Aim Surplus LEO Trade 6520's

[SteyrAUG]

Yeah they did, I don't know what it is about the cops and those damned rattly single point sling thingy's.

The reason I hopped on this one is it was reasonable and as you state the LE only rollmarks are getting hard to find at decent prices.

If you didn't have a 6520, you NEEDED a 6520, short of going SBR it is the handiest of all the Colt Carbines and I love the individual roll marks used back then.

[HKGuns]

If you didn't have a 6520, you NEEDED a 6520, short of going SBR it is the handiest of all the Colt Carbines and I love the individual roll marks used back then.

I was late to the AR15 party. Started off as strictly a hunting enthusiast, but figured out my real niche was modern military arms. These days, I especially like finding different Colts.

This will have a nice spot on my wall.

[SteyrAUG]

I was late to the AR15 party. Started off as strictly a hunting enthusiast, but figured out my real niche was modern military arms. These days, I especially like finding different Colts.

This will have a nice spot on my wall.

First time you have to carry and shoot it, you will wonder where it's been all your life. All those individual roll mark Colts are probably the last collectible Colts we will see for some time. Now everything is just marked "M4 Carbine" or "Carbine."

[Uncas47]

A painful reminder of a bad choice in letting one of those go. Nice gun!

[HKGuns]

I just did some research on a bit of a unique magazine that came with this rifle. Not sure how it ended up in my rifle as it is from back when I was just a kid.

I had never seen one with this floor plate or follower, so looked them up. Kind of interesting.

As far as I can tell, Simmons Precision had a .Gov contract and only produced these 20 round magazines between '67-'71. If anyone knows different, chime in, I am certainly not an expert.

[SteyrAUG]

I just did some research on a bit of a unique magazine that came with this rifle. Not sure how it ended up in my rifle as it is from back when I was just a kid.

I had never seen one with this floor plate or follower, so looked them up. Kind of interesting.

As far as I can tell, Simmons Precision had a .Gov contract and only produced these 20 round magazines between '67-'71. If anyone knows different, chime in, I am certainly not an expert.

Simmons is one of a handful of USGI's but I'm almost positive they made them well into the 1980s. I know I've got a few dozen. That metal floorplate example might be early 70s though.

[Uncas47]

I have some NOS Simmons I picked up from Fulton a few years ago. Twenty rounders with metal follower are my absolute favorite magazines, the one that came with your gun looks barely fired. The carrier will wear a little spot on the follower after much use which doesn't affect anything. I've got some probably older than you LOL.