Genuine Colt Parts

Posted: 8/24/2001 9:53:04 PM EDT

Does anyone have a link where I can purchase genuine Colt parts other than from Colt's website? I want to have a spare firing pin and other misc parts but I've seen parts much cheaper than Colts website. I want genuine Colt parts. Any help would be appriciated. Thanks

Posted: 8/25/2001 12:15:22 AM EDT

[#1]

This companies add seems to show a lot of Colt stuff, it does not list your parts in the add. I would call and ask anyway. No website
Hoplite Inc. 502-955-5014

Posted: 8/25/2001 12:37:27 AM EDT

[#2]

IMHO I think Bushmaster and most other manufactures lower parts are just as good as parts with a Colt name on it. The reality probably is that most of these parts come from only one or two suppliers anyway, so why pay more when the only difference is the name on the invoice??

Not a flame, just my .02 cents.

sgtar15

Posted: 8/25/2001 1:16:01 AM EDT

[#3]

{url]www.e-gunparts.com[/url]

You got that right. Just because Colt slaps their name on a standard part somehow magically it costs 3X more. I mean $50 for a gas tube and $75 for A2 handguards???

Posted: 8/25/2001 5:54:22 AM EDT

[#4]

There are seveal companies that make parts for Colt. Look Kimber frames are made by S&W, lol boycott them too?
Some companies even make better parts. My Dad was a master machinist, give him the steel and specs, he could make anything you wanted.

Posted: 8/25/2001 6:35:36 AM EDT

[#5]

At one time, Colt made as little as six parts to their rifles. Most of the other parts were purchased from Saco Defense, Continental Machine, and Lewis Machine. Then there are all of the other manufactures for smaller parts such as springs and pins, plastic, and such.
I wouldn't pay a nickle more for something from Colt, unless it actually had thier name stamped on it, or some other identifying mark.
A good source for Colt parts at a reasonable price is Dennis Todd. You might also want to check to see if YTM has anything left, also.

Posted: 8/26/2001 2:17:15 PM EDT

[#6]

I was told by colt that they do not sell parts. I buy most parts I need from Bushmaster. If you need colt replacement parts, Brownells sells them.You will pay two or three times the cost for a part with the colt name.

Posted: 8/26/2001 2:30:48 PM EDT

[#7]

I wouldn't buy any Colt parts without any identifying marks, or or it a product exclusive to them, such as the hydraulic buffer assembly at one time. Colt probably buys the part from the same vendor as other AR15 manufacurers, Bushmaster, Armalite, etc.

Posted: 8/26/2001 4:42:19 PM EDT

[#8]

Genuine Colt parts can be bought at:
www.e-gunparts.com (Gun Parts Corp)
www.brownells.com (Brownell's gunsmithing Co.

Posted: 8/26/2001 5:45:01 PM EDT

[#9]

[size=5]Brownell's [url]www.brownells.com[/url][/size=5]

Posted: 8/26/2001 7:41:26 PM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:
Since we are already on the subject.....Does anyone know if Colt markets a rubber buttpad for a collapsible stock?

I browsed through Brownell's site till I turned blue. No pics of the ones that could have been what I was looking for. Same goes for e-gunparts.

If not Colt, which one is the best?

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Try [url]CheaperThanDirt.com[/url]. They have one listed in their catalog. I doubt it is Colt but they want $10 for it if I remember correctly.

Posted: 8/26/2001 8:21:35 PM EDT

[#11]

Bushmaster has one for $16.

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