Happy Thanksgiving to all of my members in the United States! I hope you have a great holiday!
Born in 1922, Eugene Stoner is famous for the development of the AR-15 which was later made famous by Colt as the M-16.
Here is another short video that demonstrates some of the challenges that you run into putting more than 5 rounds of 7.62x39mm ammunition in a military specification 20-round magazine.
These images show the two types of Colt factory 7.62x39mm magazines.
The magazine on the left is a modified 20-round magazine that is blocked to hold five 7.62x39mm rounds and has a riveted base plate that cannot be removed.
The magazine on the right is a purpose built 7.62x39mm 5-round magazine.
I have been asked what 7.62x39mm magazines are Colt factory 7.62x39mm magazines. I put together this quick video showing a few of the more common commercial 7.62x39mm magazines that are available with discussion of the two legitimate Colt factory 7.62x39mm magazines at the end.
I failed to state in the video that the Colt factory 7.62x39mm magazines that use the 20rd bodies will not hold more than five rounds.
After a couple of years of searching, I was finally able to get an old Colt Scout Sight which was just a Colt branded C-More @cmoresystems red dot sight. The scout configuration is pretty uncommon and there are a couple of box variations out there.
The concept with the scout sight configuration was to just give you a lower mounted red dot sight that was more in your line of sight.
The manual with it is dated 1999. Unfortunately there isn’t a way to really determine its year of manufacture.
Did this short cell phone video for questions I have been getting on Instagram. My phone wasn’t holding the light balance well so forgive me for that. Another reason to step up the game. The narrative below is what I posted on IG.
As consumers have received their 2021 production, 2018 Model LE6920SOCOMs over the last few days, there has been some discussion on the internet and in social media about two things…1) appearance of the new 2021 production upper receivers seems to be gritty/grainy and 2) the pistol grips on the 2021 production have a more ‘plastic’ feel to them.
I have received messages from a few people asking me for an explanation about what is being discussed. I know most people are not able to do side-by-side comparisons so I thought I would try here. The firearms that I am using in the video are a 2018 manufactured AR15A4 and a 2021 manufactured AR15A4. The finish variance being observed with the 2021 production SOCOM’s is similar between these two AR-15A4’s.
My short summary is that although there is a minor visual and tactile difference, I like both finishes and don’t have any problem with the newer finish. My opinion is the same with the pistol grips. Although there is a noticeable difference in appearance and feel, both are good pistol grips are good to me. The 2018 AR15A4 (front) has an F4 marked grip. The 2021 AR15A4 (back) has an F3 marked grip.
Hope this helps give some of you some perspective on what is being discussed.
In addition to posting my videos here, I decided to start a YouTube channel as well. You can find it here: https://youtube.com/channel/UCyp1pJtv9PdgzJDjYB_EVSw
If you think it is something that you will be interested in, head on over and subscribe. Bear with me as I learn what I’m doing and am working to improve the quality of what is provided.
I posted seven images of an article from the January/February 2013 article in ‘Rifle Shooter’ magazine covering the Colt LE901-16S.
You can see the seven images here: https://thecoltar15resource.com/colt-le901-16s-rifle-shooter-2013-article/
Around 2011, Colt transitioned from having a seperate ‘Sporter’ product line and ‘Law Enforcement’ product line to just a single product line that retained the LE serial number prefix and used the M4 Carbine marking on the lower receiver.
The Sporter product line had an SP serial number prefix and ‘Sporter’ on the lower receiver.
The Law Enforcement product line had an LE serial number prefix and Law Enforcement on the lower receiver.
During the transition from the Sporter marked lowers and the use of the ‘M4 Carbine’ marked lowers a small number of SP serial numbers were used on ‘M4 Carbine’ marked lowers before the SP serial number series was stopped completely.
I recently aquired one of these transitional carbines. It is an LE6920MP-B…SP serial number but M4 Carbine marked lower. I don’t know that I would really classify this as anything rare necessarily. I find it interesting more than anything as it is a product snapshot during one of Colts many product transitional times.
MP-B in the model number represents ‘MagPul – Black’.
Happy Veterans Day to all veterans. I hope you have a great day. Thank you for your service, commitment and sacrifice.
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