Posted on 11/29/2016 5:25:55 AM PST by Joe Brower
Gunsite, Az, at the Colt Media Event, Colt unveiled the finished version of their new M16A1 retro build named the Colt M16A1 Reissue. We were lucky to get a sneak peek of the Colt M16A1 Reissue back in May 2016 during the NRA Annual Meeting in Kentucky. The retro rifle is built from with original Colt furniture, new manufactured receiver set and new barrel. The Colt M16A1 Reissue should be available in early 2017, if not sooner.
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This was my first centerfire rifle -- bought from a fellow Corpsman back in 1980 for $300. Bagged my first hog with it. Proved to be an ideal rifle for the hot & muggy Florida environment.
I like the old M16A1.
You won’t see any nostalgia for the M1 Garand though, I like my thumb uninjured.
I think my early 1970s Colt SP1 is better. It doesn’t have the Forward Assist. And I bet mine cost me a hell of a lot less than this thing will go for.
BTW, anybody here know what the little holes are for on the rear and front sight dials ? I do.
Carried the M16 for many years in the Army. Three prong flash suppressor to the bird cage then on to the Heavy Barrel.
I have four of them. Properly timed, they aren’t that much of a problem.
My girl friend has one of those with a heavy barrel. Wonder what it’s worth?
They quit using the three prong because troops would use them to break bands on supplies is what I remember. Birdcage stopped that.
You guessed it....the bullet tip of a round. Curiously, I think this was taken from some of the screws on an M1 Carbine. The front band screws were scalloped so that a cartridge rim could be used to unscrew them.
I heard that the open-prong FH would also get snagged up in heavy brush. Sounds reasonable, although I never encountered this. I got snagged up plenty, but the rifle never did. $B-)
Probably;y.
Here is a quote from the linked article:
"However, it will cost $2,499 MSRP due to being a limited production item."
Geez....I got mine for $400 way back when.
It did get snagged up and some did use the prongs for opening C Ration cases.
But I do believe the real reason was to cut down on muzzle flash at night. Plus the bottom of the bird cage is solid with was to help with muzzle rise.
Pretty impressive muzzle flash at night with either one.
Loading a Garand properly or closing the bolt without maiming yourself just takes a little practice.
Marines and GI’s did it millions of times in WWII and Korea.
I loaded and fired mine left handed in boot at P.I. and still do.
Never had a problem.
Never had an issue with the flash hider and brush. On the other hand, the BFA and camo nets were another matter. I swear any time I would get near camo netting with the BFA attached, the two would seek each other out and entangle themselves like demon lovers.
I don’t think I’d argue with that.
Wonder how long it would take me to field strip that puppy. I can see myself back at Fort Knox back in 1985 assembling and reassembling it over, and over, and over...
The solid bottom of the birdcage was not so much a matter of preventing muzzle rise as it was to prevent dust from kicking up when shooting in the prone.
The old handguards are crap & too flimsy.
A properly timed Garand involves four main parts. Bullet guide, Follower Arm, Follower Rod, and Operating Rod Catch. To correct bad timing (using a timing block) involves replacement of these parts and combinations until the sequence is correct.
An untimed Garand can tend to want to close the bolt early which results in the “Garand thumb” in question.
If you go back and look at early John Garand films of him demonstrating his weapon, there was no problem with the thumb.
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