Inreagrds to the last guy who responded to my post. It is fair to say I was a little dissappointed. You interpretated my disappointment to a different level though. I did read all of what the article said and yes I agree with you, no maintainance or cleaning and just shooting all kinds of different ammo is impressive to have survived that. I was just dissapointed the test ended as it did. I am sure you would agree it would have been great if the rifle kept firing, but hey, I was only a little disapointed and meaunt no offence to the quality at Colt. Besides who is ever going to shoot that much through their civie rifle anyway, or LEO member for that matter. The only reason I say I was a little dissapointed was because in the Canadian Forces, we would shoot alot (I know hard to believe sometimes, but I was Infantry), and the school rifles in St Jean Quebec were old, with carry handles etc, and the rifles in Wainwright as fo rthat matter were old, flat tops with Elcans, anyway, and those rifles had thousands and thousands of rounds through them, and often I would ask weapons techs, what if any problems they would come across and they said, extractors mainly, but other than that, they kept going. None to my knowledge ever blewup as in this months SWAT article. But hence why I was a _Little Dissappointed_ but in any event, 17,000 rounds is a hell of alot of ammo in one year and cudo's to Colt. On a Postive Note in "Guns and Ammo's -Combat Tactics-" (presented by Surefire)in Feb 02 2010 (page 89 for those interested), There was an article in there about the 6940 and 6920 and one firearms instructor said the 6920's used during training for classes seen thousands of rounds and they kept them lubed and they just kept on going. In the end, either way, Colt, LMT, C7 , C8, they are all fine rifles and get the job done when needed. There probably isn't to many operators in the world that fired 17,000 rounds in a single engagement, and is dissapoints me to see the FN SCAR and Bushmaster ACR (not that they are bad guns, just excellent and reliable, but they look different, I am sure old timers said this when AR15's came out, lol) come into play and possibly replace the AR15 design. I guess everything changes eventually. Oh well, a classic well used and remembered.
p.s. I owned a 6920 and logged 5985rounds through it,with no probs, and it only opened up a bit in it's groupings after 5000rounds.
no experience with Colt.
