I have added a section for Colt rifles that were returned to Colt by the Mexico government. These rifles were released for sale onto the civilian AR-15 market here in the United States. I will be publishing historical information and photographs in this section in the coming days. https://thecoltar15resource.com/mexico-government-return-rifles/

I added a section to the website where I will post a bi-weekly or monthly review of the AR-15 rifles and upper receiver assemblies that are listed at http://www.colt.com and http://www.brownells.com. Over time, this will give a collector an idea as to when an product enters and exits the retail market since catalogs don’t seem to be produced anymore. You can see our first analysis/listing here: https://thecoltar15resource.com/2019-2/

Today I added a section to the website for Colt AR-15/M-16 bayonet images and information. The first bayonet data added is on W. German manufactured bayonet produced by Eickhorn for Colt. You can see all ten images here: https://thecoltar15resource.com/eickhorn-w-germany-manufactured/

The primary goal of my social media and internet posts are to educate the aspiring collector on Colt AR items. I am exceptionally new in the Colt AR collecting realm myself and many people have forgot more than I currently know. However, here is one of those posts that has value in clearing the air on a questionable product being erroneously advertised as Colt.

Back in February I saw a product advertised by CDNN Sports that was advertised as a Rodgers Tri-Rail mount with Colt insulated hand guards for nine dollars and ninety-nine cents. Although I had never seen Colt release hand guards in this configuration, I figured for nine bucks it was worth getting the set of hand guards even if the rest was useless. So, I ordered a set.

Unfortunately, my military duties kept me buried in work from March through June and I am just now getting to looking closely at this. After talking with other collectors here (Thank you Alex and Joe) it has been verified that although this ‘Tri-Rail’ set is advertised as Colt, there is zero Colt content. The hand guards have been verified as Smith & Wesson products. I have attached a copy of the invoice showing them advertising the product as Colt hand guards.

So, unless you want S&W hand guards, let my curiosity be your lesson to not waste your money.

Two images were added of a 1987 New Product Press Release. You can see both pages here: https://thecoltar15resource.com/1987-new-product-press-release/