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Posted: 10/11/2005 7:13:50 PM EDT
| I just got my hands on a work of art. It is a Colt AR15A2 sporter 2 never fired all orginal, one owner. It was bought new in 1987 . It is a large front pivot, with no sear block . It does have an A1 upper reciever. Is this common for this rifle? Is this one of those transitional rifles between the A1 and A2. Should I leave this rifle unfired? |
If yours is as beautiful as this one is, you have quite a find, buell37. Congratulations! |
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I'd be interested in the serial number range of your rifle, mines SP327XXX. The earlier ones didn't have a forward assist does yours? Also, to confirm my theory, does your buffer look like this? All black with orange tip. Sporter II's are the only Colt AR15's I've seen with black orange tipped buffers 
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Interesting, so it's true so far only rifles that ever had a black buffer with orange tip were found in Sporter II's (in theory), not all Sporter II's had those type of buffers. A NIB Colt Sporter II wouldn't mean much to the "I can buy a Bushmaster for $750" crowd, but to a semi-serious Colt collector, I would reckon $1200-$1300. That's just my opinion. ETA: how close is "just like the one" I posted? Is your forward assist plunger a clipped round circular type or the tear drop type, on the button part? |
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