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Originally Posted By jagdkommando:
If they don't come out with an adaptor/conversion soon, someone else will. i think everyone is probably 100 percent committed to making standard AR15 stuff right now trying to meet the insatiable demand of the panic buying defeatist that just like, my opinion man |
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Originally Posted By Shawnmt6601:
yeah, I can confirm that release date info is not reliable Shucks! |
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Originally Posted By Leprechaun-33-:
Originally Posted By Shawnmt6601:
yeah, I can confirm that release date info is not reliable Shucks! It never is. |
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I talked with a customer support person at Colt on on Friday, Jan 4, and she said that she could not provide the exact date but that Colt would be releasing the adapter within Jan and to keep watching the website. I asked if it would be sold separate or only with the .223 upper and she did not know. Hopefully it will be out shortly.
I have fired almost 2,000 rounds through my 901 and have not experienced 1 jam or issue. I have had great success with it and like the weapon; just a side note for the person that was having issues. Not to try and say that he is not, rather, his problems must be unique for some reason and sorry to hear it. |
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As per phone conversation with Colt CS. the conversion block is "in production, with an early Spring release date". With current prices, I would consider letting mine go for 4K, since I have my Garand as backup MBR.
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My LE901, that is, not a conversion block. Do not have THAT yet!
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Originally Posted By Shawnmt6601:
Originally Posted By jagdkommando:
If they don't come out with an adaptor/conversion soon, someone else will. i think everyone is probably 100 percent committed to making standard AR15 stuff right now trying to meet the insatiable demand of the panic buying defeatist that just like, my opinion man when have you heard that the adapter would be released? little bit of chatter here saying it is coming soon? |
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would a standard A2 stock or 308 version Magpul PRS stock work on the 901? Will there be any problems using the 308 buffer when you convert over to the 556?
sorry if this has been asked already. |
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Originally Posted By 1811GNR:
Alrighty, said I'd post pics. Drag marks on bolt catch http://i49.tinypic.com/2zrj282.jpg Don't know if this nick is from the bolt catch or not. http://i47.tinypic.com/dw4evp.jpg There is definitely a hang up between the carrier and bolt lugs when hand cycling with a empty mag inserted. It does regularly lock back on the front of the carrier when single loading from the mag. More grease and shoot is what I'm gonna try. This is exactly what I am seeing as well. The only difference being that the marks on my bolt catch are narrower and deeper. I thought it was fixed by polishing out the rough spots, but after about 25 rounds the problem is back. apparently I missed a rough spot..I once again have a single shot 901...bummer. |
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Originally Posted By southpaw68:
This is exactly what I am seeing as well. The only difference being that the marks on my bolt catch are narrower and deeper. I thought it was fixed by polishing out the rough spots, but after about 25 rounds the problem is back. apparently I missed a rough spot..I once again have a single shot 901...bummer. What's the round count on your rifle? Mine is still under one hundred. Sad, I know. Any of you with a higher round count have any similar wear showing? |
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Originally Posted By Ghalib:
I talked with a customer support person at Colt on on Friday, Jan 4, and she said that she could not provide the exact date but that Colt would be releasing the adapter within Jan and to keep watching the website. I asked if it would be sold separate or only with the .223 upper and she did not know. Hopefully it will be out shortly. I have fired almost 2,000 rounds through my 901 and have not experienced 1 jam or issue. I have had great success with it and like the weapon; just a side note for the person that was having issues. Not to try and say that he is not, rather, his problems must be unique for some reason and sorry to hear it. Yeah, really weird. . . .Colt said they take care of it, I sent it off to them last week. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a properly functioning 901 some time here in the near future! |
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Originally Posted By 1811GNR:
Originally Posted By southpaw68:
This is exactly what I am seeing as well. The only difference being that the marks on my bolt catch are narrower and deeper. I thought it was fixed by polishing out the rough spots, but after about 25 rounds the problem is back. apparently I missed a rough spot..I once again have a single shot 901...bummer. What's the round count on your rifle? Mine is still under one hundred. Sad, I know. Any of you with a higher round count have any similar wear showing? Right at about 100 rounds...It'd probably be several times that without the issue that I'm having, but we'll get it fixed somehow...I'm leaning towards sending it back right about now. I'll wait to see what the expected return time is before I send it in...because of the craziness in the market right now I'm a little leary to send anything back to a manufacturer. I have had a couple of bad experiences recently...albeit none with Colt. |
