The Colt firearms in these photos belong to a friend of mine and fellow collector. You get a look at various finishes/camouflage patterns used by Colt over the years. 

Here is his description…

“The top rifle is a new acquisition and is a hunting camo made by ‘Vista’. Serial states it was a Colt VP gun and was a prototype/engineering gun.

Have a very similar gun but in the IC program digital camo, CSASS Colt prototype in burnt bronze anodizing, USMC shooting team IC prototype camo finish, 1 off preban X prefix 6940 style made for a ban state VP, 1 off 2014 shot show display XM177 style hydro dip camo and limited run 6920 wild fire hydro dip.”

After my last post announcing the pending closure of the website due to schedule issues and uncertainty of the website long-term, the outcry was enormous! I received so many messages asking me to continue my efforts and figure out a way to preserve the website content. It was very surprising and very touching.

So, I will keep the website up and I will start to add more content again. Behind the scenes, there is some vague discussion taking place about the long-term fate of the website and a potential transition to a new owner in future years to ensure it’s accessibility after I’m out of the picture. At 54 years of age and nobody close to me to pass it on to, this was a big concern of mine. It would have been wasted effort to continue building the site with no future ownership transition plan.

Thank you to all of you who sent messages of support and encouragement. Your time and effort spent to send those messages meant a lot to me and played a significant part in me changing my mind.

So, stay tuned for some more content and news soon.

I made a short video giving you a look at the 2024 production Colt “M4 Commando” lower receiver that is available through Arms Unlimited.

Let me know if you have any questions.

I added a page to the website today for the recently released Colt CR6920-EC European Carbine with 14.5″ pin/weld barrel. This release also features a new proprietary Colt rail system. This rail system is not a rebranded rail from Midwest Industries, Troy, etc.

There are about 32 photos posted on the page currently. You can see the page here: https://thecoltar15resource.com/colt-cr6920-ec-14-5-pin-weld/

I will be adding more photos showing more details in the near future.

I’m in the process of taking photographs of my CR6920-EC (14.5″ barrel pin/weld version) European Carbine.

This carbine is a perfect example as to why you cannot use the barrier bag or the accessory bag date to date the production of firearm.

The barrier bag is dated January 2024.

The accessory bag date is April 2019.

Scanning of my production QR code has a date of March 20, 2024 as shown below.

So, as this demonstrates, the dates on bags are simply dates applicable only to those bags. The dates have no correspondence to the firearm manufacturing date.

An auction for an actual Colt DOE 9mm SMG upper ended on May 23rd. The starting bid amount was listed as $2,250. The auction did not get any bids.

The starting bid of $2,250.00 is much less than what the DOE uppers have been selling for over the last couple of years. Those values have been in the $2,750 to $3,000 range.

Prices for various Colt firearm items got hyper-inflated as part of the COVID-19 market disruption. Over the last 12 months or so, prices have started to come back down. It’s been good to see some sanity starting to return to the market.

You can see the listing here until Gun Broker deactivates the link: https://www.gunbroker.com/Item/1050749815