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Posted: 4/18/2015 7:56:24 PM EDT

Not sure if I am putting this in the right place, but here goes. Picked up another Colt AR this evening. It is a Colt AR15 A2 Sporter II (circa 1986-89).

This makes a great addition to the Colt part of my AR collection. This now gives me a 1977 Colt SP1 Sporter, 1981 Colt Sp1 Carbine, 1995 Colt MH6601 Sporter Match HBAR, 2008 Colt LE6920, 2013 Colt LE6920MP, and this Colt R6500 AR15-A2 Sporter II.

Posted: 4/18/2015 8:14:35 PM EDT

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Out Heathen!

I keed, I keed. Nice.

Posted: 4/18/2015 8:20:50 PM EDT

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That funny, I just passed on an older A2 at the gunshow today, he was asking $1200. This one had an A1 style upper though, just like a M16A1, but the lower said A2 Sporter. I remember they made them with A1 uppers for a short period. My cousin had one in 88 and I was jealous cause it was so much cooler than my SP1.

Posted: 4/18/2015 8:41:15 PM EDT

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That funny, I just passed on an older A2 at the gunshow today, he was asking $1200. This one had an A1 style upper though, just like a M16A1, but the lower said A2 Sporter. I remember they made them with A1 uppers for a short period. My cousin had one in 88 and I was jealous cause it was so much cooler than my SP1.

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I just picked this one up for $890.

Posted: 4/18/2015 8:45:08 PM EDT

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Looks good I like the light grey

Posted: 4/18/2015 9:17:57 PM EDT

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What's funny is i have a slab side lower spoter II as well but mine has a C7 upper....

I guess these varied quite widely throughout the years.

Posted: 4/18/2015 9:30:29 PM EDT

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What's funny is i have a slab side lower spoter II as well but mine has a C7 upper....

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m140/Aeneas2020/KISS%202.jpg~original

I guess these varied quite widely throughout the years.

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You have one of the earlier versions. I am going to call Colt on Monday to see when mine was manufactured. It should fall between 1986 and 1989.

Posted: 4/18/2015 9:50:10 PM EDT

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You have one of the earlier versions. I am going to call Colt on Monday to see when mine was manufactured. It should fall between 1986 and 1989.

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What's funny is i have a slab side lower spoter II as well but mine has a C7 upper....

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m140/Aeneas2020/KISS%202.jpg~original

I guess these varied quite widely throughout the years.

You have one of the earlier versions. I am going to call Colt on Monday to see when mine was manufactured. It should fall between 1986 and 1989.

Gummint profile?

Posted: 4/18/2015 10:01:21 PM EDT

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I posted this in another thread, but it applies here, also:

"I was an active FFL in the 80s and 90s (until 2006). I sold lots of black rifles, many of which I built on PWA, SGW, and EA cast lowers with surplus parts. I sold a lot of Colt AR15s, too. I had Sporter Lightweights come with fixed A1 length A2 stocks, fiberlite stocks, A2 uppers, A1 with FA and Brunton bump, and even SP1 slick side. ALL were slab side lowers (a la' 601/SP1) SOme had bayonet lugs, and some didn't. During the transition and early bans, Colt used whatever they had on hand, much like M1 Carbine producers in WW2."

Posted: 4/18/2015 10:24:37 PM EDT

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Didn't the 723 come about somewhere in that time frame also?

I know they varied widely depending on date of manufacture.

Posted: 4/18/2015 10:34:25 PM EDT

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It is always nice to have another horse. I too have always been partial to grays.

Posted: 4/18/2015 11:14:48 PM EDT

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Now, at some point, I need to pick up an AR-15A2 Sporter II Carbine, an AR15 A2 Gov't Carbine, an AR15 A2 Gov't, and a Colt AR6320 Police Patrol Carbine. A buddy of mine has one for sale that is unfired in mint condition. For over a year now, I have been trying to figure a way to afford it.

Posted: 4/18/2015 11:20:32 PM EDT

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awesomeness!

Posted: 4/19/2015 12:29:09 AM EDT

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First Gun I ever owned was that gun in the OP's twin brother, the Colt Sporter A2.....my dad bought it for me NIB when I was 14-15. Loved that gun and shot 5 gallon buckets full of .223 reloads from Lebanon Sports Center through it without issues, nice thing is you return the bucket of brass and 5 gallon bucket and they would give you a nice discount on the next bucket. I miss the 90's when it comes to shooting...

Posted: 4/19/2015 12:30:32 AM EDT

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What's funny is i have a slab side lower spoter II as well but mine has a C7 upper....

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m140/Aeneas2020/KISS%202.jpg~original

I guess these varied quite widely throughout the years.

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Yours is an earlier varient.

Posted: 4/19/2015 7:54:08 AM EDT

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Oh I know mine is the earlier variant I was just shocked they were still using slab sides on the later ones.

Posted: 4/19/2015 11:16:32 AM EDT

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How long did Colt use the 601 lowers? Did they keep making new forgings for civie rifles, or did they just have an assload left from the early 1960s they had to use up?

Posted: 4/19/2015 11:37:59 AM EDT

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Back in the late 80s or early 90s when I was heavy into surplus parts, I remember hearing that Colt had tens, if not hundreds of thousands of slab side lowers from back when 601, 602s, and even early USAF 604s were production items. when the 604s started to change to partial or full fence around 1970ish (IIRC), they had tens of thousands left. These were used for SP1s, then SPIIs, etc. I heard they finally switchcd to A1/A2 style lowers in the mid to late 90s, and kept some for factory frame replacements. About 6 or 7 years ago, I heard someone sent there damaged SP1 lower back to colt and got a new slab side lower with the original serial number stamped in.

Posted: 4/19/2015 12:41:48 PM EDT

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I just picked this one up for $890.

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That funny, I just passed on an older A2 at the gunshow today, he was asking $1200. This one had an A1 style upper though, just like a M16A1, but the lower said A2 Sporter. I remember they made them with A1 uppers for a short period. My cousin had one in 88 and I was jealous cause it was so much cooler than my SP1.

I just picked this one up for $890.

I'll take it!

Congratulations. Awesome rifle at a great price. There was one like it in a local shop for quite some time marked at $1400 during the 2008 feeding frenzy, but the dealer indicated his price was firm. I'd have given $1200 max, not sure what it eventually sold for.

Posted: 4/19/2015 4:30:55 PM EDT

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Those commercial guns from the 80's are like pre-op transvestites.

Mix and match parts............

I'm Retro, wait, no I'm modern, wait, no I'm Retro....................F-it. just cut my mag fence off.

Posted: 4/19/2015 5:24:42 PM EDT

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That's funny!

Posted: 4/19/2015 6:35:11 PM EDT

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I still have the original receipt for mine, my old man found it during a move and gave it to me. Used to have the original box, paperwork, etc. $634.97 from Lebanon Sports Centre, Lebanon, CT. Looks like he put $200.00 down to hold it and came back a week before Christmas and picked it up.