Colt – Scattered Shots

Original M16A1 Shipping Box

I fellow on Instagram some how found an original shipping box. Picture is worth saving,

Some Vintage Colt AR15 Items

Boy these two pictures are neat. The Cover thumbnail is an old issue. and below is a still NIB sporter with the tag on it. How about that price? 189 bucks!

John F Kennedy’s undelivered gold plated M-16 (1963)

In 1963 Colt made a gold plated XM16E1 rifle, the 50,000th produced (Serial number SN# 050000) as a gift intended for US President John F Kennedy. However, Colt was not able to present the gun to JFK due to his untimely assassination in November of that same year. The gun would instead be donated toContinue reading “John F Kennedy’s undelivered gold plated M-16 (1963)”

Colt AR15 and M16 Serial Numbers, 1960-1972

By Kevin O’Brien This memo’s been around as a scanned, non-OCR’d .pdf for a long time. We’ve OCR’d the PDF, and double-checked the numbers against the original data. The PDF is here:M16 Serial Number List OCR[.pdf]. The complete text is below this editorial comment. We would add the following remarks: We hope this document isContinue reading “Colt AR15 and M16 Serial Numbers, 1960-1972”

Colt Sleeved Barrel Experiment

Alas, I don’t have access to the Colt letter on this experimental project. It appears to be Lawman Mark V fitted with a Dan Wesson-style sleeved barrel. The great irony here is the latter system was patented by a former Colt employee, Karl R. Lewis, who also helped design the original Colt Mark III revolverContinue reading “Colt Sleeved Barrel Experiment”

New Colt Product at SHOT Show 2026

My proxy at SHOT has sent in some photos from SHOT of the Colt display for rifles.

Colt ACE & ACE II

I mentioned the Colt ACE 2 the other day and have been thinking about it on and off ever since. The ACE was an updated conversion slide , barrel and magazine for using a .22 long rifle. It was made to work with the series 80 guns. The original was the ACE and was originallyContinue reading “Colt ACE & ACE II”

COLT M16/LMG OVER THE YEARS

It’s a nice look at some of the LMG options Colt made over the years.

1993 Colt Combat Elite

Today we are going to look at a 1911 that belongs to a friend of mine. Made in 1993 this is the Combat Elite with the adjustable sights. He had bought this gun from a fellow around 1999 if my memory serves and carried it as his EDC until fairly recently. His ’93 Combat EliteContinue reading “1993 Colt Combat Elite”

Colt Delta HBAR

Brent shared these pictures on his instagram account. The Delta Hbar is a pre ban rifle I have long wanted. Back in the 80s Colt put this together from selected barrels to be a more accurate A2 rifle. A cheek piece was added with a leather military sling. The optic is a rubber coated 3x-9xContinue reading “Colt Delta HBAR”