I was wondering if there was any chance that the C7 uppers are going to be coming in stock anytime in the next couple of weeks (preferably before the Washington AW and associated parts ban goes into effect)? I think I've been waiting and checking for around 2 years now, so it's probably extreamely unlikely.

I did see someone mention that they did come back in stock a couple of weeks ago, but for some reason I wasn't notified despite being on the notification list.

Hello 556Cliff.

Product people say we have some C7 uppers on the way, but are not sure exactly when they will be available.
Hopefully soon.

As to your not getting notified when the last batch was in stock, here's something that happens with our system.

Let's say 500 customers set a "Notify Me" email on a popular product that is out of stock. And then 50 of that product comes into stock at Brownells.
The system starts sending out the "Notify Me" emails in the order for which customers signed up for them.

For this example, imagine if the product sells out again before the system gets to email #362 on the "Notify Me" list.  The system sees "out of stock" and stops sending the notifications.

If your spot in line was beyond where the product sold out again --say #397 -- you would not get a "Notify Me" email for that batch.

However, the system keeps you in your place in line, and since the people in front of you already got notified, you are closer to the start of the line for the next time "Notify Me" emails go out.

Ah, that makes sense. And I can only imagine the line for any carry handle upper is a long one at this point.

Also, glad that the C7 uppers are happening. Hopefully I can manage to snag one when they are available. Thanks for the info!

I just checked on the C7 uppers and was shocked to see that they were actually in stock! So I put one in my cart and looked around for a bunch of other Colt parts to tack on to the order. However, to my absolute horror as I was checking out, the C7 upper disappeared from my cart! You must have been down to the last one and I just caught the tail end of it. They couldn't have been up for very long, but from the time I put one in my cart to the time I went to check out was probably all within 10 minutes.

As is my luck. They probably won't show up again until well after Jay Inslee's signature is set in stone on the Washington State AWB. I'll keep checking until all hope is lost, but I think that ship has sailed.

I was able to order one at like 8pm last night

Well that's just my luck. I see that it's available now, but I can no longer buy parts due to the Washington AW ban as far as I know.


Edit: Yep, I put the upper in my cart and got the restricted warning saying that they can't ship to my state. Great timing for them to finally come back in stock.

I finally just received (as of around 8:50 PM on Sept 26th 2023) my email notification that the C7 uppers are in stock.

I can only imagine how many of these you guys have sold since I started this thread. I know I've seen them come in and out of stock many times throughout the year as I cursed at the computer screen not being able to buy them.

I'm currently sending the only one I had back for a refund due to an out of alignment indexing pin notch... Pretty frustrated to say the least. Not only with the C7 uppers, but also my bad luck, Brownells timing on these and this absolute sh!t show of a state that I live in.

I got one recently too.  It went together ok   I got the A1 sight kit from KAK Industries, a bit of a PITA.

What was a pain about it? With all of the Brownells A1 type uppers I have/had (including the C7 that I sent back), the rear sight was a pain in the butt to install because it seemed like the pocket for the leaf spring was not deep enough.

Yep, getting the rear sight to press the spring down was very difficult.  The windage wheel detent pin hole was not round at the 12 o'clock position.  The windage pin wouldn't go in by itself - no spring or sight present.
I spent some time working on the holes to get the parts to fit.  To be fair, I don't know if it was the A1 sight parts for some of the troubles.  Overall, it was a PITA.

I had no other A1 parts or A1 upper to compare it to.  If I buy another I rather have the rear sight already installed.