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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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