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    What to do to improve reliability of LE6920?

    I just purchased my new Colt LE6920 this past Friday. I have been doing lots of searches and have done alot of reading on this forum about it. The search results I came up with are somewhat dated, so I have no idea if Colt uses different parts now. All I have found about improving the reliability of the LE6920 is to send it to Ken Elmore at SAW for the "Reliability Package". Is this my best choice to have done with this rifle? I plan on doing alot of shooting with this rifle and also for Home Defense purposes, so someday my life could depend on it not malfunctioning.... Thank you.


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    Personally I wouldn't do anything but maybe use an H2 buffer with a Colt 6920 but that's just me.
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    I would suggest shooting it for a while to see if it needs anything done to it. The only thing mine has needed to remain reliable is an occasional cleaning.


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    I would run it like a MF for awhile and see if anything isn't reliable. Colts are prettygood box stock IMO ( at least mine has been) The only problem I had with it was Tula ammo.

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    Use GOOD magazines, decent ammunition, and apply lube properly. It is that simple.
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    Cool. I purchased 2 Magpul PMags (30 rd) and don't plan on ever running any steel cased ammo through it, so hopefully that will help. Guess I'll run it for a while and see if anything pops up. Thanks.


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    The Colt 6920 is a great gun that will serve you well. Just keep it well lubed and you should be fine. Also use good mags like Magpul Pmags, Tango Down, and just standard GI mags with good followers.

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    Clean it. Liberally lubricate it. Feed it quality ammo from quality, properly functioning magazines and you will have a weapon that you can trust your life to.

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    I'm glad I did my research before purchase! Funny thing was, before I read of the reliability of the Colts, I wanted a Colt. The LE6920 caught my eye over the "tricked out" BM's, DPMS's, Sabre's, Oly's, and RRA's. I knew if the US military has trusted Colt since the early 60's, I could trust them. Glad I made the purchase, but have only one problem.... I CAN'T WAIT TO FIRE THIS BEAUTY!


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    Quote Originally Posted by blackgt85 View Post
    I'm glad I did my research before purchase! Funny thing was, before I read of the reliability of the Colts, I wanted a Colt. The LE6920 caught my eye over the "tricked out" BM's, DPMS's, Sabre's, Oly's, and RRA's. I knew if the US military has trusted Colt since the early 60's, I could trust them. Glad I made the purchase, but have only one problem.... I CAN'T WAIT TO FIRE THIS BEAUTY!


    Justin

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