Colt AR6951 9mm Carbine- Unusual Upper Receiver Detail

I will preface this post by saying I have had my Colt AR6951 since about August or so of 2022. The carbine has a manufacture date of June 2022. During it’s time in my collection, I have not looked at it in detail. I recently put it on the wall next to my workbench as I was using it for some research. Saturday night I noticed the light reflecting off of the right side of the upper receiver in a strange way. Upon closer inspection, I saw three details that I did not expect to see.

The first detail, and the easiest to readily see was the Colt Department of Defense CAGE code. This is seen on 5.56mm upper receivers but would not typically be seen on commercial 9mm carbines. The next two things that I saw really surprised me. I could see ‘flat’ spots milled on the upper receiver where the brass deflector and forward assist housing would normally be. See my video below for additional detail.

Apparently, at some point, Colt milled off the brass deflector and forward assist housing to use the upper receiver in 9mm carbine production. After discussions with some other people, I have identified about 7 other AR6951 carbines with similar upper receivers owned by members of my various social media pages.

Your average commercial customer would probably be angry seeing something like this in a $1000.00 carbine. The upper receiver details do not bother me at all. It makes an average carbine a little more interesting and incidentally gives you a little bit of insight into a company’s effort to save some money and use its available resources more efficiently.

Thanks for stopping by…see you next time.

Colt CM762-16S .308 WIN Rifle 2024 Production

Arm Unlimited of Henderson, NV recently posted about 100 CM762-16S rifles on their website for sale. These rifles have not been available since roughly 2019. I purchased one when I saw that they were available. I picked it up from my FFL on Friday May 10th, 2024. Below are some quick photos that I took tonight to share with some people on AR15.com and my Instagram page.

A few quick comments about it…I was happy to see many accessories included with it. I was disappointed that there are not selector stops. The lower receiver is roll marked and not laser engraved.

More detail on this firearm coming soon. If you have ever wanted a Colt AR platform in .308, now is the time to get it. You may not get another chance anytime soon. Let me know if you have any questions.

Side-By-Side Review: Colt R0633 Department Of Energy (D.O.E) 9mm SMG & Liemohn Manufacturing 2024 R0633 9mm SMG Reproduction Upper Receiver

Saturday May 11th, 2024

Yesterday I posted a video on my YouTube channel where we take a look at the Colt R0633 9mm SMG and the 2024 Liemohn Manufacturing R0633 9mm SMG reproduction upper receivers. I will be posting some information here on the website about the Colt R0633 upper receiver but not the Liemohn Manufacturing example.

Overall, I feel like the Liemohn Manufacturing example is a very nice, well done product. The cost of one average about $1,000 dollars depending on what features you want Tom Liemohn to put on the upper receiver that you are buying. The Colt R0633 upper receiver, if you can find one, will cost you anywhere from $2,000 to $3,000.

Anyway, check out my video linked below if you are interested in seeing the details of the Colt R0633 9mm SMG upper receiver and the Liemohn Manufacturing 2024 reproduction. If you want to talk to Tom directly about his product, you can reach him through the following ways:

Colt M7 Semi-Auto Precision Rifle / CM762-16S

May 7, 2024…The big news in Colt collecting so far in 2024 is the limited availability of some Colt CM762-16S .308 WIN / 7.62x51mm rifles from Arms Unlimited of Henderson, NV.

https://armsunlimited.com/colt-m7-308-762-semi-auto-precision-rifle-16-barrel/

Colt has not had a .308 WIN / 7.62x51mm AR based rifle on the market since the last of the 901-series was clearanced out around the end of 2019. This is not a new production run of the LE-901/AR-901 rifle. The CM762-16S is a new design similar to the CM556 (M5) Carbine. After a few days of internal struggle, I ordered a CM762-16S for myself today.

In addition to these 16″ rifles, Arms Unlimited will be receiving a 13″ barreled, SBR, variant of the CM762 in the near future. Both the CM762-16S and the CM762-13S are currently exclusive to Arms Unlimited. I’m have not heard any indication of what future product distribution may look like.

At the time of this post, Arms Unlimited has about 55 left in stock according to their website. If you are a Colt fan and want to own something that is more uncommon in today’s market, this is a good product choice.

Let me know what questions that you have.

Hello? Hello? Is This Thing Still On?

Here we are on the 5th of May! Happy Cinco de Mayo to those of you who celebrate the holiday! If you were a follower of this website, I bet you wondered if this was still a thing or if I had bailed on you! Well, the website is still here and I’m still here. 2024 has been anything but ‘normal’ for me. What is ‘normal’ anyway?

To learn what has been going on with me in 2024, continue reading. Some of you know that I retired from the U.S. Army in May of 2020. I started a part-time job in August of 2022 and had only been working about 25 to 30 hours a week through the beginning of January of this year, 2024. Completely unexpectedly and out of left field, I ended up becoming a full-time, salary employee on January 15th. That is a great thing on one hand, and a bad thing on the other hand. The upside, I have a full-time job doing something I wanted to do. The downside is, I have worked almost every day since January 15th with the exception of Good Friday, Easter and today, 5 May 2024.

Since becoming employed full-time in January, I have had almost zero spare time available after I meet family requirements, etc. My workdays have been 10-to-14-hour days. Those of you who follow me on Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/the_colt_ar15_resource/ have seen me post there periodically. The great thing about Instagram is that you can post something in just a matter of a few minutes. Getting out the laptop and creating content in WordPress takes longer unfortunately. However, my heart truly is here and I want to continue building the site and adding content. There isn’t a resource for a Colt AR collector anywhere else on the web.

So, with the desire in my heart to still come here and build this resource, I am back. My job is leveling out and I’m forcing myself to not work as much as I have been. My goal going forward is to do some type of post and/or work here on the site on Saturday or Sunday each week. If the opportunity presents itself, I will do some work during the week as well.

During my time away from here, I also started a YouTube channel. My goal with the YouTube channel is to give Colt AR fans the ability to see things in a platform that isn’t just flat images. Video’s give you a different perspective on things that you just don’t get from photos or page scans. I’m not doing anything fancy. I don’t detailed scripts. I don’t do fancy editing. I don’t have time for that. My content is very basic and done “on the fly” using my cell phone camera. You can see my YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@thecoltar15resource

In the product space, there has been a few interesting developments over the last 6 months. I will discuss those activities in coming posts. If you read this far, thanks for stopping by. More to come very soon!