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Originally Posted By 1811GNR:
Originally Posted By southpaw68:
This is exactly what I am seeing as well. The only difference being that the marks on my bolt catch are narrower and deeper. I thought it was fixed by polishing out the rough spots, but after about 25 rounds the problem is back. apparently I missed a rough spot..I once again have a single shot 901...bummer. What's the round count on your rifle? Mine is still under one hundred. Sad, I know. Any of you with a higher round count have any similar wear showing? A few thousand through the one I got, nothing to see on it that i can tell Did get an Email from Colt friday wanting me to send it back and I can swap it with a new one. Seems it is a pre production model different then the ones that later came out for the general public ( you guys) the ones you guys have have improvements over the model I was sent. Maybe the differences will be used to compare to the ones out now. I will try to find out. Im told the new one is the current one made with all the improvements on it. So we will see I guess. Im hoping to talk to them and find out how number 124 held up to all the abuse I gave it. Im betting its going to be a while before I get my hands on its replacement though. |
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Originally Posted By Shawnmt6601:
Originally Posted By 1811GNR:
Originally Posted By southpaw68:
This is exactly what I am seeing as well. The only difference being that the marks on my bolt catch are narrower and deeper. I thought it was fixed by polishing out the rough spots, but after about 25 rounds the problem is back. apparently I missed a rough spot..I once again have a single shot 901...bummer. What's the round count on your rifle? Mine is still under one hundred. Sad, I know. Any of you with a higher round count have any similar wear showing? A few thousand through the one I got, nothing to see on it that i can tell Did get an Email from Colt friday wanting me to send it back and I can swap it with a new one. Seems it is a pre production model different then the ones that later came out for the general public ( you guys) the ones you guys have have improvements over the model I was sent. Maybe the differences will be used to compare to the ones out now. I will try to find out. Im told the new one is the current one made with all the improvements on it. So we will see I guess. Im hoping to talk to them and find out how number 124 held up to all the abuse I gave it. Im betting its going to be a while before I get my hands on its replacement though. So, I guess its been stated before that the Serial Numbers don't necessarily represent sequence of manufacture. Mine is SN <150, picked it up October 28. Just kinda thinking on the page here... Would mine have the latest upgrades? |
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valheru21:"The argument, "this gun won't go down in value," is used to convince the wife that you are not making a bad financial decision when purchasing a firearm. You're not ACTUALLY supposed to ever sell the gun."
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Originally Posted By 1811GNR:
Originally Posted By Shawnmt6601:
Originally Posted By 1811GNR:
Originally Posted By southpaw68:
This is exactly what I am seeing as well. The only difference being that the marks on my bolt catch are narrower and deeper. I thought it was fixed by polishing out the rough spots, but after about 25 rounds the problem is back. apparently I missed a rough spot..I once again have a single shot 901...bummer. What's the round count on your rifle? Mine is still under one hundred. Sad, I know. Any of you with a higher round count have any similar wear showing? A few thousand through the one I got, nothing to see on it that i can tell Did get an Email from Colt friday wanting me to send it back and I can swap it with a new one. Seems it is a pre production model different then the ones that later came out for the general public ( you guys) the ones you guys have have improvements over the model I was sent. Maybe the differences will be used to compare to the ones out now. I will try to find out. Im told the new one is the current one made with all the improvements on it. So we will see I guess. Im hoping to talk to them and find out how number 124 held up to all the abuse I gave it. Im betting its going to be a while before I get my hands on its replacement though. So, I guess its been stated before that the Serial Numbers don't necessarily represent sequence of manufacture. Mine is SN <150, picked it up October 28. Just kinda thinking on the page here... Would mine have the latest upgrades? i believe there was likely a serial number of something like 01 -200 or 300 , doubt it was as high as 300 though, that was T&E/writers guns, then something like 100- on for general sell. I am told the T&E/writers gun are different in a few ways. so I can see a different serial number run, if for no other reason then to keep track of the writers guns so when they come back they can see how they did |
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here is some video of the 901 and me firing 3 mags through it. give you an idea of recoil and how well it handles if you have no shot one yet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RxgXMuvXP4&feature=youtu.be |
