I was under the impression that all they did not come out of the factory any other way than a complete gun. Is this true or has that stopped.  If so, when did it change?  Thanks!

I just purchased a 6933 upper in late Dec.  As for stripped and complete lowers and stripped lowers, I have seen them for sale but they do not seem to me from the factory like that.  I think they some venders break down complete guns and part them out like that.  Not positive though.

I have heard that they leave Colt as full guns then taken apart and soon off by vendors.

I forgot to specify, the upper I bought was from BOTACH and appeared to a factory upper by itself.  It came in the blue white/blue box, in it's birth bag inside, along with instructions manual and a little accessory pack.  I have a thread a little while ago with photos.  Colt 11.5" barrel  **** Update with photos****, those appear to be similar to those offered previously by Colt and now offered by the other major venders, Midway, Brownells...  I was going to upload the photos but was having trouble with Photobucket.  I imagine those are come from the factory as is...  As for the other stripped parts, I imagine they are parted out from complete guns.

Colt sells complete rifles in cheap cardboard boxes and complete uppers in fancy boxes.

The Colt LE6920 CK and LE6940 CK were both sold as upper receivers only; I don't know if those are still available, or if not if or when they will be coming back...

search for LE6920 CK at slickguns.com

CK=Conversion Kit.

Bought 2 back in the Late '90's. They did indeed come with Fancy Box, Operator's Manual, Offset Adapter for Large Hole Upper, Colt Tool, 2 X 20 Round Colt Mags.

During the Ban, the Vendor Stole the Mags; but, I did get 2 Free Shirts from Colt.