Here are a couple of Colt/Diemaco light machine gun upper receivers owned by a group member.
Comments from the owner are below: “Interesting notes are the bayonet lug being added and pinned to the barrel, diameter of the barrel to the flash hider, diemaco tri rail, carry handle and extended charging handle and then the bipod.
Both LMG’s are complete with original Bcg and I have 2 buffers and springs.”
Calibre Obscura had an interesting post on Twitter this morning showing some images of a Colt CK901 provided to the Yemen Republican Guards.
https://twitter.com/CalibreObscura/status/1451185322423844870?t=vGUA6Q6XA-Oo9-AYHGsQNw&s=19
Here is one of the more unusual and fairly scarce Colt LT6720MPBLZ carbines.
The model code translates to LT6720 (rifle model) MP (Magpul) BLZ (Blaze camouflage).
A member of my social media groups has this Colt lower receiver forging in his collection.
I was helping a group member with the identification of a Colt carbine which ended up being the Colt LT6720-R.
There are two things that make this carbine stand out. The standard carbine barrel and the Colt branded rail manufactured by Troy.
The LT6720-R appeared in the 2014 new products brochure and in the 2014 catalog. The LT6720-R did not appear in any marketing materials in 2013 or 2015.
They are not seen very often on the secondary market.
The CCA had their annual convention in Noblesville, IN this past weekend. Myself and a fellow Colt AR collector set up a two table display.
Shown in the photo below is the Colt IAR6940, Colt/Knights Armament IAR6940H prototype, Colt IAR6940 11.5″ barrel prototype, Colt CRM16A1, Colt LE6920SOCOM and Colt CRXM177E2.
The item that is ‘in the white’ (unfinished) is the IAR program prototype upper receiver that was made by Leitner-Wise.
Shown in the next photo are several one of a kind Colt AR-15’s.
Although we had the only Colt AR-15’s on display it was still an amazing show and we met some great people. The show next year is in North Carolina. My hope is to bring different Colt AR’s to display there if my schedule works out.
If you collect Colt firearms, I encourage you to support and join the Colt Collectors Association. As a member myself, I would love to see more of you join.
I have a small Colt AR-15 related display set up at the show this weekend (Oct 1 to Oct 3) with a fellow Colt AR-15 collector. Come by and see us if you are nearby.
Here is an article that discusses in vague terms what impact, if any, the CZ acquisition of Colt will have on the United States domestic firearms market.
As we get near the end of September, I thought I would do a post that summarizes some of the more notable Colt AR market events that I have seen. We have seen the prices of Colt CR6920’s come down in recent weeks. With an MSRP of $1099.00, prices have dropped below $1000.00.
A couple of examples are Georgia Firing Line and Tombstone Tactical as shown below.
CR6920 lower receivers that have the new ‘Carbine’ marked lower receiver can be found as low as $500 as shown below in the sales page on Arms Unlimited website.
A couple of other noted events have been the appearance of ‘M4 Carbine’ marked LE6920 OEM-1 and OEM-2 configured Colt carbines. The LE6920 OEM-1’s were available at GT Distributors and the OEM-2’s were available at several vendors such as Arms Unlimited.
One event that caught everyone by surprise was the appearance of Colt LE6920-R Trooper carbines. These had been out of production for a long time…over a year at least. These were first seen at Clyde Armory for $1349.00.
Surprisingly, the LE6920-R Trooper can also be found on Gun Broker as low as $1069.00 which I consider to be a pretty good deal.
CR6940’s and CR6960’s are currently in limited availability. There are only two of each for sale on Gun Broker.
I haven’t seen any significant activity with the remaining Colt rifles and carbines in the new CR (Colt Rifle) series. The CR6920MPS-B, CR6920-EPR, CR6700A4 (20″ rifle) all seem to be readily available and at pretty stable prices.
With the prices of the new CR line coming down below MSRP in some cases, I am hoping this is a market indicator that we will start seeing some correction in the rest of the market since prices become so artificially inflated. Older AR-15’s such as SP-1’s, AR-15A2’s, AR-15A2 Sporter HBAR’s, etc. are all still drawing premium prices.
The Colt AR-15 Resource 