Now that Colt has "suspended" sales of AR rifles to the civilian sector, is there any clear leader that takes the place of Colt?
Who, if anyone, is The New "Colt" for AR's?
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Biggfoot44
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- Aug 2, 2009
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Sort of FN . But to the extent they don't offer a full product line to the public, there isn't really a Colt replacement .
Matlack
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- Dec 15, 2008
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Sotar
Although I dropped the FN bomb, my personal vote goes to SOLGW. They are a great firearms company, I have not yet found their rifles in an HBAR but I am building one around an colt SOCOM HBAR 14.5" Barrel. I'll post pics once done.
https://youtu.be/uk6_ay9e83Q
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TheOriginalMexicanBob
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I don't know whether any one company will take the spot...considering the market today it's more a matter of which companies survive to be in the running. The saturated AR market will weed out those companies that aren't diversified enough to compete or were marginal players to begin with. Colt has said they have a 120-day supply of civilian legal rifles sitting in inventory so once that's sold off they can either decide to sit it out or restart production depending on the market and consumer demand. No demand...no new production. It makes no sense to continue building a product there's little demand for. It's not like Colt is losing sales...they've shifted production to overseas military and government contracts and that's taking up their production capacity for the time being.
Depending on how the political situation shakes out through the next election cycle the AR market can go either way. If there's a profit to be made someone will service that market.
Depending on how the political situation shakes out through the next election cycle the AR market can go either way. If there's a profit to be made someone will service that market.
I'm itching to build an AR with their 13.7" barrel/upper. I have a 16" dissipator and a 14.7" M4A1 socom type. I'm in between a braced pistol build or just another "as short as legally possible" rifle build.
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S&W and Sig both offer broad AR15 line ups at comparable price points to Colt, so I'd probably lean towards one of them as a replacement in the market.
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Combloc
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The only thing I'd consider is an FN.
smokey
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Colt is still colt. Colt isnt haulting sales to the private market. They're switching production capacity to prioritize government purchases since the private sector is flush with colt inventory. No need to keep making rifles nobody is buying when there's lots of rifles on distributor shelves.
platoonDaddy
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Combloc
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Please point me to the distributors selling all the unsold Colt's. I'd like to buy some.
I was waiting for this.
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