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Originally Posted By Shawnmt6601: My trusted colt contact tells me the 901s are indeed shipping they are shipping slow but they are getting them out there currently, so I guess just be patient Wish I could afford one! |
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Originally Posted By Shawnmt6601: but I communicate little better then a dog Truth. |
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Originally Posted By 45FMJoe:
Originally Posted By Shawnmt6601:
but I communicate little better then a dog Truth. careful JBT, I will sick the ACLU on you where the F you been? |
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Originally Posted By Shawnmt6601:
Originally Posted By 1811GNR:
Originally Posted By Shawnmt6601:
Originally Posted By 1811GNR:
Originally Posted By southpaw68:
This is exactly what I am seeing as well. The only difference being that the marks on my bolt catch are narrower and deeper. I thought it was fixed by polishing out the rough spots, but after about 25 rounds the problem is back. apparently I missed a rough spot..I once again have a single shot 901...bummer. What's the round count on your rifle? Mine is still under one hundred. Sad, I know. Any of you with a higher round count have any similar wear showing? A few thousand through the one I got, nothing to see on it that i can tell Did get an Email from Colt friday wanting me to send it back and I can swap it with a new one. Seems it is a pre production model different then the ones that later came out for the general public ( you guys) the ones you guys have have improvements over the model I was sent. Maybe the differences will be used to compare to the ones out now. I will try to find out. Im told the new one is the current one made with all the improvements on it. So we will see I guess. Im hoping to talk to them and find out how number 124 held up to all the abuse I gave it. Im betting its going to be a while before I get my hands on its replacement though. So, I guess its been stated before that the Serial Numbers don't necessarily represent sequence of manufacture. Mine is SN <150, picked it up October 28. Just kinda thinking on the page here... Would mine have the latest upgrades? i believe there was likely a serial number of something like 01 -200 or 300 , doubt it was as high as 300 though, that was T&E/writers guns, then something like 100- on for general sell. I am told the T&E/writers gun are different in a few ways. so I can see a different serial number run, if for no other reason then to keep track of the writers guns so when they come back they can see how they did Has anyone seen a 901 with a serial number below 101? I think a member here has 103. I have 113. My guess is that Colt didn't ship any 901's under 101. |
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Originally Posted By Shawnmt6601: Originally Posted By 45FMJoe: Originally Posted By Shawnmt6601: but I communicate little better then a dog Truth. careful JBT, I will sick the ACLU on you where the F you been? Slaving away for the man. Wishing I had a couple more Colts. You know, the ush. |
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Originally Posted By epicrad:
I talked to a colt customer service rep yesterday and asked about the adapter block availability. He said he could confirm a march 2013 release date but had no further details. Oh yes, this is awesome |
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Originally Posted By Shawnmt6601:
Originally Posted By jagdkommando:
If they don't come out with an adaptor/conversion soon, someone else will. i think everyone is probably 100 percent committed to making standard AR15 stuff right now trying to meet the insatiable demand of the panic buying defeatist that just like, my opinion man If they don't and a block can be found what is keeping an enterprising individual from making one? Everything else is already out there--correct? |
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Maybe a patent...
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Originally Posted By Noctis:
MOAR 901 WITH 6933 http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h74/MishelleLeQuebec/DSC_0023_zps3dc8b2db.jpg ALSO, NEW VERSION KAC TRIGGER GUARD HAS TOO MUCH MEAT ON IT. TO SIMPLY DROP IN YOU NEED AN OLD VERSION. how is that a 6933 when its got a ..gack...LMT upper on it |
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Originally Posted By Shawnmt6601:
Originally Posted By Noctis:
MOAR 901 WITH 6933 http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h74/MishelleLeQuebec/DSC_0023_zps3dc8b2db.jpg ALSO, NEW VERSION KAC TRIGGER GUARD HAS TOO MUCH MEAT ON IT. TO SIMPLY DROP IN YOU NEED AN OLD VERSION. how is that a 6933 when its got a ..gack...LMT upper on it Ha well a factory 6933 lower. The RE, barrel nut, safety, bolt release, magazine release, are still all GENUIIIIIIIINNNNNE colt 6933 - just personalized it a little bit........... Just wait until I get my 901 registered, get a conversion block and throw an MRP chassis with a 300 black out barrel on top of it. Stand by for an aneurysm. |
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this is the colt and 901 forum/thread. no need to post more pictures of lmt
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Some pic's from hunting in a tree stand and then, not the best pictures, but the rifle. I added the foregrip, ACOG, and RMR site when I bought it. My case is a Pelican 48".
