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Posted: 5/2/2023 3:08:43 PM EDT
If Colt called me today and said "Mr. GaryT1776 you have been chosen to write the detailed specifications for our next product offering" my reply would be ...
Colt 6940 as the base with the following "product improvements" ... 1) Extend the rail to 13.5" and place a "cut-out" in it for the flip-up front sight. 2) Offer 1913 and MLOK versions. 3) Offer 14.5 SOCOM with SureFire 4 Prong P/W and 16" 6960 barrels options. 4) Mate it to the M5 lower. 5) Offer it in black and tan ANODIZING (no painted products). 6) Do not stick a crap MBUS or MATECH rear sight on it. Either source a quality color matched (black or in-house anodized tan to match the gun ... example would be a Troy flip up) or just reduce the product cost and let the consumer buy their own sight. 7) Contract with Geissele or Radian for color matched charging handles. 8) Make all of this happen for under $1500. Colt could run these in "batches" .. MLOK vs 1913 ... 14.5 vs 16 ... SOCOM vs 6960 ... tan vs black. It would create "market anticipation" for the company (plus a variety of "configurations" for those of us that "want them all") and would offer the consumer a product that competes with the LMT MARS for $700 less. What would your "dream Colt" look like? |
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Quoted: I want to see the 6520 brought back. View Quote That was a great gun. From a local LEO or civilian perspective, the 6720 is about the perfect carbine. Light, simple, accurate (no mythical gun battles with FA causing barrel deflection so great that delusional 500 yard FA shooting misses the imaginary enemy). For a person that wants a simple gun that will always work and is a pleasure to haul around ... 6720. Stick either a DD A1.5 rear sight or flip up of your choice + an Aimpoint Micro and the gun still weighs next to nothing but is only short a light for being an actually usable (albeit not internet photo friendly "cool operata") defensive carbine. ETA: I would like to see a lightweight way to mount a light to the side of the FSB. All of the FSB mounts I have used were too heavy. |
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I think "lightweight" COULD be the next fad. We've had our share of heavy Geissele railed URGs now the pendulum might swing to 'light' again. I know weight has been on my mind a lot lately. After hauling around a HK piston for a while I was ready to dust off something with a "pencil profile" and lightweight handguard system.
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Quoted: I think "lightweight" COULD be the next fad. We've had our share of heavy Geissele railed URGs now the pendulum might swing to 'light' again. I know weight has been on my mind a lot lately. After hauling around a HK piston for a while I was ready to dust off something with a "pencil profile" and lightweight handguard system. View Quote I take my 6920 to the range and then my 6720. Firing both off-hand guess which one is easier to hold steady and stay on target? I get it that the 6920 is the closest one can get to a military M4, but there are reasons why people criticize the M4 profile barrel. |
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I would like to see Colt make a 308 carbine the same size as the new Ruger SFAR.
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How about some dang Colt factory SAAs?!
CZ, wtf are you doing? they are listed on your Colt web page, but new production Colt SAAs cannot be found anywhere. |
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A mid-length gas 6720 & 6520...
...and a double-stack Rail Gun, railed CCU, whatever in .38 Super. CS A1 stocks... |
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My dream Colt would be a 4" or 5" revolver in Royal Blue in either 44 magnum or 41 magnum similar to the S&W model 58..fixed sights, but I could live with adjustable sights. However, it would be 4 or maybe even a 5 inch royal blue gun....that royal blue is SO nice looking.
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Early Colt 1911 repro, polished, carbona blued, fire blued small parts.
I'd buy several. |
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Quoted: I want to see the 6520 brought back. View Quote I would rather have the 6320 make a comeback, especially in a 14.5” p/w version. I would also like to see the m5 in a 14.5 p/w version with a little nicer flasher hider than the extended a2 and a better trigger in it. OD green anodized. |
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Factory SBR 733 with C7 upper marked COMMANDO with gray anodizing.
