrel 6940 for whatever reason this is the only way to do it right. Although I suppose any monkey with a hack-saw and $1400 for the base gun could make the same thing.

    I hope to get my hands on at least an upper soon but we'll see how that goes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by variablebinary View Post
    Speak with your dollars then, and post a range report.

    I sure as hell wouldn't pay for it
    How is your post adding anything of value to the discussion here on M4C?

    If you don't like it and won't pay for it, that is fine. However, Ken Elmore is recognized as an SME on Colt AR rifles and this appears to be a very high quality and functional modification to the original gun.

    "I sure as hell wouldn't pay for it" doesn't meet our discussion standards, especially coming from a senior member.

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