Colt Classic Line Teaser From the NRA Show M16A1 and XM177

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These are going to be released at SHOT 2017.
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Here at the NRA show, Colt is also showing two new AR15s coming in a few months. The plan is to release to new and different semi auto versions of classic vintage rifles with a plan to release two different rifles every year for the next 10 years . Above is a picture of the first two vintage rifles that will be out in coming months. First is the M16A1 ( semi auto of course) 603 correct in all ways save for the full auto parts. The carbine is the immediately recognizable Xm177 that some know by its more slang name of CAR15. The xm177 has the fake moderator attached permanently to make the barrel 16 inches and to comply with the pointless ATF rules keeping it from falling into NFA territory.

A lot of attention and work is going into make these guns accurate as possible and high quality. Below is the stock for the CAR15 in the early stages, showing it as a piece of aluminum. The stock will not be the later synthetic version.
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I could not get better and closer pictures of the guns since they are on a rotating display. Fact is they fooled me into thinking they were the military original versions. The attention to detail is impressive. No doubt much to the agony of retro part ebay sellers and the boys at the retro forums.
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at 1500 units each modle, they is less then 0 chance anyone out side of colt canada will get one.
that said i,m sure they will revisit that.
its a good biz plan, to charge 2000 for a 600$ gun.
maybe this will help colt get out of the black hole they have been in since the 1990,s
 
Plasticman said:
The m16a1 would make a truly beautiful bush / farm rifle. So light, and such carry handle. Sigh...
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If you want those features, go pick up a good used Colt SP1. That said, I think Colt may have crapped the bed again, assuming they are making these new classic offerings on a limited production basis only, instead of regularly stocked models. The demand is there. But even the most ardent Colt fan/collector will eventually grow tired of being financially hosed by the company or taken for granted. I'd probably be down for buying one of each classic rifle they offered each year for the next decade if prices were kept somewhat reasonable. And I know there are a lot more within the North American firearms community just like me. Colt could do on volume what they could make by artificially driving prices up by keeping supply unnecessarily limited. Hopefully the powers that be will see the error of their current business model.
 
Apparently these are being built under license by U.S. Ordnance and not actually by Colt Defense. Takes a little shine off the penny for me. :(
 
X-man said:
Apparently these are being built under license by U.S. Ordnance and not actually by Colt Defense. Takes a little shine off the penny for me. :(
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That's not all that surprising considering that their .22 AR's were built by someone else (Walther?). Still, it's a nice looking couple of guns.
 
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