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Thread: Colt LE6940SP???

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jay_Cunningham View Post
    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.
    Perhaps I am out of line, but it deservs to be said. The OP freequently does this same thing to other people when they post abot stuff that is not Colt and did not come from SAW. So in this case, I think turn about is fair play. Just my two cents.
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    Thanks for answering the question!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dos Cylindros View Post
    Perhaps I am out of line, but it deservs to be said. The OP freequently does this same thing to other people when they post abot stuff that is not Colt and did not come from SAW. So in this case, I think turn about is fair play. Just my two cents.
    This is a technical forum.

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    Colt 6945SP

    Looks like I was right about the timeline.

    while the original carbine that started this thread is a 10" barrel cut-down from a full-length and re-threaded and re-finished, this version is a factory 10.3" Colt barrel. Note the bayonet lug, for those that lamented it's removal on the 10".

    I hope to have a 6940SP or 6945SP upper in my hands perhaps as early as this week for a review and probably a print article.

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    While I have no doubt that the reliability package performed by SAW does produce results, I do wonder why they're not being integrated into the manufacture of Colt rifles.

    The fact that it adds so much cost to the price of the rifle tells me that it's most likely using some proprietary parts that are currently being manufactured in very small quantities. If these were actually integrated into the assembly line, the cost would probably be significantly reduced.

    I can understand why SAW refuses to do this package with non-Colt rifles like those from Tier 3 manufacturers Bushmaster, DPMS, Armalite, Model 1 Sales, etc., but why won't he do the upgrades for rifles from companies such as BCM, DD, and Noveske that adhere very closely to the TDP? Is this an indicator that there may be something inherently problematic in the Colt production and quality control process that Colt is missing?

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    very cool...but like just about anything with Colt stamped on it, it's overpriced. i like it though.
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    Out of curiosity, why the desire for the bayo lug on a 10" bbl? You can't mount a bayonet on it with or without the lug, and the lug is just that much more weight and takes up space that could be used for mounting a can. Is it just nostalgia, or am I missing something useful that the lug can be used for besides mounting a pig-sticker?

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    Quote Originally Posted by justin_247 View Post
    While I have no doubt that the reliability package performed by SAW does produce results, I do wonder why they're not being integrated into the manufacture of Colt rifles.

    The fact that it adds so much cost to the price of the rifle tells me that it's most likely using some proprietary parts that are currently being manufactured in very small quantities. If these were actually integrated into the assembly line, the cost would probably be significantly reduced.

    I can understand why SAW refuses to do this package with non-Colt rifles like those from Tier 3 manufacturers Bushmaster, DPMS, Armalite, Model 1 Sales, etc., but why won't he do the upgrades for rifles from companies such as BCM, DD, and Noveske that adhere very closely to the TDP? Is this an indicator that there may be something inherently problematic in the Colt production and quality control process that Colt is missing?
    Wow, talk about reaching!

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    Quote Originally Posted by rychencop View Post
    just about anything with Colt stamped on it, it's overpriced.
    seriously? after all this time there are still people that think this way?

    wow.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rob_s View Post
    Wow, talk about reaching!
    I'm not reaching. I'm just saying that there are obviously things that Colt repeatedly does in its manufacturing process that are apparently not ideal when it comes to reliability, or else this "reliability package" would be irrelevant.

    Not only that, it would go to show that other manufacturers who are adhering to the TDP may have the same problems.

    Either that, or the "reliability package" is a hock of crap.

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