A few months ago, I purchased a used Colt LE901-16S from the EE. It's an early production gun with a 3-digit serial number. There are no issues with the gun, and I am very happy with it.
This evening I came across a 2012 on-line review of a Colt LE901-16S.
LE901-16S Review. The review was actually of the exact LE901-16S that I recently purchased. In his review, the author states that this rifle was a test rifle, and it had to be returned to Colt.
I'm not concerned that this rifle was shot by at least one journalist, and I have no illusions that just because this rifle was used for an on-line evaluation that it is worth any more than the next LE901-16S. However, the fact that I ended up with a rifle that was originally used for T&E purposes made me wonder if there were other T&E Colts that survived and have made it into private hands.
Does anybody have or know of any T&E Colts that are out there in private hands?