6320 with C7 upper. Colt Canada MRR in 5.56, 308, and 6.5cm series but with the steel reinforced cam pin pocket. Some updated chassis AR18 iteration that’s done correctly would be great. I wish colt had bought the Magpul Masada design. |
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Quoted: I take my 6920 to the range and then my 6720. Firing both off-hand guess which one is easier to hold steady and stay on target? I get it that the 6920 is the closest one can get to a military M4, but there are reasons why people criticize the M4 profile barrel. View Quote I fired my 6920 MagPul at lunch today. Very accurate, 100% reliable but I would prefer the 6720 barrel for that particular use. |
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There are some GREAT ideas in this thread!
I wholeheartedly agree about bringing back the LE901-16S. I had a couple and they were, without a doubt, my favorite 16" 7.62 ever. Keep in mind I have owned a number of SCAR-H, FN FAL, LMT MWS, LMT MARS-H, HK MR762, Robinson XCR-M, HK91, etc. |
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Quoted: Factory SBR 733 with C7 upper marked COMMANDO with gray anodizing. 6320 with C7 upper. Colt Canada MRR in 5.56, 308, and 6.5cm series but with the steel reinforced cam pin pocket. Some updated chassis AR18 iteration that’s done correctly would be great. I wish colt had bought the Magpul Masada design. View Quote I miss the gray anodizing. A Colt Masada would have been legendary, and I'm guessing we would have never seen the SCAR, SPEAR, and HK416/417 .mil adoptions. |
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A couple of comments about the 653 and 6320 brought back memories. My first Colt AR-15 was a Colt R6001 Carbine I bought in 1984. I would trade anything I currently own to get that one back (for nostalgia reasons).
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Quoted: Bring over the Diemaco MRR series https://www.coltcanada.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/mrrs1.png Also do some retro stuff, A1 and A2 stuff is pure fire right now. View Quote Well, if they do sell these in the U.S. I foresee my debit card either melting or bursting into flames. |
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Full auto to the general public fuck the ATF shall not be infringed
And some saa pistols can't be that hard. |
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From what I understand (from an industry insider that knows the owner) Standard Manufacturing hired all of Colts 1911 + SAA staff.
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I shouldn’t have said “all”. I meant “many” and “their senior” staff that actually know how to build these.
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I want an old school Colt government model with refinements.
I want forged frame and slide, old bluing like they used on the Python line. I want hand polishing, fitting. Checkered front strap, well-fit beavertail safety, commander hammer, solid medium trigger, modern Novak style sights/slide cuts. Ultimately, you could buy the above directly from Colt. Add-ons would include french border, ball cuts, engraving, etc. |
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100% exact (in every detail) reproduction of the 1964 Colt SP1.
for under $900 |
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I’d like to see 203’s that are priced accordingly, as in $1400-1500…but more importantly rollmarks…the new engraving method looks terrible.
William |
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Quoted: I want an old school Colt government model with refinements. I want forged frame and slide, old bluing like they used on the Python line. I want hand polishing, fitting. Checkered front strap, well-fit beavertail safety, commander hammer, solid medium trigger, modern Novak style sights/slide cuts. Ultimately, you could buy the above directly from Colt. Add-ons would include french border, ball cuts, engraving, etc. View Quote Nice. A gentleman's 1911. All machined fire control parts too. No cast or MIM in this one. |
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Quoted: 100% exact (in every detail) reproduction of the 1964 Colt SP1. for under $900 View Quote I bet they could manage to produce these with a street price under $1100. There would be a lot of specific parts sourcing so getting it down to the 6920 price level would be a challenge. Regardless, I'd buy two (at 900 or 1100). One to shoot and one to hang on the wall (it would also look nice in a display with some of my father's Vietnam Marine Recon memorabilia). |
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Quoted: I’d like to see 203’s that are priced accordingly, as in $1400-1500…but more importantly rollmarks…the new engraving method looks terrible. William View Quote The new lower marking method doesn't bother me. It is very clean and uniform. I have owned some "Law Enforcement" lowers that were so poorly rollmarked half of the rampant pony was barely visible or the depth of the words varied from "too deep as to cause "splash" around them to so shallow as to be faint. I called Colt and an uncharacteristically honest person told me the dies are wearing out, and they've increased the pressure (??? this was so many years ago I could have the phrase wrong) to account for the fact. Basically, the die didn't have much left on it so they were pushing it harder into the lower. I think it was just crappy QA/QC but I did have a number of them with varying degrees of terrible rollmarks. A lot of them also had a weird "concentric series of circles" in that area. Never figured that out. I do dislike some of the cage coding of the uppers. I've seen everything from clean laser to something that looked poorly electro penciled. Laser I'm fine with. "Dot etch" not so much. |
