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So to clarify, Military M4's if they weren't A1's were just 3 round burst, correct? I know you probably tell me the same things over and over, but I'm getting old. I forget. I'm assuming 727's had just normal ole M4 lowers. Eh? Or maybe not.
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The video is a Colt advertisement, not a technical document, and geared towards commercial/export sales, not the military, which was already a part of the weapon system's development.
Colt has long been known to capitalize on military designations that its designs are given for commercial/export cachet value, and they did not waste any time beginning to use "M4 Carbine," if you listen in the beginning, they call it an "M16A2 Carbine" as well.
As anyone that has tried to make promotional videos, the products used in the videos are often prototypes and early versions scraped together for the video, and do not necessarily look like the final version.
The Colt R0777 and R0779 were marked "M4/M16A2E," and were fixed A2 carry handle commercial/export weapons that used M4 parts (barrel, castle nut, etc.)--and they were likely the weapons (along with dressed up R0727s and 729s, among others) used in the video.
Colt ended up not really using the "M4A1" nomenclature commercially until 2012 with the LE6920SOCOM series, the accessory railed R0977 was simply called "M4 Carbine" as well, despite being automatic.
~Augee
So to clarify, Military M4's if they weren't A1's were just 3 round burst, correct? I know you probably tell me the same things over and over, but I'm getting old. I forget. I'm assuming 727's had just normal ole M4 lowers. Eh? Or maybe not.
U.S. Carbine, 5.56MM, M4 (Colt model R0920) are S-1-3 FCGs
U.S. Carbine, 5.56MM, M4A1 Colt model R0921/R0921HB) are S-1-F FCGs
Colt model R0727s are commercial/export M16A2 Carbines with M16A2 parts, including a different barrel, receiver extension, receiver extension lock ring, barrel extension, etc. and had S-1-F FCGs and rollmarked "M16A2" in the commercial/export (no Property markings) style.
Colt model R0729s are the same as above with an S-1-3 FCG.
Colt model R0777s appear to be the same as above, but a mix-and-match of M4 parts and M16A2 parts, but always fixed carry handle carbines, and at least some, if not all were rollmarked M4/M16A2E in the commercial/export style.
Colt model R0779 was the same as the above, but with S-1-3 FCGs.
Colt model R0977s are commercial/export M4 Carbines, and marked as such in the commercial/export style, early ones may or may not have had a mix-match of parts (it's unclear when or how widely the M4/M16A2E rollmark extended), but now are identical to the original R0921 (without the heavy barrel) minus the rollmark, and have an S-1-F FCG. The R0979 is the S-1-3 variant.
If you go to Colt's website, you can see their "current" models listed on the product pages if you go to the "Features/Models" tab, where you can get current model numbers and FCG types. Under "Military," for the M4 Carbine, you see that both U.S. Military models are listed (R0920/R0921) and "International" (AKA: Commercial/Export) models R0977/R0979. Under "Law Enforcement," only the Commercial/Export model number is listed (along with the LE6920/6921):
http://www.colt.com/Catalog/Military/Products/Colt-M4-Carbine#100844-features--models
http://www.colt.com/Catalog/Law-Enforcement/Products/Colt-Law-Enforcement-Carbine#9718-features--models
~Augee