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Your Colt manufactured AR-15 just gained 20% in value
2019-09-19
[Gear Scout] Legendary small arms manufacturer Colt has officially bowed away from producing long guns for the civilian market.

The Truth About Guns reported that the move came to light after one of Colt’s numerous retailers, RSR Group, announced to their customers that the company had made it known that they would cease building and selling rifles to the civilian market in order to pay more attention to regaining lost ground on vital military contracts.

Colt’s current lineup of rifles is all based entirely on the AR platform.

Colt made waves in the long gun market in the 1960s after buying the design and trademarks associated with ArmaLite’s select-fire AR-15 and AR-10 rifles, the former of which was adopted by the US military as the M16 assault rifle.

By the mid-1960s, Colt began selling a semi-automatic version, dubbed the Colt AR-15, to the civilian market, and the rifle began steadily ascending in popularity among a variety of consumers, from recreational shooters, hunters, and law enforceme nt.
Posted by:Besoeker

#10  Got a clean used SP-01 several years ago for $1100.00 It has the old school looks and it runs just fine.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-09-19 14:43  

#9  Cool, the LE 6940 has been a nice hog shooter. Put on a Windham 300 blackout upper, Daniel Defense bcg, with a FLIR thermal. Gives me a warm feeling during treacherous tropical systems like Imelda, which was supposed to be dead now.
Posted by: BrujoTejano   2019-09-19 14:14  

#8  Checked their site; platforms starting at just above $1000; not an entry level price point but much better than 'lost it in a yachting misfortune' price.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2019-09-19 13:07  

#7  Well, I don't know - I've carried M-16 for years: regular & reservist. I've slept with it - put under the mattress, it makes a reasonable pillow.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2019-09-19 11:53  

#6  The graph depicts Colt Python (no longer manufactured) pistols vs AR's. Obviously condition is the key. Original box, add a few dollars more.
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-09-19 11:40  

#5  Colt’s current lineup of rifles is all based entirely on the AR platform.

Very competitive market; no experience with Colt but if those (chart graphic) are the prices...wow.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2019-09-19 11:24  

#4  I like LMT.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2019-09-19 11:11  

#3  Finally something I own is worth something.
Posted by: Iblis   2019-09-19 11:03  

#2  Colt has been cutting corners and not adapting to the market and is some serious financial trouble.
Posted by: DarthVader   2019-09-19 08:51  

#1  FN and H&K have been eating Colt's military market share. Colt got where it is by doing what far too many government contractors do, to wit making their margins via shoddy workmanship.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-09-19 06:20  

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