Colt Canada rifles to the public?

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D 23 said:
You guys that say CC don't make any of their parts should probably go do the factory tour.

It may serve you better than just random guessing or repeating regurgitated internet BS....


I'm down for one when they become available regardless of price or who makes what.

You only have to open one and look at the machining, QC, coatings etc. to see the difference for yourself between a real Milspec rifle like Colt Canada's C7/8 (which is NOT Colt USA) and some psudo "Milspec" gun like the DD that makes rails for the DOD Stateside.
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Yo man, don't be dissing DD, which is indeed a milspec rifle with a CHF barrel to boot. I want a Colt Canada rifle too because, like you, I believe them to be some of the finest AR's made today, and for the sake of nostalgia from my time in the CF, but that doesn't take anything away from DD. Nothing "psuedo" or fake about them..
 
Navy Gunner said:
Wasn't there a mention of a 35th anniversary edition of a C7 for CF members? Is that still going ahead?
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If you read through all the posts there is talk of a 30 year anniversary edition that would be made available to any previous LE/Mil personnel. However it seems from the way this thread is going that these rifles will be made available to anyone willing to spend the correct amount of cash, what that correct amount will be is the source of much interest. I myself put a basic Colt Canada C7 at a value of around $1,750 max. if it is to be priced fairly, but no one ever said life was fair.
 
Boltgun said:
Let me work on one for ya B :)

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Don't forget to tell them I'm internet famous. I have a podcast and everything. Comes out every.......once in a while. It's listened to by....well....dozens at least. :cool:

Hmmmm, yeah maybe a T&E version or two. I'd like to do a side by side comparison between the standard C7 config and the C7UIR. I'll send back the one I like least. Yeah, that's it, that's the ticket. :dancingbanana:
 
Gunnerlove said:
Cpl-MWO a person who orders a crown to be scraped clean is an ignorant prick.
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my favorite quote from basic in regards to the C7 "there is a party in your barrel and i wasnt invited" (big ass MCpl to the guy beside me)..... then the rifle proceded to be tossed a few bunks over.

I heard they dont do that anymore. There were parts of some of the CFLRS rifles that almost looked chrome from being cleaned so much lol.
 
crash277 said:
my favorite quote from basic in regards to the C7 "there is a party in your barrel and i wasnt invited" (big ass MCpl to the guy beside me)..... then the rifle proceded to be tossed a few bunks over.

I heard they dont do that anymore. There were parts of some of the CFLRS rifles that almost looked chrome from being cleaned so much lol.
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I've seen gouge marks down the bore of some C6, and C9 barrels, especially near the chamber. I had to look again just to make sure I wasn't confusing it with the rifling. I've seen people use Scotch Brite and even bust out their gerbers to scrape carbon off some parts just to get it clean for inspection. Parts certainly were clean, but it'd looked like something had been chewing on it.
 
Robbs said:
Speaking of vertical grips, when the C7 was first issued I learned to use the thermold magazines as a vertical grip just to keep the damn thing from dropping out on me. The first time in the field, more time was spent looking around the ground for your lost mags that fell out than anything else! I wonder if CC will include an old thermold to complete the nostalgia associated with this?
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I remember those sh!tty thermold mags. I dropped one once on ex. It was full of blank ammo, when it hit the ground it split right down the middle and the blanks went everywhere. I kicked snow over the blanks and picked up the mag parts.
 
mg4201 said:
I remember those sh!tty thermold mags. I dropped one once on ex. It was full of blank ammo, when it hit the ground it split right down the middle and the blanks went everywhere. I kicked snow over the blanks and picked up the mag parts.
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The thermold mags; I was getting picked up by my tank when doing a harbour recce, tossed my C8 up onto the turret then mounted. Got up and my crew commander was giving me the stink eye; my rifle had landed mag-1st and exploded... blanks everywhere.
 
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This today from The Firearm Blog: Colt Canada to Sell Rifles and Carbines on Commercial Market







Colt Canada intends to release semi-automatic versions of its C7 rifles and C8 carbines on the Canadian commercial market under the Diemaco name sometime this summer. The rifles and carbines will be categorized as "restricted" under Canadian law.

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mg4201 said:
I remember those sh!tty thermold mags. I dropped one once on ex. It was full of blank ammo, when it hit the ground it split right down the middle and the blanks went everywhere. I kicked snow over the blanks and picked up the mag parts.
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haha, even worse in the winter. If you even touched one the wrong way it seemed like they would explode. An old (insert experienced) guy told us to only load them half full of blanks and pocket the extra ammo.

picking up the mag parts to return them was a PITA.
 
hnachaj said:
This today from The Firearm Blog: Colt Canada to Sell Rifles and Carbines on Commercial Market

Colt Canada intends to release semi-automatic versions of its C7 rifles and C8 carbines on the Canadian commercial market under the Diemaco name sometime this summer. The rifles and carbines will be categorized as "restricted" under Canadian law.

Henry
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Hope Colt Canda releases some pricing soon.
 
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