[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Chrome bolt info?

Posted: 5/4/2007 5:45:32 PM EDT

Anyone have any experience with the Colt MP marked chrome bolts and full auto?
Are there any that are marked MPC?

I plan to use one in my M16 upper and would appreciate any advice you guys may have.

Thanks,

Robert Miller

Posted: 5/4/2007 6:00:00 PM EDT

[#1]

Quoted:
Anyone have any experience with the Colt MP marked chrome bolts and full auto?

The military had plenty of experience. :) If I'm not mistaken, the MP C mark started around 1968 and chrome bolts were no longer being produced.

Posted: 5/6/2007 5:16:55 PM EDT

[#2]

I fired many thousands of rounds through my chrome bolt/carrier equipped M16 in Vietnam. Never had a bolt or carrier problem. I wasn't really into "recreational" AR's at that time and don't recall if our GI guns had any "MP" markings on the bolts.

Posted: 5/6/2007 5:27:00 PM EDT

[#3]

All the early Colt bolts are marked MP. They added the C when other companies started producing M16s.

Why would you need a chrome bolt? They are collectible. Get a newer one for shooting and the chrome one for showing off

ETA: Yes, they hold up on auto

Posted: 5/6/2007 6:19:26 PM EDT

[#4]

Early Colt bolts are marked with a P or MP.

601/602 bolts are marked with a large or small P depending on how old they are.

Posted: 5/16/2007 11:43:57 PM EDT

[#5]

Thanks for the info guys, I buy parts and guns to shoot, they show off just fine that way!

RMiller

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