An August, 1992 single page advertisement from ‘Sports Afield’ magazine for the new Colt model R6830 7.62x39mm Sporter Lightweight rifle. The model R6830 would not appear in the Colt catalog until 1993.

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I have expanded ‘thecoltar15resource’ to MeWe which is an alternative to the censorship of Facebook and Instagram. I really like what I see there so far. A bit over a million members but I anticipate it will continue to grow.

We are currently here on the internet, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and now MeWe.

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I discovered this uncommon variation of the Colt Expanse CE2000 line in a local Arms List advertisement.

It came from the factory in FDE cerakote, Magpul stock, grip and sights. Heavy barrel with Smith Enterprises vortex flash hider. I contacted the seller but unfortunately the rifle had sold. I asked if he had any additional photos but he did not.

Mail call today was an old single page advertisement out of ‘American Hunter’ magazine. Unfortunately, I do not know what year it was published. The ad references “18 years ago” so I will dig into it a bit deeper at a later date.

I added a section to the website documenting six Colt roll dies that sold on Ebay on 13 May 2020. Roll dies are not seen on the market too often. You can see a summary of the roll die sale here: https://thecoltar15resource.com/roll-dies/

There are sub-albums with detailed photos of all six roll dies that were sold.

Vickers Guide AR-15 Volume 1 (2nd Edition) pre-order ends on 31 May 2020. That leaves you thirteen days to save some money. Head over to https://www.vickersguide.com/purchase?category=Book to purchase the new and expanded AR-15 Volume 1 (2nd Edition) that has been expanded to over 600 pages of early AR-15 history.

Artwork image of Eugene Stoner from a November 2019 issue of Guns & Ammo ‘Retro’ magazine. This one man and his designs has had such a significant impact on my life.

Picked up a new in box LE6960-CCU today. A unique, out of production rifle that I have been wanting for a long time. More to come on it soon.

DOD Contract Notice for April 29, 2020:

“FN America LLC, Columbia, South Carolina (W56HZV-20-D-0024); and Colt’s Manufacturing Co. LLC, West Hartford, Connecticut (W56HZV-20-D-0025), will compete for each order of the $383,311,941 firm-fixed-price contract to provide M16A4 rifles for Foreign Military Sales (Afghanistan, Grenada, Iraq, Lebanon and Nepal). Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of April 28, 2025. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Detroit Arsenal, Michigan, is the contracting activity.”

Colt 2012 rifle catalog and 2012 commercial pistol/rifle catalog covers.