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4/20/2006 6:34:07 PM EDT
Lets say you have a Colt AR or M16 receiver that is damaged.  Or want to update it from an A1 to A2 specs. Will Colt help you replace it with the same serial number?  I dont expect it for free and would pay for it.
4/20/2006 7:22:36 PM EDT
[#1]
Depends . You got a badge?
4/20/2006 7:25:45 PM EDT
[#2]
AFIK you can only repair it, though i'm not sure what the definition of "repair" would be.  say you blow the whole thing to pieces, but find a chunk of the magwell and side of the reciever with an intact serial number on it....  if you were to weld it back together using parts from a new reciever and all new internals would that still be a repair?  i dont know!  that's why the law is RETARDED!!!!
4/20/2006 8:41:02 PM EDT
[#3]
When it comes to Colt its not so much a matter of what Colt "can do", but "will do".  Over the years I've seen one thread involving someone who sent them a A1 receiver and received back a A2 this was followed by a dozen or so people contacting Colt to do the same thing and being refused.

As they say "the success or failure of a good rain dance is largely dependant on the timing"
4/20/2006 8:59:15 PM EDT
[#4]

Quoted:
When it comes to Colt its not so much a matter of what Colt "can do", but "will do".  Over the years I've seen one thread involving someone who sent them a A1 receiver and received back a A2 this was followed by a dozen or so people contacting Colt to do the same thing and being refused.

As they say "the success or failure of a good rain dance is largely dependant on the timing"



That was Stokes if I recall. Think they replaced his A1 with an A2 stamped with the same serial number.
4/20/2006 9:40:41 PM EDT
[#5]

Quoted:

Quoted:
When it comes to Colt its not so much a matter of what Colt "can do", but "will do".  Over the years I've seen one thread involving someone who sent them a A1 receiver and received back a A2 this was followed by a dozen or so people contacting Colt to do the same thing and being refused.

As they say "the success or failure of a good rain dance is largely dependant on the timing"



That was Stokes if I recall. Think they replaced his A1 with an A2 stamped with the same serial number.



That logic would imply that the serial number, not the metal it is stamped in is the MG.  How odd.
4/20/2006 9:43:50 PM EDT
[#6]
Yes, but only the original manufacturer can replace the receiver.
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