Posted: 7/20/2023 8:34:46 PM EDT
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Heads up for those interested: https://www.tnarmoryandoutdoorsupply.com/products/colt-6940-p-5106 Attached File 
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Originally Posted By Manticore_Arms: Was there ever a 6940P upper in a 10.3" or 11.5" barrel? Sven Manticore Arms Here is catalog evidence of 14.5" and 16.1". Having said that, I have never seen a 14.5" 6940P upper receiver in person or on the secondary market. The select fire 14.5" piston was the P0923. The 16.1" semi-only piston was the LE6940P. The 16.1" select-fire was P0977 14.5 inch- 2010 Attached File 16.1 inch- 2011 Attached File 16.1 inch and 14.5 inch- 2012 Attached File |
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Originally Posted By Minuteman1636: Here is catalog evidence of 14.5" and 16.1". Having said that, I have never seen a 14.5" 6940P upper receiver in person or on the secondary market. The select fire 14.5" piston was the P0923. The 16.1" semi-only piston was the LE6940P. The 16.1" select-fire was P0977 14.5 inch- 2010 https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/336740/20230725_214202_jpg-2898043.JPG 16.1 inch- 2011 https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/336740/20230725_214414_jpg-2898044.JPG 16.1 inch and 14.5 inch- 2012 https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/336740/20230725_214558_jpg-2898045.JPG Interesting man, thanks for that info. I had no idea. |
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I picked one up as an impulse purchase and was pleasantly surprised the barrel is the SOCOM profile. I kinda like it. I had a department issued 6945 briefly so I knew I already liked the monolithic rail. It doesn’t appear to have been fired much and there aren’t too many dings. There is a laser engraved rack number on the trigger guard. No other department marks. I will say it was probably the filthiest firearm I have ever seen and I was a department armorer for 20 years. Whichever agency owned these did not clean off the preservative oil before it was used. It took me hours to clean it off because it was basically like lacquer. Overall I know I should have paid less (the prices dropped the day after I bought mine), but I like it. |
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Originally Posted By hker71: I picked one up as an impulse purchase and was pleasantly surprised the barrel is the SOCOM profile. To my knowledge, all 6940P's had SOCOM barrels. As a side note, I spoke with a gentleman recently who said his organization traded in about 200 6940P's within the last year to a distributor. So, the recent influx of so many 6940P's appearing on Gun Broker could be related to that turn-in. |
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I've been watching the the P's online and they don't seem to be selling at $1200. They're used rifles and the "piston AR craze" is about has hot as the "40SW craze" which is to say "cold". I'd like to have a P just because, but wouldn't pay more than $1k for a minty used gun. |
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Originally Posted By Minuteman1636: There are not any replacement piston parts available. If something breaks, you have a paperweight. Originally Posted By Minuteman1636: Originally Posted By KitBuilder: Tell me about the proprietary parts which wear out on these, and where I can obtain replacements. There are not any replacement piston parts available. If something breaks, you have a paperweight. Just to add to this, I don’t know what happened or why but, there was a member on here that did indeed have a paperweight due to needing piston rings that were unobtainable and if I remember correctly, direct contact with Colt was no help. |
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Originally Posted By oxford411: Just to add to this, I don’t know what happened or why but, there was a member on here that did indeed have a paperweight due to needing piston rings that were unobtainable and if I remember correctly, direct contact with Colt was no help. The 6940P has been long out of production. Colt does not have piston specific parts. |
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Originally Posted By Minuteman1636: There are not any replacement piston parts available. If something breaks, you have a paperweight. Originally Posted By Minuteman1636: The 6940P has been long out of production. Colt does not have piston specific parts. Replacement parts have since been clearanced off by vendors as well. |
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Originally Posted By lt1_sport: Just cut mine to 13.8” and P&W a surefire 4 prong…16” just looks to long. Super happy with how it turned out. https://i.imgur.com/6x9MWpb.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/NSisjYE.png That looks much better |
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