Anybody have any smoking deals right now?




Travis

Lots of deals out there. They're even selling them without furniture. Prices keep going down. I'd hold tight. I have a feeling they'll start dumping even more soon at a lower price to generate money.....

Just as an example...I've seen dealer cost drop into the high $600's from a few distributors.

I bought a 6920-OEM1 (no furniture) for 720
Added Aimpoint PRO and PINK furniture for the wife

http://www.tombstonetactical.com/catalog/colt/col-ar-oem1-556-16.1-no-frn-30/

Is this considered a decent price for this model?

http://www.tombstonetactical.com/catalog/colt/clt-carbine-a3-m4-16.1-223-30r/

I'm looking at my first AR purchase so I'm not interested at this point in figuring out which handguard, buttstock, sights, etc I'd like to get, at what cost, etc. If I get into that kind of "loonyism" later down the road, I know I'll have plenty of options then.

Thanks for your help guys,

Geno

We all more than likely missed the good deal price Wally World had on them at $500 when they sold off everything considered to be tactical. By the time I heard about them they were sold out.

It is fore sure that both demand and prices are going down. They were once priced at $2000 right after Obama was elected the second time...

I'd say it's a pretty decent price. For sure you won't get hurt on buying one of those. I have two of those 6920's and I think it's the most for the least if you want a proven mil-spec rifle that will function well and retain its value.

so I have learned that a mid gassed gun with a 15 inch rail on it with a balance forward feeling is easier to shoot accurately holding it in your hands vs a carbine gassed gun with a short forearm..still want an extra 6920 however.

I got my 6920 MP versions for $1800 for the pair.

I don't mind spending extra for Colt anymore than spending extra for IMI ammo.

Hmmmm....




Travis

Try Grabagun.com. I got my M1A for almost $400 less than retail. E

Travis/Clark/Dave,

You think he's got insider info ?

Geno

Hey Travis, I just checked all the live feeds I get for used. They're crazy. They all want more than current NIB. Stick with watching the emails and gun rags. my .02

Already seeing sub $500 off brands, I predict a market correction.

Found a OEM 1 for $655.

Can't beat that IMO.

Thanks for all the replies.




Travis

Nice

Yes, that's quite a deal.

Travis,
Was it a Colt LEO 6920? If so, that's around $80-100 less than what I've been seeing.

I don't know. I can tell you when it gets here.




Travis

LD,

It's the second from the right.

http://www.colt.com/Catalog/Rifles/LE6920Series.aspx

That's a 6920.

Where'd you find that price?

This is Mama's new gun

6920-OEM1
Aimpoint PRO
Magpul stuff
Stuck on a badger latch and a flip up BUIS

Congrats. I think they are top-shelf. I bought one about a year ago from a buddy who was down on his luck and wanting to sell some stuff. I don't have quite twice that in it, but close. That's what they were selling for at Walmart at the time so...

I think you got an excellent buy. I guess they could get cheaper, but that's a good buy right now and they're just a solid-as-a-rock weapon.

The 24hourcampfire.

Duh.




Dave

That's the same plastic I ordered for mine!




Travis

They're unbeatable.




Travis

Sounds like a bargain to me - I did about the same as EE with a LE6920 from Walmart for almost double what your into this one...

I got my wife one of the 6920's when Wallyworld was dumping them cheap. She shot it with my spare eotech for a while then decided she didnt like the front sight.

Its now the bedroom gun and is superb in that role as she got lucky in the Dicks/ Troy debacle.

She went to buy new running shoes and came home with a Troy for $750 NIB. I traded the quad rail to a member her for the Alpha rail on it.

She's a fairly shrewd negotiator as somehow a few week ago she convinced a guy at the gun show to trade her a NIB Aimpoint CompM4 for her Eotech XPS.


(Need to take a new pic of it)

I hope Shrapnel gets pictures for us.

Travis,
That was a good deal on the 6920. My favorite can of whup-ass.
You've probably got furniture and glass hanging around for it already, anyway.

Wouldn't mind finding one at that price. Eotech needs a new ride since the ACOG came along.

I didn't at first, but Gruff left his AR laying in his pickup, so now I do.




