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Thread: So whats the word on Colts new series of rifles? Thinking about getting a 6920.

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    Hmmm. It matters not if they are marked- Their websites and policies clearly indicate LEO/MIL only. Try buying some of the 5.56 8126N TAP ammo. It very rarely reaches the civilian market.

    The practice is nothing like Bill Rugers viewpoints at all. Do you own any of those magazines marked "LEO/ MIL use only"? If so, you should sell them.

    Quote Originally Posted by SpookyPistolero View Post
    Apples and oranges. Those companies don't put 'LEO/MIL only' on all their stuff. Why bother putting it on the weapon if it's meaningless? If it were just SBRs or auto's, I'd understand. The whole practice is akin to Bill Ruger's viewpoints.

    It's a small matter overall and I just take my dollars elsewhere.



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    Please show me one case of a person who has been arested, charged or otherwise for having a Colt 6920 with such markings. Any LEO who does that probably has bigger issues and is an accident waiting to happen.

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    This is true, but I'd rather have it not marked that way. You and I know the law, but when pulled over for a traffic stop the conversation with LEO can get interesting. ("where did you steal this police weapon, boy???")

    It's routine in our area that they consider any weapon in sight or even ammo as cause to go further. I've even been queried on why I had a 30 cal ammo can & ammo in the back of a trooper!

    As a non-threatening guy over 50, I can usually chuckle and they don't hassle me. I'm not the target demographic.

    But then again, this is the same metro area that routinely arrested people who politely informed officers in traffic stops that they were legal concealed carry. Ran them for bogus weapons violations until enough complained and the state weighed in and told the CLEO. (He had actually issued a memo on it, indicating they wanted to discourage legal concealed carry).

    So I think Colt will sell more 69xx's if they release them without the LEO markings.



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    This is 1990's Arfcom vintage ****tardery. I can NOT believe we're having this ignoramous conversation in 2011 on M4C.

    Someone's ass need an account LOCK.

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    People ARE entitled to their opinions, and shouldnt be bitched at for it.

    Back to the thread...

    The new colt being identical to the old at a lower cost intrigues me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Iraqgunz View Post
    Please show me one case of a person who has been arested, charged or otherwise for having a Colt 6920 with such markings. Any LEO who does that probably has bigger issues and is an accident waiting to happen.
    This is personal preference issue for me, based on how many misunderstandings there are around open carry, legal concealed carry, etc.

    I *am* aware of a case where the possession of LEO glock mags contributed to the arrest of an individual. He was released before booking at the station house as they read the code, but apparently three officers all had the same level of misinformation. And he was hauled downtown, etc. Car could have been towed, etc.

    We all know the AWB sunset law because it is an issue for us. I'm sure many LEO's do as well, but some do not. This is the same reason I carry the state concealed & vehicular carry regs with me at times.

    There is also the civil suit issue. I've not heard of a case where it happened with a colt LEO carbine, but you don't want them to hand them things to prejudice a jury with if you ever do have to use your weapon in defense. This is the same reason I don't carry my pet reloads in harms way, I use widely available loadings.

    I do own some LEO marked mags back from when it was all you could get. But at this point, I'll go out of my way to buy items without the markings if I can. If I just had to have a colt, I'd have considered it even with markings. But being able to get one without the marking makes it a non-issue. I think Colt will sell more if they do introduce the 6xxx which is identical but without the markings.

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    I thought it had more to do with the Fact there's an AWB in Connecticut and Connecticut bailed out Colt when they were going bankrupt and part of doing a deal with the devil was the said markings, and not selling AR's to civilians.

    (Which for years, they sold them IIRC to LE Distributors who then sold them to civilians, which cleared Colt of any issue but still ended up with their guns in civilian hands, not that's an issue, obviously I don't hate civilians with AR's. Being one.)

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    I must admit, I'm still confused as to the point of all this. I was under the impression that mfg's like Colt and EOTech, to name a few, put the Military/LEO markings on their products to bolster sales to the civilian market due to their 'cool' factor, for lack of a better term.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DaBears_85 View Post
    I must admit, I'm still confused as to the point of all this. I was under the impression that mfg's like Colt and EOTech, to name a few, put the Military/LEO markings on their products to bolster sales to the civilian market due to their 'cool' factor, for lack of a better term.
    Ultimately, it doesn't matter, they obviously sell to civilians, but at some point they wanted those on production models for various reasons.

    Honestly, if the EOTechs were Military Issue items, let's be honest, we've got a somewhat liberal government and the military has liberal views on guns and weapons, honestly I mean, they trust soldiers to fight wars, but not with a Concealed Weapon on Military Installations. As part of a contract, they probably wanted "For Military use only" on them.

    Probably a stipulation.

    I think Colt's was the bail out, and for EOTech Military may have required it, or maybe some major L.E. division required it, who knows.
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    I don't think most people care what the markings are as long as the gun is the same. If given a choice between a 6920 with or without the LEO/Govt markings, I would flip a coin...couldn't care less. As to guys being illegally hauled in and arrested, that has got to be few and far between. Interesting point would be why one product would cost less than the other. Heck, if the civie version costs less, I think Law Enforcement agencies will start buying the civilian version...after all there are no laws to prohibit agencies from buying weapons that are transferrable to civilians.

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    There's a few available out there now, first ones I've seen online anyway, $1139-$1159. Makes me happy. I'll get one and an SP6940 too.
    Last edited by Showbart; 03-25-11 at 07:27.

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