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Quoted: The new lower marking method doesn't bother me. It is very clean and uniform. I have owned some "Law Enforcement" lowers that were so poorly rollmarked half of the rampant pony was barely visible or the depth of the words varied from "too deep as to cause "splash" around them to so shallow as to be faint. I called Colt and an uncharacteristically honest person told me the dies are wearing out, and they've increased the pressure (??? this was so many years ago I could have the phrase wrong) to account for the fact. Basically, the die didn't have much left on it so they were pushing it harder into the lower. I think it was just crappy QA/QC but I did have a number of them with varying degrees of terrible rollmarks. A lot of them also had a weird "concentric series of circles" in that area. Never figured that out. I do dislike some of the cage coding of the uppers. I've seen everything from clean laser to something that looked poorly electro penciled. Laser I'm fine with. "Dot etch" not so much. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: I’d like to see 203’s that are priced accordingly, as in $1400-1500…but more importantly rollmarks…the new engraving method looks terrible. William The new lower marking method doesn't bother me. It is very clean and uniform. I have owned some "Law Enforcement" lowers that were so poorly rollmarked half of the rampant pony was barely visible or the depth of the words varied from "too deep as to cause "splash" around them to so shallow as to be faint. I called Colt and an uncharacteristically honest person told me the dies are wearing out, and they've increased the pressure (??? this was so many years ago I could have the phrase wrong) to account for the fact. Basically, the die didn't have much left on it so they were pushing it harder into the lower. I think it was just crappy QA/QC but I did have a number of them with varying degrees of terrible rollmarks. A lot of them also had a weird "concentric series of circles" in that area. Never figured that out. I do dislike some of the cage coding of the uppers. I've seen everything from clean laser to something that looked poorly electro penciled. Laser I'm fine with. "Dot etch" not so much. In the high round count thread it's interesting that some lowers cracked in the area of the rollmark. Just sayin'. |
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6320, 6520, 6720
I have two out of those three and will never part with them... I sold all of my 6920's (blasphemy, I know). |
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Quoted: Nice. A gentleman's 1911. All machined fire control parts too. No cast or MIM in this one. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: I want an old school Colt government model with refinements. I want forged frame and slide, old bluing like they used on the Python line. I want hand polishing, fitting. Checkered front strap, well-fit beavertail safety, commander hammer, solid medium trigger, modern Novak style sights/slide cuts. Ultimately, you could buy the above directly from Colt. Add-ons would include french border, ball cuts, engraving, etc. Nice. A gentleman's 1911. All machined fire control parts too. No cast or MIM in this one. Exactly. I'd pay good money to have a handcrafted 1911 direct from Colt. I want a new example of how they used to make them. And yes, all forged/machined parts. |
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Quoted: That was a great gun. From a local LEO or civilian perspective, the 6720 is about the perfect carbine. Light, simple, accurate (no mythical gun battles with FA causing barrel deflection so great that delusional 500 yard FA shooting misses the imaginary enemy). For a person that wants a simple gun that will always work and is a pleasure to haul around ... 6720. Stick either a DD A1.5 rear sight or flip up of your choice + an Aimpoint Micro and the gun still weighs next to nothing but is only short a light for being an actually usable (albeit not internet photo friendly "cool operata") defensive carbine. ETA: I would like to see a lightweight way to mount a light to the side of the FSB. All of the FSB mounts I have used were too heavy. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: I want to see the 6520 brought back. That was a great gun. From a local LEO or civilian perspective, the 6720 is about the perfect carbine. Light, simple, accurate (no mythical gun battles with FA causing barrel deflection so great that delusional 500 yard FA shooting misses the imaginary enemy). For a person that wants a simple gun that will always work and is a pleasure to haul around ... 6720. Stick either a DD A1.5 rear sight or flip up of your choice + an Aimpoint Micro and the gun still weighs next to nothing but is only short a light for being an actually usable (albeit not internet photo friendly "cool operata") defensive carbine. ETA: I would like to see a lightweight way to mount a light to the side of the FSB. All of the FSB mounts I have used were too heavy. I’ve had a few 6520’s but aside from the retro coolness…the 6720 is probably my favorite Colt offering tied with the 6920 SOCOM. It’s so handy and I’m surprised it took Colt so long to offer a carbine in that configuration, only to ditch it fairly quickly. I put a set of round Colt 6 hole handguards and a N/1 CAR stock on mine. Also have a fairly rare .625 side sling swivel on it at the moment. It currently wears a T-1 and a KAC 600m BUIS, although I’m probably going to toss a Trijicon TA-33 on it this year. Attached File |
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1. Bring back the 6720 and make it a staple of the line alongside the 6920.
