Why such a cult following for Colt Canada / Diemaco ?

$kull said:
I am just curious..
These are fine weapons, I know our troops and police use them etc. But they are 3x the price of seemingly similar rifles. What is with the cult following on these rifles? Why are many of you willing to pay out the nose for a rifle or BCG from them when a DD or BCM costs as low as half as much? Am I missing some great knowledge here? Grant me thy wisdom fellow forumites.
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Only similar if you have never used an original Colt
 
Fun fact: Colt Canada heavy carbine buffers (HH buffer) in our C7A2s and C8A3s are $158 in the CGCS system. The same place where the C7A2 is listed as $1,850.

The very same Colt Canada HH buffers are sold for $70 from Nordic Marksman. Literally less than half the price and I'm pretty sure the store gets a cut of the profit.

The military pays retarded prices for things, never base anything at all from CGCS prices and such.
 
I was talking to a CC rep at a range a couple weeks ago and amongst other things he mentioned that the chamber is a bit different from the others too in the sense that it was cut to still have a good seal but left room for what happens when it's 50 below...
There is a little magic in the CC, that and a couple other things... does that make a difference for us civilians on the range; usually not, but when every details matter it might. keep in mind that above a certain price minor details greatly increase the price, CC covers pretty much everything at that point. I still give them the thumbs up, but of course I wish I could pay less.
 
Got Juice? said:
I hope you don't mean me being un-Canadian. I bought 2 IUR's :) 1 to use, and one for my collection :)
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Absolutely not, was poking fun at the lefties who must have fits over manufacturing jobs that are not particularly "green" or "high tech", and related to firearms. I am very pleased and proud that my Colt was made here and the money went to a Canadian company.
 
Of course the IUR needs a couple of special tools. All ARs designed to fix the weak/flexible barrel mounting of the original AR need proprietary tools. For example the Aero Precision M4E1 I am running needs a special barrel wrench and I had to custom make a clam shell for it, that's life and the cost of running a better mouse trap.

The strength of the IUR is that you can shoot them off support (bipod, ruck or HESCO) or play Mr.Potato head with grenade launchers, lasers, NVDs, ect without zero shift (of the gun or accessory). No bolt on rails or tube type handguard offers the same rigidity. Are they a perfect solution? No, but they fix the ARs biggest weakness.
 
Geeze guys, they aren't made out of unicorn tears.

They're made from the Weapon X program's leftover adamantium.
 
If I thought I could get out of my NEA 15 what I put into it,I would buy another CC in a hart beat. When I look at my NEA vs the CC I can see a lot of differences between the two as far as fit and finish. I bought a CC lower and upper separate from one another and when I put them together it was like the were made to mate. Originally I was going to use a DD stripped upper receiver and build what I wanted but when I put the DD onto the CC lower they just didn't do each other justice (not very clean lines)
 
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Reason being the process, the materials, and thousands of hours trying to break them. Every part on rifle was put to certain tests for Canadian weather and extra durability. Bolts have a minimum 30,000 round life tested, when Colt USA bolts are around 15,000. Every top tier unit uses them including myself in the Canadian armed forces. If you seen what they are put through you would buy one today. I personally have gotten a plant tour of Colt Canada and it blew me away. I've lit cigarettes off of hot rifles and kick started frozen ones, tried tested and true.
 
BlackWatch said:
Anyone know the weight of the MRR 11.6 vs the SAS 10.5 upper vs the 15.7 IUR?
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My guess is the IUR will be about 3 to 4 oz more, based on the difference between key mod and rail versions of DD 9" hand guard. I eye balled the MRR at LGS the barrel appears to be at least 0.8" behind gas block.

My guess the IUR 15.7 is a 7 3/4 lb gun with a regular lower.
 
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