Quote Originally Posted by hoopharted View Post
who ever said $1200 ,they were selling for that 10 years ago or more and thats just not even close to a realistic number ,and if you find one for that you are doing extremely well , you may prefer 09 Colts and newer , but from a collectors stand point , a SP1 value will only head in one direction ,up , your 09 or newer Colt you wont even break even if you had to sell for at least another 20 years because "it will never be a SP1"

talking about that it has the worst features for a Colt has nothing to do with collectability , and collectability is what drives value ,anyone can go out and purchase a carbon copy brand new Colt , which by the way sell for $1200 , but the old SP1 rifles are scarce and desirable to a group of people that know about collectability , and know that their investment is almost certain
They're not making any more SP1's and that will prevent the value from going down. However, there's just no denying that the features of the newer Colt AR15's do have an impact on the value of the SP1's. Only collectors who have to fill that hole in their collection will pay more for something that is less. Collectors like me who don't have the desire to fill every hole will spend their money on the gun that's closest to the military version. If the SP1's were the closest we could get to a real military full auto M4/M16, they'd be worth far more than they are now.