Blast from the panic buying past

Vulcan Bob · #1 11-15-2015, 02:27 PM

Hi there all, was making our local gun shop run last Tuesday and came across this one, a new in the box R 6530 Colt Sporter Lightweight bought in 1993 and was just put away. What makes me think "panic buy" was the $1221.93 price tag still on the box and the fact it never seems to have left the box since purchase. Paid the $599.00 price and lugged it home. I've heard of these called transitional "blue tag" guns made in between the partial and full ban mode models. It's a cool little rifle with it's skinny "pencil" sixteen inch barrel, mid barrel gas port with the shorty handguard and no bayonet lug. Has the A-2 sights and carrying handle and A-2 butt stock with accessory trap and "full fence" mag release button. Has the "sear block" in the gizzards and came with the riveted internal block magazine making the 20 round magazine a five shot.

The receiver marking are a bit strange as there is no AR-15 markings and under the model markings was stamped Cal .223. On the barrel it had the usual C CM 5.56 Nato and 1/7 twist stamping. It also had a letter dated November 24, 1993 stating that they were short of cleaning rods at the moment and to complete the form on the letter and mail it to them and they would send them when available.

Any hoo, boy was it dry and what was left of the factory lube was gummy and stiff, cleaned the bore and chamber and and lubed up the sticky safety and hammer pins and such till all was snappy and smooth again. NIB went away the next morning as off to the range it went and was zeroed at fifty yards for the moment, functioned just as it should haved and we will see how that one in seven twist will handle the fifty five grain ammo at one hundred yards. Attached is some free download pic's of the rifle I found on the net, too lazy to take pic's and post em I guess!

Thanks for looking and have a good week end!