Colt's response to my complaint about Brownell's 14.5 and 11.5 barrels...

[the AR-15 Junkie]

Colt Secondary feed ramps, hand finished by a craftsman. Like hand porting the intake tracks of a cylinder head. OP returned GREAT barrels. Then started another thread about it.

[Old Coot]

Colt has not test fired squat (for the commercial market at least) in many years. Pretty easy to tell if you look at the gas port on 'new' rifles from the inside with a good borescope.

They are doing the dremel monkey thing without any clue if it is 'needed' or not. And it is not needed...

Agreed. Not needed. And was never needed on any select fire Colt I owned or sold during 24 years FFL/SOT II.

Colt Secondary feed ramps, hand finished by a craftsman. Like hand porting the intake tracks of a cylinder head. OP returned GREAT barrels. Then started another thread about it.

You wouldn't know a great barrel if it were up your ---

Also... Why when I purchase a bolt gun barrel that work done by hand after the barrel comes out of the machines is considered a good thing, but if Colt does it it's a reject barrel?

Didja see the pics? If not you're not qualified to comment.

Isnt that basically the same response that everyone in the initial thread told you?

The difference between what "everyone" and Colt told me is Colt told me the barrels were rejects.

Ehhhhhhh I understand your frustration but the last paragraph was unnecessarily cringey. I could see that ACTION (not threat of action) being justified if they ignore your second email or provide unacceptable answers, but to threaten such a dramatic action without even asking for a simple exchange or remedy was a little much.

Next time I'll have you proof read it.

I just checked my duty rifle (6920) from circa 2011ish. Has similar type marks. Also has over 10k rounds through it and I cant remember a single malfunction. We are getting new rifles soon and Im buying this one back from the retailer doing the contract/trade. We've been through a lot together and I trust it with my life, literally. Ill gladly pay over market value for it.

Back up this claim of "similar type marks". Post pics.

[georgeib]

Colt Secondary feed ramps, hand finished by a craftsman. Like hand porting the intake tracks of a cylinder head. OP returned GREAT barrels. Then started another thread about it.

Not sure if you're trolling or just suffering from battered wife syndrome. Lol.

[Stickman]

What was the OPs name last time he was here?

[Circle_10]

I see in their response that Colt recommends Arms Unlimited as another source for barrels that might be more “visually acceptable” as that’s where I got my 14.5” Colt barrel with ugly feed ramps that appear to have been hand filed. While I found this disappointing when I noticed it, its got a few hundred rounds through it now and thus far functions fine so I really don’t care.

[rpoL98]

What was the OPs name last time he was here?

Brandon?

[dwhitehorne]

How times have changed. I can remember when many howled at other manufacturers who dremeled (aka hand fitted feed ramps). I've handled many Colts in 32 years with the USG and never seen a problem with feedramps. If the OP had an issue with his purchase why not just get your refund and move on. I would imagine the person checking the Colt customer service emails probably has no idea what one feedramp looks like from another. David

[DG23]

The difference between what "everyone" and Colt told me is this; Colt told me the barrels were rejects.

Can you share the pictures again?

Curious how much 'work' they did on your barrels.

[ABNAK]

I have a Colt M4 barrel from a complete rifle that was obviously hand-Dremeled. In fact it almost came to a point in the top center between the two grooves and the metal was shiny (i.e. it was done after parkerizing). Works fine for the limited number of rounds I have through it. I wondered about it and read where some barrels indeed require a little hand-finishing and that it was not unusual.

[DG23]

Back up this claim of "similar type marks". Post pics.

Hope he shares pictures as well...

The mods might not lock and kill this thread if guys are posting pictures of actual examples they have bought and explaining why they think it may be messed up?








All pictures above are Colt. The bottom picture is a 6920. Not nearly as bad on that 6920 as some pictures I have seen shared online...