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Posted: 12/9/2003 6:01:24 AM EDT
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Hey all, need opinions/help! I am looking at an AR15 SP1 Carbine. It appears to have been altered where the logo and serial numbers are. However, the parkarizing and upper match is so perfect it makes me think maybe the factory did it. In my opnionion it ranges from "sloppy" to "fraudulent". Any opinions? Kinda hard to see, but if you look closely you can see what appears to be waves where a grinder ground something off... Thanks! http://webpages.charter.net/mateomasfeo/Weapon%20Systems/Colt%20AR15%20SP1%20CAR%20serial%20num%20small.JPG http://webpages.charter.net/mateomasfeo/Weapon%20Systems/ReceiverTopAngle.JPG |
| While I have never seen grinder marks like that, if it's a fraud, it's a good one. You could contact Colt and ask them to research it. Maybe the original buyer is trackable, and perhaps you can work it from there, unless it was sold several times. Then it gets difficult. |
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Looks like the side was milled down, as if someone stood the lower on end and ran an endmill across the magwell. Took off the radius at the front of the magwell, so it's a sharp angle now, shown in the left side of the top pic. Plus, and endmill would leave that wavy pattern if one was cutting with the side of the cutter, as opposed to the end. Could be that Colt did it at the factory to fix a mistake in serial number or something. |
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Quoted: Well, since I don't own it "fraud and sloppy" would certainly be the words applying to me if I sold it to you at ANY price... A better question would be "would you plunk down 1250 for it", which is the asking price... If I saw those pics and were in the market for one, I'd still consider it, but not for $1250. Not because of the lower, but I can't see paying the difference for a pre-ban just to add a short stock or flash hider. $1000 sounds more reasonable to me, Colt or no Colt. |
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