British Military Issue AR15

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The Model 02 was a contract (#508)awarded to Colt Nov 1963. It basicly brought into light the model of the AR15/M16 that we all grew up seeing. Some were produced with the bolt closure device and some were not. 104.000 rifles were made, 85,000 with bolt closure for army and marines and 19,000 were not. I would suspect yours would have made it's way to the UK after being supplanted by later generations of M16 and the older ones could be surplused.

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The Colt Model 02 also known as the 602 was the first to use the 1 in 12 barrel twist (the Model 01 used the 1 in 14 twist). The civilian Colt SP1 was very close to the Model 602 and was available in 1964.

In the book "The Black Rifle" page 305 is a photo of a Colt Model 01 rebarreled in the UK to use the 4.85x49mm cartridge

Photo shows a 4.85mm,Attachment 40641 224E2 Winchester and 222 Remington Special