Travis

I wanted one of the tan Magpul edition 6920's that Walmart was selling at the time, but I decided to get my friend's instead. I ended up getting black Magpul furniture for it, which is how it sits now.

Huba-bubba edition

He takes that one cruisin for chicks.

Some $$'s fell from the sky. Anybody seeing LEO 6920's at better than $699 right now?

Where are they for $699?

Guess you talking the ones on GB without furniture?

Yes, without furniture. But, not from GB.

I find myself liking or using GB less and less.

I wish, I just bought one new from Sportsman's Warehouse like three weeks ago with magpul furniture 999.00. My first Colt, been wanting to try them.

If I can find one for the price your talking I'd buy another colt right now.

I recently bought one from Tombstone tactical and found some cheaper the next day on GB....doh!!

Where are you finding yours for less that GB??

Not cheaper. Just not GB. Try gunwatcher.com, for starters.

This thing's a bit ridiculous.

Federal factory stuff. 62'gr something or other. Shot for a five shot group after zeroing at 100yds.



Federal factory stuff. 77gr. Sierra BTHP's.


Gonna add some tritiums and then it's done.

Sweet, I haven't sighted my new one in yet and I'm debating on doing that right now along with a new 22 or pheasant hunting. Plus I got two new pistols that need shooting as well.

That's the same rifle I got accept different furniture and those pics are encouraging, I hope mine shoots like yours.

Go pheasant hunting.

It will shoot. Zero doubt.




Travis

I took your advice.

To hot for the pooch here today, my wife went as a spectator and was freaking out over the heat for the dog. She put the kabosh to it quickly; half hour like. So disgruntled, I took them all home and grabbed the new 22lr xt 22, S&w 9mm shield and bought this Friday along with shotgun Glock 20. I previously owned and sold the 29, but this 20 is a keeper. Shoots 180 grain hydra shocks like a wet dream. The Mrs. and myself shot the shield excellent as well. 22 shoots the remington golden boolits nicely at 50 steps.

Travis, I got an eotech on a DDXV the others I had got sold. What's a decent scope for these AR's??? I sold my bolt action not cause i wanted to i had to varmint guns and would like to use this for some varmints and yotes.

I didn't take it today, I decided to wait till I get some glass

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Latest additions all bought within this month. I got to back off a bit the CFO here isn't happy with me. Thank god she bought a new leather living room set. The recliner and reclining couch and I have bonded lately....

Travis, looks like you got a keeper. Nice shootin, BTW. Whatcha doing for tritium?

http://shop.georgiagunstore.com/index.php?crn=2221&rn=23771&action=show_detail

http://www.sportsmansoutdoorsuperst...olt-m4-carbine-5.56mm-kryptek-highlander

http://www.sportsmansoutdoorsuperst...colt-m4-carbine-5.56-magpul-moe-od-green

you know I can see the OEM versions costing less without the furniture however I wonder if Colt is cutting corners on these guns now. That gun in Gainesville has me interested.

There were no corners cut on mine. Thing is flawless yo.

I think Colt is selling at an all time low. But they'll only sell dealers HUGE quantities of product.




Travis

Travis, I think you hit the nail on the head. Colt is having financial issues. What is the cornerstone of any business? CASH FLOW.

I popped a trifecta of Krypteks, spaced out over a period of a couple few days in between. The Magpul furniture is expensive by itself, $200-250. Word to the wise.

LD,

I just saw your question about tritiums. I'll just end up buying whatever Brownells has. The ones with the single dog in the front post and two dots on the A2 rear. I like 'em.




Travis

My local FFL said Colt will no longer allow retailers to buy one or two of their products. If you want to place an order for their AR's, it has to be substantial.

I assume he's telling the truth because he used to carry Colts all the time and has had nothing but love for them.



Travis

You'd better get a Katana for your kids while you're at it. Keeps the biters at a distance instead of having to get right up on them.

Walking through a coulee with my son yesterday.

"Know what I'm thinking of buying?"

"What's that son."

"A sword from Cold Steel."

"Yeah son, I was just thinking you could really use a good sword."

"Yeah."




Travis

Oh boy! That's never happened before!

I think bankruptcy is part of their business model.