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p236/adamalonso/IMG_1528_zps0f9e9f05.jpg http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p236/adamalonso/IMG_1470_zps38e0a1eb.jpg http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p236/adamalonso/rifle_zps645efe8d.jpg |
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My 901 didn't come with the screws in the front of the handguard.
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Not sure what you mean there; holding the rails on? Do you have a picture?
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Picking one of these up in a trade on Sunday --- Question can I throw any 308 barrel in the 901 upper? I might want to move to a faster twist for my hand loads.
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Originally Posted By Woody600:
My 901 didn't come with the screws in the front of the handguard. one of the upgrades on the new model coming out\ |
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Originally Posted By di1uted:
Picking one of these up in a trade on Sunday --- Question can I throw any 308 barrel in the 901 upper? I might want to move to a faster twist for my hand loads. Thanks, no colt barrels only |
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Originally Posted By Shawnmt6601:
Originally Posted By di1uted:
Picking one of these up in a trade on Sunday --- Question can I throw any 308 barrel in the 901 upper? I might want to move to a faster twist for my hand loads. Thanks, no colt barrels only Where does one go about finding said barrels? I can't find them online.. can't find the mag block conversion either. |
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Originally Posted By jagdkommando:
Originally Posted By Shawnmt6601:
Originally Posted By 1811GNR:
Originally Posted By Shawnmt6601:
Originally Posted By 1811GNR:
Originally Posted By southpaw68:
This is exactly what I am seeing as well. The only difference being that the marks on my bolt catch are narrower and deeper. I thought it was fixed by polishing out the rough spots, but after about 25 rounds the problem is back. apparently I missed a rough spot..I once again have a single shot 901...bummer. What's the round count on your rifle? Mine is still under one hundred. Sad, I know. Any of you with a higher round count have any similar wear showing? A few thousand through the one I got, nothing to see on it that i can tell Did get an Email from Colt friday wanting me to send it back and I can swap it with a new one. Seems it is a pre production model different then the ones that later came out for the general public ( you guys) the ones you guys have have improvements over the model I was sent. Maybe the differences will be used to compare to the ones out now. I will try to find out. Im told the new one is the current one made with all the improvements on it. So we will see I guess. Im hoping to talk to them and find out how number 124 held up to all the abuse I gave it. Im betting its going to be a while before I get my hands on its replacement though. So, I guess its been stated before that the Serial Numbers don't necessarily represent sequence of manufacture. Mine is SN <150, picked it up October 28. Just kinda thinking on the page here... Would mine have the latest upgrades? i believe there was likely a serial number of something like 01 -200 or 300 , doubt it was as high as 300 though, that was T&E/writers guns, then something like 100- on for general sell. I am told the T&E/writers gun are different in a few ways. so I can see a different serial number run, if for no other reason then to keep track of the writers guns so when they come back they can see how they did Has anyone seen a 901 with a serial number below 101? I think a member here has 103. I have 113. My guess is that Colt didn't ship any 901's under 101. I have 107, it's the lowest I've seen so far. |
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107! Nice.
