To: Shooter 2.5
Colt has always used a large front pin on their civilan AR-15's as far as I know. I know that at one point they changed the trigger and hammer pin size also not sure when but would guess it was when they installed the block in the lower. I have a '68 production with the large pin. I would say it was more of quality and marketing issues which cost them. Why pay the extra money for the Colt name when you can get a better product for a lot less.
24 posted on
05/14/2003 3:36:37 PM PDT by
Kadric
To: Kadric
Colt also doesn't have much going for it in terms of customer service.
They will not sell a wide variet of rifle parts to individuals as will Bushmaster, ArmaLite, Rock River Arms and others.
Try buying a replacement 14.5" lightweight barrel from them.
To: Kadric
Really? I thought they changed the pin size during the Assault Weapons ban. It was one of the reasons why I went to an Armalite.
Thanks for the info.
28 posted on
05/14/2003 4:14:08 PM PDT by
Shooter 2.5
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