[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Fixed Front Takedown

Posted: 3/4/2013 8:50:47 AM EDT

Hi All-

Brand new to the forum...........seems like a great place to be. Question for you............I have a late 80's-early 90's Colt AR-15 Sporter 2 (I am the original owner)............the front takedown is a screw, rather than a push pin..........is that common,,,,,,,,,,does it make a difference or signify anything important in the model transition???? Thanks for your help

http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z455/barstoolman/IMG_0083_zpsfd2aa3dc.jpg

http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z455/barstoolman/IMG_0081_zps26e9ad78.jpg

Posted: 3/4/2013 11:14:24 AM EDT

[#1]

That is how colt made the civilian ones in the beginning.
It is normal for that era.

Posted: 3/4/2013 12:44:56 PM EDT

[#2]

thanks so much............that's what I thought but a bunch of people were telling me it could have never come that way.....must have been changed......blah, blah, blah, yet, I knew I am the original owner......bought it new from a gun shop, way back when.

Posted: 3/5/2013 11:23:09 AM EDT

[#3]

Quoted:
Hi All-

Brand new to the forum...........seems like a great place to be. Question for you............I have a late 80's-early 90's Colt AR-15 Sporter 2 (I am the original owner)............the front takedown is a screw, rather than a push pin..........is that common,,,,,,,,,,does it make a difference or signify anything important in the model transition???? Thanks for your help

http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z455/barstoolman/IMG_0083_zpsfd2aa3dc.jpg

http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z455/barstoolman/IMG_0081_zps26e9ad78.jpg

You can get a .315 front push pin with built in detents. KNS, Specialized armament, Brownells.

Posted: 3/7/2013 3:34:09 PM EDT

[#4]

What you didn't believe the guys in the AR forum??

What you ran into was a group of people who think they know AR's. Good to ask for a second opinion....I had one just like a long time ago.

Posted: 3/17/2013 8:22:05 AM EDT

[#5]

That is how mine came from the Colt factory when I bought it in 1987 while stationed at Castle AFB.

Posted: 4/5/2013 6:40:24 PM EDT

[#6]

Some of those came with 0.25 diameter pins too. But I believe those were a later vintage than the pic so not sure of the diameter of that one.

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