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Holy Ammo Kit

A throw back to Iraq in 2003/2004…Carrier, Chaplains Kit, Desert. Although these were intended to carry a Chaplains kit (2 carriers contained the contents of one kit for field religious services) these carriers were great for carrying extra 30-round magazines. We used them to carry an additional basic load (210 rounds) tucked away neatly inContinue reading “Holy Ammo Kit”

1965 Popular Science Article on Colt SP-1

This is a one page article that appeared in the Feb. 1965 issue of Popular Science promoting the Colt AR-15 Sporter.

Colt Prototype SP901 .308 WIN Upper Receiver

This Colt SP901 Prototype .308 WIN upper receiver appeared in the Colt 2011 product catalog as a new item. However, this upper receiver design never went into production and I think it may be the only one of its kind. Please note in the video that I mispoke about barrel length early in the video.Continue reading “Colt Prototype SP901 .308 WIN Upper Receiver”

The 5.56x45mm SS109 Cartridge

This post contains a September 1984 magazine article from SWAT magazine that discusses the SS109 cartridge that was in the process of being adopted at the time and contains seven tables of test data.

Colt 1974 Military Catalog

The images are a digital scan of the catalog in my collection. When this catalog was published, Colt products had proven themselves, not only in the conflict in SE Asia, but in operations elsewhere around the globe as the M16A1 became the standard U.S. Army rifle.

Colt CR6762

I am about a month late getting my “new” Colt CR6762 7.62X39mm carbine to the range. During my military career I fired numerous Soviet Bloc, Chinese and European variants of the AK/RPK family which all had average accuracy at best. I have heard great things about the accuracy of 7.62x39mm out of the Colt barrelContinue reading “Colt CR6762”