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Originally Posted By jagdkommando:
107! Nice. Honestly, I was so excited to find one, I didn't even notice the serial # until the dealers wife pointed it out when she was writing up the receipt. |
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Originally Posted By di1uted:
Originally Posted By Shawnmt6601:
Originally Posted By di1uted:
Picking one of these up in a trade on Sunday --- Question can I throw any 308 barrel in the 901 upper? I might want to move to a faster twist for my hand loads. Thanks, no colt barrels only Where does one go about finding said barrels? I can't find them online.. can't find the mag block conversion either. they are not selling spares. it wouldnt do you any good if they did since there is no tool out that would let you take the barrel off. it takes a proprietary tool like the 6940 barrel. No tool is being made aftermarket for it either. and if you could get it off, you couldnt put a AR15/ SR25 barrel on it anyway, because it takes the colt barrel nut that is not standard. so you are going to have to live with it the way it is or get something else. block is not out for sell by itself yet I suggest you read the this thread. the last page is not going to tell you all you need to know about it not sure why you think you need a faster twist anyway, I shot up to 175 grain VLD bullets in it out to 1200 yards and made hits, read the thread and you will see the accuracy results of several heavy 308 loads |
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Originally Posted By Shawnmt6601: I have the sockets where they are threaded for the screws, they are just not there. Doesn't seem to affect anything.Originally Posted By Woody600: My 901 didn't come with the screws in the front of the handguard. one of the upgrades on the new model coming out\ |
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Mine has screws, low 400 serial number.
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I wanted to thank everyone for their input so far -- One last question the fire control group in these do they use colt's standard sized fire control group? Or am I able to open it up with more options.
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Originally Posted By di1uted:
I wanted to thank everyone for their input so far -- One last question the fire control group in these do they use colt's standard sized fire control group? Or am I able to open it up with more options. Standard pins diameter, but they are a little longer then normal. If you had read this thread, it has been discussed in detail. |
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LMT is a company with lousy QC. Buy from a company that cares about its products, like Bravo Company or LaRue.
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Originally Posted By Postal0311:
Originally Posted By di1uted:
I wanted to thank everyone for their input so far -- One last question the fire control group in these do they use colt's standard sized fire control group? Or am I able to open it up with more options. Standard pins diameter, but they are a little longer then normal. If you had read this thread, it has been discussed in detail. Think it's just time for me to buy a membership and upgrade so I can search better so I don't have to go through every page. Thanks for the input. |
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Originally Posted By elco23: Mine has screws, low 400 serial number. Mine is in the 200's. Musta been an oversight. |
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Originally Posted By Shawnmt6601:
Originally Posted By Woody600:
My 901 didn't come with the screws in the front of the handguard. one of the upgrades on the new model coming out\ Shawn, just for clarification, are the lower handguard screws being eliminated? |
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valheru21:"The argument, "this gun won't go down in value," is used to convince the wife that you are not making a bad financial decision when purchasing a firearm. You're not ACTUALLY supposed to ever sell the gun."
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I drank a case of beer, just to watch it die!
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Originally Posted By Shawnmt6601:
Originally Posted By di1uted:
Originally Posted By Shawnmt6601:
Originally Posted By di1uted:
Picking one of these up in a trade on Sunday --- Question can I throw any 308 barrel in the 901 upper? I might want to move to a faster twist for my hand loads. Thanks, no colt barrels only Where does one go about finding said barrels? I can't find them online.. can't find the mag block conversion either. they are not selling spares. it wouldnt do you any good if they did since there is no tool out that would let you take the barrel off. it takes a proprietary tool like the 6940 barrel. No tool is being made aftermarket for it either. and if you could get it off, you couldnt put a AR15/ SR25 barrel on it anyway, because it takes the colt barrel nut that is not standard. so you are going to have to live with it the way it is or get something else. block is not out for sell by itself yet I suggest you read the this thread. the last page is not going to tell you all you need to know about it not sure why you think you need a faster twist anyway, I shot up to 175 grain VLD bullets in it out to 1200 yards and made hits, read the thread and you will see the accuracy results of several heavy 308 loads Just a little correction. The 901 has a proprietary barrel extension. You could in theory put another barrel on it, but you would need to manufacture it using the barrel extension and barrel nut from the original 901 barrel. BUT like Shawn said, why would you even bother? The twist on the factory 901 barrel is fast enough for anything you want to put down it, and it's pretty damn accurate. |
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Originally Posted By Woody600:
Originally Posted By elco23:
Mine has screws, low 400 serial number. Mine is in the 200's. Musta been an oversight. Stupid question when talking serial numbers, is it (other than the leading zeros) a 4 digit S/N and you are omitting the first digit, or a true 3 digit S/N like MC000xxx? I bought mine in mid-October and it has a 4 digit s/n MC002xxx, and it has the side rail screws. |
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