Hi all,
A New Zealand based collector, lucky enough to be allowed such toys, has just bought Colt manufactured M16A1 S/N 9326646
Any idea of contract chaps?
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Hi all,
A New Zealand based collector, lucky enough to be allowed such toys, has just bought Colt manufactured M16A1 S/N 9326646
Any idea of contract chaps?
I believe that serial number puts the rifle in a foreign military contract range. I don't know which country. Better to get several pics of the lower receiver and see. Generally Colt direct military contracts will not be marked "Proprietary of US Government". M16A1 rifles with those markings probably were paid for by the US Government as part of a military assistance program. The receiving country would be required to get the US Government permission for resale. The receiving country can buy the rifles at a later date, or return them, or destroy them. Often the receiving countries will disassemble the rifles and sale the parts and destroy the lower receivers.
--fjruple
--fjruple
Many thanks indeed for the info. I will pass that on and see what comes back.
Cheers John
Jim--
My bad on the "Proprietary" it should be "Property". Also of these disassembled parts are found "Police" weapons with the barrels, FA parts (auto sear), and lower removed. Our "US" government believes that barrels made for military firearms are not for sporting purposes.
--fjruple
Here's the pics guys, well used and dropped a few times me thinks....
John,
She certainly looks like she had a hard operational life!
I don't collect the things but here are a couple of ex NZ Army examples
The New Zealand Army engraved the serial number on the upper, bolt carrier and bolt (the same as the L1A1 rifle) so from the photos above the rifle might not be ex NZ Army
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...zitofra7-1.jpg
http://www.milsurps.com/images/impor...1_LH06sm-1.jpg
I probably go against the grain here.........I have never been a great lover of the Armalite, and can't really put my finger on the reasons for that, but probably because it seemed to rattle a great deal when you didn't want to make a sound!!