That's the Katana Machete. The kid thinks it's cool and I thought it was cooler than the $40 in my wallet was.

^^ Parenting Win

My LGS/FFL used to stock some Colts, too. As his business has grown, he's stocking more guns. However, he has moved away from Colts in AR choices for the same reason.

We're in good hands!

It's amazing what a big difference the little stuff makes when they're young....

Flave .... what made you choose the A2 buttstock? I've been thinking similar for my 6920 and getting away from the Magpul.

Because the A2 level of cool matches my level of cool.

Also, butt stroking cannot be done proper with a janky collapsible type.

Last but not last, I crawl the stock with irons and like full stock. And this one is going to always wear irons.



Travis

I don't dig the flippin' yanking of facial hair with the magpul stock. I haven't had better luck with the mil-spec option either.

I like the A2's, too.. a lot. But, if somebody's trying to give me a $200-250 worth of camo furniture I'm guessing somebody's gonna want in exchange for me buying their brandy new Colt LE M4 for $760, yeah, I'll bite.

Truth is, all the T6's rattle that I've ever picked up, 4 or 6 position. Same with the Magpuls, far as I've ever seen. Makes the A2's start to look a lot better, especially if you're mounting anything larger than an ACOG, red dot, or holographic and shooting anything at distance.

I have always preferred them and have always wanted a regular HBAR. But when I found these without furniture I figured what's another $40 to swap the buffer tube.

I like it.




Travis

Wish my DD would do that

What's a DD?




Travis

Daniel Defense I believe.

correct

Travis did yours come with a carry handle?

For those of you that prefer the A2 stock configuration, CDNN has the Colt HBAR2 Match Target models with the removable carry handle on sale for $799.00.
Sounds like a smokin deal to me on a new Colt AR-15

I'm thinking of picking up a spare AR-15 for Ranch useage. And I'm thinking this deal is hard to beat for the money, also.

http://www.cdnnsports.com/colt-match-target-223-competition-hbar-ii.html#.VjFeqfOCOrU

Several 6720s listed on slick guns, starting at $780 with free shipping, it's tempting me to add a second 6720.

jimmyp, sorry. I didn't see this earlier. No, they didn't cut any corners. It's a standard m4 with that Magpul kryptek camo furniture. Chrome lined barrel, 1:7 twist. Front iron sight. No rear. No carry handle.

That's a good deal. Not sure, but IIRC, that's the match grade barrel.

Negative.




Travis

That's a damn good deal.




Travis

Are those supposed to be good?




Travis

functionally very good, their chromed barrels are not in my opinion like they used to be..

I've always considered Colts to be the be-all, end-all in functionality. Is there something better?




Travis

Colt has no magic today though still very good........lots of equally good or better.

If you want the best, get KAC, period.

MM

Which are equal or better?

I don't know what KAC stands for.



Travis

KAC = Knight's Armament Company

But, to be fair, they are 2x+ the price of a 6920.

IMO, as good or better: YMMV

Stag, Sig, Spikes, S&W, Noveske, Daniel Defense, LMT, RRA, Wilson, White Oak, to name a few recognized brands.

Some can be had for same or lower $$$ as a Colt, some are substantially more.

Guess it just depends on what you want to do with it & how much you want to pay.

The Stag 3G is a great buy.

MM

MontanaMan, are you talking SR-15. KAC makes great rifles. I wouldn't mind having one. But, you're talking 3 times what a 6920 goes for.

Yes, you're right & I said that in my comment.........but Travis was asking about "better", not how much "better" costs.

As usual, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

MM

Oh, Ok. Gotcha.

Same thing with LMT or Noveske. Wouldn't mind at all having one of these, either.

Yeah, I wouldn't mind a roomful of those either..........but I really do like the KAC's better.

MM

To me and 4-5 or them IIRC Colt is always very very good functionally, it's a carbine gas IIRC, DD has some mid length gas guns, I like them. Noveske is good, uses FN barrels, had RRA and Bushmaster, RRA is just ok, bushmaster blows, never had a spikes but have 3 of their lowers. I have a stag 6.8 bolt it is good, my friend has a stag carbine, no problems. I am saving for another Colt I feel you should always have at least one Colt.