2. Release an OEM3 Midlength Pencil Profile with Black and Anodized Tan options. 3. Just offer the same on the Commercial Side as the LE/Gov't side (where there are "901s"). |
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Quoted: Bring over the Diemaco MRR series View Quote With LMT's monolithic patent expiring Colt US would be foolish not to. This is a no-brainer paired with an M5 lower. I had several L119A1 uppers (short and long) and despite some issues with the design (pairing a heavy barrel with a poorly-vented upper) they are phenomenally well-built. |
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I would also like to see a current version “Z Cote”
Same camo pattern but using an AR-15a4 and a railed 1911. |
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Quoted: 1. Bring back the 6720 and make it a staple of the line alongside the 6920. View Quote The 6720 should make a comeback but it won’t work as a full time production model. They were barely giving them away towards the end. It should just be on the once or twice a year production runs like the 9mm rifles are. |
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Cool to see 6720 appreciation…. I have one with a TA-31 it feels like it’s filled with helium compared to my other stuff
I’d like to see a 13.7 mid length 6940 sold with a pinned KeyMo device |
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Quoted: I’ve had a few 6520’s but aside from the retro coolness…the 6720 is probably my favorite Colt offering tied with the 6920 SOCOM. It’s so handy and I’m surprised it took Colt so long to offer a carbine in that configuration, only to ditch it fairly quickly. I put a set of round Colt 6 hole handguards and a N/1 CAR stock on mine. Also have a fairly rare .625 side sling swivel on it at the moment. It currently wears a T-1 and a KAC 600m BUIS, although I’m probably going to toss a Trijicon TA-33 on it this year. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/2980/4B0E6713-F5E9-4E9B-A47F-20560C2FF0B7_jpe-2807471.JPG View Quote Agreed. I had “several” 6520 which were sold as soon as the 6720 was released … to fund the 6720. Then I ended up selling the 6720s. I could barely give them away for $750 back then. I really regret letting them go. When / if Colt releases the 6720 … I’m buying three of them (his, hers, reserve). DD A1.5 rear sight, AP T1, SureFire 300. |
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For a modern, "working girl" rifle I'd honestly like to see the original configuration 6960 come back with the Magpul stock and nicer Centurion rail. I understand the whole Talo exclusive thing, but I'm planning to pick up a 6960 soon to throw a TA33 on, and I'm going to end up replacing the rail anyway-along with the stock if I can ever figure out which one I want to put on it. If they were still selling the original configuration, I'd be good with what it is out of the box.
I'll also echo the above about longer railed 6940 uppers, preferably M-lok; Diemaco is apparently already making these. Extra cool points for Diemaco markings. I'm not a huge fan of ARs in .308, but I do want a 901 very badly and would like to see them come available. Aside from that, once I get an M4A1 SOCOM and AR15A4 to clone the rifles I was issued in the Corps my AR desires will be satisfied. |
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Colt 603, every of the most minute details faithful to the original but with chrome lined bore and chamber. Everything true, 1:12 twist, 3 prong fork flash hider, old plastics, squared off front lug on the lower, lack of reinforcement tabs on rear of receiver, partial fence lower for $1000 out the door max. Pencil profile and don’t let any retarted motherfucker dare even think of sticking a lame ass govt profile barrel on it. That should be a prison sentence if you ask me.
Complete with 5 Colt 20 round aluminum mags and a m7 bayonet, OD green sling. Gray anodizing on all parts. Round front sight post. |
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