Posted: 3/7/2004 1:50:02 PM EDT
| I HAVE ACQUIRED AN AR15 A2 SPORTER II MATCHTARGET,THE RIFLE HAS BEEN FIRED ABOUT 100 ROUNDS AT BEST,MY CONCER IS THAT I HAVE AN A1 UPPER WITHOUT ELEVATION ADJUSTEMT THE RIFLES COLORS ARE THE SAME AND ALL SCREW HEADS AND HARDWARE ARE CRISP LIKE THEY HAVE NEVER HAD A TOOL TO THEM SERIAL# 3095XX WITH BARREL HAVING BAYONET LUG AND FACTORY FLASHIDER, MY QUESTION IS WHY DOES THIS RIFLE HAVE AN A1 UPPER AND A2 LOWER THIS WAS A ONE OWNER GUN BEFORE ME BARREL IS 1/7 TWIST. IF YOU COULD HELP I WOULD APPRECIATE IT AS MY CONCERN IS BEING A TRUE A2. THANKYOU XCOM391 OR E-MAIL AT [email protected] |
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Welcome to ARFCOM! My FFL has a rifle as you describe and I was amazed when I saw it. He says it came that way. It's s/n is before the AR-15A2 I have and mine is all A2 configuration including the upper reciever. Sounds like a "Transitional Model" to me for lack of better terms. I could be wrong, have been before, will be again. Danny |
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This link mighthelp answer your question, perhaps. www.recguns.com/Sources/IIID2b123.html |
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Hi guys. The very first runs of the AR15a2 were made with the original type upper and lower receivers with the a2 weight barrel and furniture added. This was because Colt was sending all the a2 uppers it could produce to it's .gov contract. It wasn't until the later years of a2 production they got around to putting a true a2 upper receiver on the gun. But the lower receiver still didn't have the front push pin or mag fence. Then came the "Blue Label" guns where they were switching the features of the lower receiver around. |
| THANKYOU! THIS MAKES THE MOST SENSE TO ME YOU HAVE ANSWERED MY QUESTION WITH AUTHORITY AND I THANKYOU FOR THAT! ON THE SERIAL NUMBER LIST I HAVE THIS RIFLE AS A 1973 THIS SEEMS LOGICAL WITH THE VIETNAM WAR STILL GOING ON! IF I AM WRONG PLEASE CORRECT ME! THANKYOU XCOM391 |
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Your welcome. I think you need to recheck your numbers. AR15a2's were produced until around '82-'83, I think it was. I'm betting you left out a digit. Look on the chart again and include the prefix letters, should be SPxxxxxx. For example my Blue Label R6601 (Sporter Match HBAR) has the serial number SP249xxx. I bought it new in 1990 just as soon as Colt resumed production minus the AR15 name and bayo lug. |
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Sounds like a pretty standard R6500. When Colt started to mark guns as A2s, they didn't include every A2 feature. Many guns, such as yours, just had one or two of them (like a shell deflector or forward assist). The R6550 would be the gun similar to yours with the A2 sights. |
Anything is possible, but that sounds more like a gun that a previous owner mixed and matched his own preference of parts on. |