The only AR's I have been truly exposed to are Colts and I have never seen one fail. Ever.



Travis

My Colts have never been anything but tough as nails and extremely accurate right out of the box.

And same as Flave, mine haven't failed ever. I put a real nice Leupold scope on the one recently, and it's hosted at least 3 other optics. Lots of rounds through it and NEVER burped. The other one currently wears an ACOG TA31F with a TA51 mount. Just emailed my gunnie on opinions for a new forend for that one this morning. Probably go MWI or Troy again.

I've literally seen hundreds, (probably more like 1,000) and they ummm.... work a bit more than good.




Travis

yes and thank you I need to replace my 6720 that I traded for the DD M4V11.

Q. How many AR 15 should you have? A. One more than you have now.

Same applies to Glock 9mms in my neck of the woods.

I'm still in the market for an AR this year but new to all the terminology. What's the difference btwn "6920" and "6720" Colts?

Geno

The main difference is the barrel. The 6920 has the "stepped" M-4 type barrel whereas the 6720's is termed "lightweight" and is straight, about the same diameter as the flash hider.

Thanks, much appreciated.

No difference in the internals then, still mostly "mil -spec" stuff. Bolt carrier group and trigger parts?

Geno

Yes

A family member recently bought a new Colt 6920 MOE edition. He picked up a box of XM193 and that carbine was shooting that stuff very well.

Very tempting with all the good deals out there lately.

Man you bunch of enablers! I just made a trade deal on a NIB 6920 and I haven't even got to shoot the new PSA i bought last week. After reading a bunch of reviews here and other plcaes I figured having two ARs in the house, one being a Colt aint a bad thing at all.

Colts are money well spent.




Travis

Just a heads-up....NIB - Colt LE6920 OEM2 $695 FTF (Omaha) or + $15/shipping
http://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/10661680#Post10661680

Went out today and bought a colt LE6920 tan flat dark earth model for $980.Not a great price but seemed fair.

Good buy coobie.



Travis

Georgia Gun is out of the 6920's like I bought, but other sites have them. I also saw a couple sites with 6920's with Kryptek Bounty Hunter furniture for $744-755. One had free shipping.

So is have the 6920 for wife
Looking at a white oak upper for Mark 12-ish precision riots that left is reliable
What lower would you reccomend?

Also interested in a 6920...my dealer here has them in stock for a G. I guess it's the "standard" version with collapsible stock and magpul flip up sights...I think he might wiggle a little tho. See a fair amount of deals that will beat that but I gotta have the CA legal with bullet button and most of the big distributors don't carry those.

Certifiable, Can't say for sure if these guys can help with the bullet button nonsense, but here's a link for another one I picked up today. If they would do it for maybe a C or less, you'd still be way ahead. Best deal so far. $744 + $12.95 shipping. Buyin cheap and stackin deep.

http://www.gunsnammostore.com/p-130...o-161-301-magpul-highlander-stk-blk.aspx

Thanks LD, I'll holler at them and see if it's doable..
I used to never be interested in the little shorty AR's, but all this chatter has got me thinking it might be time to expand my horizons.

If anybody has anything else to say about the colts in comparison to some of the other comparable factory offerings (ruger,stag,etc..) and wants to share I'm all ears. I own a DPMS and a stag 6 and love them, but something tells me I should own a Colt..

Certifiable, go Colt now. There's not a reason not to at this price. They're practically giving them away. I paid a heckuva lot more for my others.

Be sure and get a bag of Fritos to go with it.

Great pic. What's the shack in the distance?

That's our house, ass hole!



Dave

HAR!

Flavette's Hair and Styling Salon

GITSUM!

TFF

I ended up going PSA today.

They have good prices on Lake City ball.

Took the time to work on load development this weekend.

I loaded 10 with LC brass, Remington 7 1/2's, 75gr Hornady BTHP's and 25.0gr's of CFE223. They shot great at the 100 so I loaded 50 more.

Load development complete. Sun was brutal out there so the pics are kinda schitty. It's a 3 1/4" blade for reference.

3 at the 250.



3 more at the 320.

That's two at the tip and one over the serrations.



