You should check out the A2 subforum on ARFCOM to get more info.Ĭolt did some other goofy stuff with these rifles during the production run (sear blocks, half moon carriers, oversized nonstandard FCG pin sizes) that may change the value but don't let people run it down because it doesn't have a bayonet lug on it. That makes them very sought after by those in states that can only have pre. BATF has allowed some pre-ban damaged to be replaced with post-ban lowers with numbers outside. It looks like the serial numbers below 134 were pre-ban rifles from the Clinton AWB. Serial numbers in this range were not run in order. There are also a small number of US Air Force M16 Colts Model 604 found in this serial number range. bbl M4 carbine clones the old A2's still have a following such as buyers in MA, Colt Fanbois (which I am not) and guys looking for retro A2's. Colt M4 Carbine serial number starts with LE Camo finish. Highest know example is 418,XXX and dates from the early 1970’s. While most buyers today want short and s****y 16 in. If you want a factory built A2 style rifle it is one of the better options in terms of quality. For shooters they've still got the same slab sided lower and dumb screw pin used in the SP1. Yes, the green label AR15 marked rifles with the lug command more from collectors.

Colt discovered that other companies (Bushmaster and Eagle Arms) were simply going to take the market if they abandoned it so they re-introduced the AR15A2 as the 'Sporter.'Ĭolt voluntarily removed the bayonet lug on these rifles but kept the flash hider until they were forced to remove it in 1994. These were made between 19 after Colt briefly pulled AR15 marked rifles from the market after the Stockton CA shooting. What he's got is a blue label pre-ban Colt Sporter.

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