Colt Canada rifles to the public?

[JimboJones]

I personally know Matt Kirkpatrick and he has been trying to get Colt rifles in the hands of civvies for a few years now. He is an avid shooter/ competitor and a great guy!! this is not a surplus sell off.

Next time you see him, tell him thanks. I'm going to be all over this like a dirty shirt.

 

[00aught]

Sounds good.

I wonder how long they had these 1000 semi only diemaco rifles...

Sounds like a police order that never went through.

When did they say the rifle are already built? They said


"The production run on the guns will be in lots of 1,000 rifles. They will be marked as Diemaco rifles."

Meaning they WILL be made in lots of 1000.

He even said "The rifles would be made to the same specifications as those provided to the Canadian Forces.

He didn't say they have been made.

 

[TJspeller]

What's special about these, compared to any other decent quality AR?

 

[Mister Donut]

Is it too early to fantasize about a reasonable price? The equivilant to what Americans pay for their Colt ARs?

 

[Arnie's Guns]

I'm in!

 

[Bird Blaster]

can I get a NR one

 

[Bigdigs]

What's special about these, compared to any other decent quality AR?

The biggest single factor is going to be nostalgia / etc. (think of all the C7/ C8 clone threads,....)

 

[Bigdigs]

I wonder if we can enlist Colt Canada to help lobby to have the AR moved to NR,... since they now make dedicated civilian rifles.....

(while all AR sales would go through roof if so,... theirs would probably explode).

 

[maxman1]

What's special about these, compared to any other decent quality AR?

Hammer forged barrel, fourteen rails instead of thirteen on the Picatinny rail, and plastics capable of withstanding arctic temperatures.

 

[Ms359]

I wonder if we can enlist Colt Canada to help lobby to have the AR moved to NR,... since they now make dedicated civilian rifles.....

(while all AR sales would go through roof if so,... theirs would probably explode).

Good idea

 

[Ar180shooter]

If it was a police order, wouldn't they be select fire, not semi-auto?

Not necessarily. Lots of Police departments will still order semi-only rifles.

 

[rally guy]

This is interesting to say the least.

 

[Sinasta]

When I spoke to him, he said in about a months time.

 

[maxman1]

Think Colt Canada will try to outsell Norinco?

 

[Daver_II]

If it was a police order, wouldn't they be select fire, not semi-auto?

Police dont have the need or budget to buy select fire. You certainly would not want a cop to flip the switch by accident. (Yes that does happen)

 

[Ar180shooter]

Think Colt Canada will try to outsell Norinco?

Doubtful. I'm expecting the price range to be somewhere between DD and KAC.

 

[my72jeep]

Definitely I'll get one if the price is reasonable.

Same here but I bet they will be over priced.

 

[Daver_II]

When did they say the rifle are already built? They said


"The production run on the guns will be in lots of 1,000 rifles. They will be marked as Diemaco rifles."

Meaning they WILL be made in lots of 1000.

He even said "The rifles would be made to the same specifications as those provided to the Canadian Forces.

He didn't say they have been made.

He never said they were already built, I only wonder because they are marked as diemaco, which is a now defunct company.

Why would you re-tool to manufacture new diemaco parts? Now imagine you had some left over "NIB" from before..... and here is a chance to sell them...

I only say police because military ones would have been select fire.

so yeah... these rifles "would" be available in the future, but it does not mean that they are new manufacture.

I happen to know there are companies in Canada that are sitting on piles of rifles that they are not able to sell, and they are lobbying the government to permit the sale of said rifles...

Also, if I had ex-police or military firearms I wanted to sell commercially, I would never admit that to the government, Think of how much harder it is to sell a "military" or "police" rifle to civilians... a "civilian version" however... even though it is mechanically the same, is an easier sell to the uneducated politicians and public.

Either way, I dont care.

I would love a CC or Diemaco C8, regardless of when it was made or for who.

 

[A'garton]

The Canadian Army buys C7s at $3000 a piece so don't expect too much of the price drop.

 

[Daver_II]

The Canadian Army buys C7s at $3000 a piece so don't expect too much of the price drop.

Ha ha ha.... government procurement is an animal.... don't count on paying government prices...