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    Quote Originally Posted by Sttrongbow View Post
    I'd bet dollars to donuts that Colt will be entering a piston gun into the Carbine replacment competition.
    Absolutely they will! The Army has made it clear that if they are to replace the M4 the replacement must be significantly better and must be a piston gun.
    Based on some of the Army's concerns I'm thinking a mid length gas system could help Colt sure up its contract.

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    I think the one we're all waiting for is the CM901. I can think of a few configs Colt could build that would sell extremely well. The 6720 is one of them....you have to get it through Clyde Armory right now. They can make a Mid-length 16 inch gov't profile that would sell well. They could also make a series of 14.5" guns with permanently pinned FHs that would sell well. They can make an extreme lightweight carbine that would be like a 6940 except use a 14.5" pencil barrel with an A2X pinned flash hider. I think all these would be great sellers.

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    Is there an AR10 on that list?

    I do not see the 6520. What's up with it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by OldState View Post
    and must be a piston gun.

    funny...Colt offered a piston gun in late 60 and in 2005 (SCAR competition) and nobody wanted it
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    Quote Originally Posted by 500grains View Post
    Is there an AR10 on that list?

    I do not see the 6520. What's up with it?
    I think that the fixed carry handle is going the way of the dodo.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MK18Pilot View Post
    The mid length system is non-standard and would require big $ changes at Colt for which they would never recoup their costs.
    Well I guess that makes sense, "Well make mono-lithic uppers but not change the barrel, drill a whole and make a gas tube two more inches." To me I just think a carbine gas system on any thing 14.5"/16" is like having a 4dr truck with no back seat.
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    http://kitup.military.com/2011/01/in...olt-cm901.html

    I think Colt may be throwing a piston gun into the improved carbine program. They have a lower that can change between 5.56x45 to 7.62x51. Ambi controls, and that kind of modularity would be interesting. It is all in the video. It is all speculation, but the timing is pretty interesting.

    Still don't see the Army moving to completely different weapons system, so the new Colt makes sense. Unless someone develops a caseless ammo that is affordable and can be fired by electronic impulses instead of mechanically we will continue using this system. It may be an 50 year old system but it works and we are conitnuing to squeeze more and more potential out of it. Plus the Army is asking for funds for an order of 19,406 new M4A1s in 2012.

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    Quote Originally Posted by txn View Post
    http://kitup.military.com/2011/01/in...olt-cm901.html

    I think Colt may be throwing a piston gun into the improved carbine program. They have a lower that can change between 5.56x45 to 7.62x51. Ambi controls, and that kind of modularity would be interesting. It is all in the video. It is all speculation, but the timing is pretty interesting.

    Still don't see the Army moving to completely different weapons system, so the new Colt makes sense. Unless someone develops a caseless ammo that is affordable and can be fired by electronic impulses instead of mechanically we will continue using this system. It may be an 50 year old system but it works and we are conitnuing to squeeze more and more potential out of it. Plus the Army is asking for funds for an order of 19,406 new M4A1s in 2012.
    We don't need a new "better" rifle... We need a "new" pistol... in .45acp!

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    Quote Originally Posted by 500grains View Post
    Is there an AR10 on that list?

    I do not see the 6520. What's up with it?
    6520s are being discontinued.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Frens View Post
    funny...Colt offered a piston gun in late 60 and in 2005 (SCAR competition) and nobody wanted it
    Originally it seems that the fewer moving pats inherent in the DI system was of more interest than the keeping heat and fouling away from the BCG.

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