The first ~15,000 guns were, as the memo notes, marked as “Armalite AR-15” and these weapons went to the USAF for Security Police use and for testing by the services, including the Project AGILE tests and Vietnam tests by USSF.Colt Ar 15 Pre Ban Serial Numbers Eagle Arms Ar 15 Pre Ban Serial Numbers The gun was advertised on the website as 'preban. glock store frame The first few Colt serial numbers (001-100) were toolroom prototypes and mules, and numbers were reused, and some were built on unnumbered receivers.

While dozens of books have been written about the history and origins of Colt’s iconic SP1 Sporter Rifle, none of them have offered a condensed, photo-rich source for collectors of the classic.

This article describes the many variations of the Colt AR-15 and M16 rifle family of weapons produced by Colt's Manufacturing Company.

This article is about AR-15 variants made by Colt's Manufacturing Company. The new value of a COLT AR 15 SP 1 rifle has fallen ($184.18) dollars over the past 12 months to a price of $1,732.07. A COLT AR 15 SP 1 rifle is currently worth an average price of $1,732.07 new and $1,539.86 used. Colt SP1, Original WW2 Collectible US Pins, WW2 Jacket, Colt Collectible Fixed Blade Knives, Colt Pocketknife. Exterior of SLIDE is 90% OR BETTER dark parkerized finish, and has been. There is NO serial number stamped behind firing pin stop. co pv adderall alternatives otc walmart Included with sale are firing pin, firing spring, firing pin stop and extractor(not shown).

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As to its value, there are a lot of variables but probably between $1,100 and $1,500 is a fair price. From the serial number it looks like it was made in 1974.

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