On the road for a few days attending the Colt M4/M16 Armorers Course. I am hoping to do a few posts highlighting the course.

Traveling today. Class is Monday through Wednesday. I have been trying to attend this course for about 3 years. Various cancelations and Covid got in the way. I want to say a special ‘Thank You’ to Aaron Sedberry for making this possible.

Traveling with the family for a couple of days. Photographed this Colt Match Target Competition HBAR with my phone at the NRA museum at Bass Pro Shop in Springfield, MO today.

Lighting in the museum space is pretty inadequate and flash photography is not allowed.

German firearms manufacturer Walther Arms is licensed by Colt to produce a series of Colt reproduction M16/M4 Carbine rifles and carbines in .22lr.

I recently got very lucky and was able to pick up one of the more rare variants, the M16 SPR, on Gun Broker for a very reasonable price of $665.

The M16 SPR version normally sells in the $850 to $1000 range is pretty spendy for a .22LR replica.

So, here are a few quick peeks at what is in the box. I will add more images and a video to the website soon.

Mail Call today was a @trijicon military contract over-run TA-11D ACOG bought on sale from @_eurooptic_ to finish my Colt IAR clone.

This setup consists of a Colt IAR upper receiver, Colt LE6920 lower receiver with the sling, stock and Grip Pod spec’d from the @smallarmssolutions article done many years ago on the Colt IAR program.

I have used the Grip Pods operationally and do not like them. However, I have one on this IAR because they appeared consistently in Colt promotional material and was a Colt basic issue item for some contracts.

I thought it was interesting that the mount was a Bobro product that is Trijicon branded.