I don't own any AR platforms.
I did a count and I don't own any Colts.
In fact if it is per capita most my guns
were made by the PLA, that is Peoples
Liberation Army.
Rest are all American, Spanish, or  Italian.
I have one Smith and Wesson,  lots of Ruger.
No Colt.
Ammo availability drives my gun choices.
5.56 X 45 is not made everywhere.
7.62 X 39 is.

I'm an equal opportunity firearm owner/shooter.  I expanded my firearm brands and calibers over the years.  Recently though, I've come back to focusing on 5.56/.223 and 9 mm.  I still have and enjoy my 7.62x39, 45 ACP, .357/.38, .308, etc.  But not nearly as much. 

5.56 doesnt have to be made everywhere, only where you live and the 556 is America's caliber. unless you plan on taking you AK's over sees to use it doesnt really matter. Anywhere and everywhere here in the USA you can find 556. That drives my gun choices in getting ARs. Just saying.

From a SHTF perspective, in Hawaii we have large stockpiles of the 5.56x45 in military bases which depend on the soldiers' willingness to let a few cases "fall off the truck". On the other hand we are geographically located in caliber-neutral territory which makes kalash rounds more likely to show up on the black market.

It appears Colt changed their mind and are now trying to cash in on the record number of sales in the consumer market. 

It is like they have a dart board with brand strategy ideas and every once in a while decide to shake things up a bit.

It's a test to see how Colt Brand loyalty correlates to repeatedly pissing-off their customers.

It's the Battered Spouse Syndrome all over again!  (You should always batter your spouse before deep frying).

"There's a sucker born every minute."  -- PT Barnum*



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That’s weird. Didn’t Colt announce that it will resume commercial/civilian sales just recently?

That’s weird. Didn’t Colt announce that it will resume commercial/civilian sales just recently?

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#NoFocus

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Colt is being so erratic that any confusion is completely understandable.

Colt is being so erratic that any confusion is completely understandable.

My buddy that bought my early Colt HBAR recently offered to sell it back.  After remembering the lack of removable.front takedown pin (you had to remove a screw) and knowing now the goofy pin diameters they foisted on us, I declined.

Oh yeah, it had a remarkably sloppy lower to upper fit, that I do not recall GI M-16s having.