Haven't ran A2 sights in a long time and I'm looking forward to this summer and shooting this thing. Only thing wrong with my dope was I was about two clicks left. Will run it out to the 4 and 5 next then it's time to fire up the Dillon.

You loading them to max mag constraints/ 2.26ish? I'm using 65gr sgk's with 335 and getting damn good groups. Need to try cfe.

These are around 2.24. Using Lancers.




Travis

I'm not all that impressed with CFE. I just have 8lbs of it and want to use it up.




Travis

I've only tried CFE 223 with 64gr BSB and they did so-so. I got a few lbs. left and want to try something different. Right now I'm mass-producing 77 TMK bullets with 24gr TAC. Great combo.

I'm going to try the Sierra TMK's next. But I had too many of these to not use.




Travis

Just checked Georgia and Sportsman and they've got the LE6920's for 760 and 819.00 respectively. Sportsman offers free shipping, not sure about Georgia. They're both TOOS though.

Wtf is TOOS?

Temporarily Out Of Stock, which means the post on the price means nothing.

When they get some more they will be 1100 bucks or more you can bet on it...Dealer cost is about 980 right Now...The Dealer I picked mine up at today was on the phone with his dist and asked if he had any more Colts Nope!!!! Out of stock with no ETA.

Hahahaha! You all got fugked!

'Flave wins again!




Travis

I took a tube of Vaseline with me...Because I knew I was getting Fugked before hand....

You just got done playing catch-up.

At least you had ample warning.




Dave

Catch up?

'Flave got his Colt at the ALL time low.

Winning! Tiger's blood!



Charles

That's pretty nice. You can always add brick veneer to the front. Remember to keep the grass trimmed to conform to your homeowner's association's covenant and just to not piss the neighbors off and lower everybody's property values. Go along to get along, I always say.

Well ain't you Mr. Fancy!

I spent our last dollar on my Colt. No veneer for this family.




Dave

Personally, I think that Birdwatching Station that the militia took over in Oregon looks pretty damned livable. Gots a sweet deck. It would make a fine backdrop for gun pics there I expect. But I wouldn't live in Oregon.

Got it for a G spot and threw on some furniture that was more functional and which didn't pluck my phuqkin beard hairs

Is that slobber on the Buffer tube?......

Funny chit.

This guy likes them.

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2015/09/08/ar-endurance-findings-at-a-rental-range/

I had always wanted a Colt until I got one....I kept it about 5 Days!! I just could not get over the crappy Machining...The worst I have ever seen on a AR it looked like the parts where beat with a hammer before the Anodizing was applied and the mag well looked like it was cut with a grinder...I am pretty sure it would function perfect Though...It is pretty bad when 40 dollar uppers and lowers from Anderson have better machining.. The good news I didn't lose a penny on the deal.

I have 6 currently and 3 others I've owned and sold and never seen anything like that or heard of any like that. For the money, I don't think you can beat them for a hard use utility rifle.

Google it...Apparently I am not the only one that got a rough looking Colt....I will buy another one someday...If I can find one with nice machining....I prefer to beat up my own rifles!!!!!

I picked up a triple while they were on sale. I did get one dud from Georgia Gun that the upper receiver was already scratched up. I refused it and sent it back. The owner was acting kinda pissy about it, but saw and did the right thing in the end. I think he just really couldn't believe I was actually sending it back, while they were selling like hotcakes.

That surprises me too. Honest to goodness, there was a time when I could tell a Colt from 20 feet just by the finish. They were that much better looking than everything thing else.

Mine looks great.




Dave

Mine also is one of the best finished and fitting AR's I have. So far I have shot 2 mags through it, cleaned it, and put it away.

Tightest fit, best finish I've seen are on today's Colts.


And of course they work.

I looked at a 6721 yesterday. It had a very nice finish, I must have got a Monday or Friday built 6920. I am going to pick the 6721 up this afternoon.

My 10 year old Colts are still the cat's ass, as far as I'm concerned. Didn't see anything with the new ones I bought recently to make me think otherwise, either.

Agreed. The Colt rifles I owned in the mid-90s weren't nearly as nice as my current Colt rifles.

what do you consider "loose" upper to lower fit? If it moves a tad or if it rattles?

Nice knife.....

How the hell can you beat that for under $20.00!