If you don't mind me asking where did you see this add? That not a bad deal if the guns are in exellent condition.
 Thanks
Gary
Sportsman's Supply

Lemme guess--you saw it on the Bowers NFA board?

The guy selling (if I remember right is Bryan Pritchard?) has an excellent reputation.

Colt 614's are NORMALLY marked AR-15 Model 614.  They were the civilian/export version of the Airforce Contract 615 (I think).  Basically, you are looking at an SP-1 that is FACTORY select fire.  Looks like an M-16 A1, but normally without the M-16 marking.  The M-16 marking should make it more valuable.

Basically, M-16's fall into several "price" ranges:

Converted semi-auto's (generally, the ones that started with Colt semi- guns are a little more expensive).  A licensed manufacturer took a semi-auto and drilled the holes needed to install the full auto parts and registered it as a MG.  Lately, they go for $4500-5000ish.

Colt 614's--as described above, a little more expensive $5000 to $5500.  A real factory full auto.

Colt M-16's--$5500-6000
Colt M-16 A1's--figure on $500 more
Colt M-16 A2's--about $1000 to 1500 more (these were the last for civilian sale, and fewer were made).

Collectable guns--the Armalite marked 601's are C & R guns and run $9000+.  A few other collectables in that price range.

The $5600 price is pretty good.  I just saw a converted EA on sale on the Bowers board for $6000, but for that price, it came with a MAC 10, MAC 11 and 2 supressors!!! (the guy selling needs cash NOW).

If you cannot afford the $5600, and you can keep cash in hand, you can occasionally find a converted gun for the $4500.  Almost any gun is good (kind of hard to mess up drilling two holes, and for that kind of money, a good gunsmith can fix any mistakes.

AFARR

PS--have you considered the FNC?

$2000 for the gun, $1600 for the sear $300 for the 3 rd. burst.  Takes a while for the conversion, but an excellent gun.  Or an UZI $3000?

Try here:

[url]http://www.sturmgewehr.com/webBBS/nfa4sale.cgi?read=11869[/url]

SAR - March 1998.

Page 57.

Feb thru June '98 SAR had a series of pictorial articles on the Colt M16 from the 601 on up.

Here's what it says:
- 613:
-- Birdcage flash hider, forward assist, chrome bolt-carrier. This is the commercial non-gonverment version of the military Model 603 M16A1 (marked "COLT AR-15 MOD. 613")
- 614:
--Bridcage flash hider, no forward assist, chrome bolt-carrier. This is the commercial non-government version of the military Model 604 M16 (marked "COLT AR-15 MOD. 614")

Has pictures, also. They look exactly like SP1's of the same flavors, just the sear-pin and presence of a mag-well fence gives them away. Since they are A1 vintage, neither have a shell-deflector.

Hope this helps.

OSOK,

I can't find the ad anymore for the M-16 and MAC's, so it must have been pulled.  I figure it was one of those "jump on it now ads or you will loose it" kind.  Wish I had the $6k sitting around.  I did (most of it) 'til a week ago when I paid off something else--pics will be forthcoming when it gets here.

AFARR