Introduced in 1964, Colt has made many different types of AR-15 rifle and carbine models. It was designed to be manufactured with the extensive use of aluminum alloys and synthetic materials. The Colt AR-15 is a lightweight, 5.56×45mm, magazine-fed, air-cooled semi-automatic, gas-operated rifle with a rotating bolt. The rifle features a 20 round magazine, round forend, peep sights, carry handle scope rail, slings, and original cleaning rod. Last edited by Black Dog 04-30-08 at 14:28.This lot features a fine example of a Pre-Ban Colt AR-15 Model SP1 Cal. From my experience, I would leave that configuration alone unless you wanted to collect it as a novelty item. The 7.62X39 was a huge waste of time and money for us. The department ended up trading the 7.62X39 chambered Colts and replacing them with a weapon that fired the round it was designed to fire. I think Colt supplied 5 round magazines with the weapon and we could only locate larger capacity magazines from US Magazine. This caused all kinds of inconsistencies with the spring and follower and alignment of the rounds in the magazine. The magazine well in the Colt is straight, so we would have a curved magazine that would then straighten out to fit into the mag well. The problem is that the case of the 7.62X39 has a greater taper thus when the rounds are stacked in a magazine there is the pronounced "banana" curve required of the magazine. Once a round was chambered it hit the target nicely, but the set up was so unreliable with malfunctions that it could not be fielded as a patrol rifle. Within weeks none of the magazines fed properly. It worked OK with brand new magazines, but that did not last long. I remember some of the thought was it must be good because it was a Colt. What they settled on was the Colt that fired the 7.62X39. There was even (mostly joking) talk of outfitting us with 30-30 lever actions. Part of the selection process was to take car doors to the range and shoot through them with. I think it was a response to the North Hollywood robbery incident, and they wanted something to reliably penetrate vehicles and keep the bullets intact. The intentions of the selection committee were good. These were selected to replace Marlin Camp 9 (9mm carbines) as issued patrol rifles for a department I worked at in late 1997. Sorry I can not answer your specific questions, but unfortunately I have some first hand experience with the Colt in 7.62X39. Reading this thread got me to stop lurking and register so that I could write something. If good magazines were available and cheap enough they might sell but otherwise I think they will remain an oddity. It seems now it was a rifle looking for a reason to be. i remeber seeing a Colt ad for it pushing it as a Deer rifle. To make the AR a more viable (to some people) Deer rifle. To allow shooters to use cheap Russina ammo that was pentiful at the time (late 80's early 90's)Ģ. As far as why they were made I can only speculate. It held 30 rounds and looked like an AK mag welded to the upper part of a 5.56 mag.Īs to how many were made, how long they were made and it's value I could'nt tell you. I bought a USA brand magazine, often referred to as "Frankenmags" for it. You can load about 8 rounds of 7.62x39 ammo in a 30 round 5.56 magazine. I also doubt it had an F marked front sight base as mine was an A2 upper. I don't believe Colt made them with collapsable stocks. I later traded the upper for a 5.56 upper. I bought one of these just as the ban was preparing to start.
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