If you wonder over to the international sales section of Colt Mfg’s website they have some new(ish) listings for the M5 carbine. The short of it is that the M5 uses new receivers and handguard. The lower is completely ambidextrous similar to their 901 and the handguard mounts to the upper receiver rather than a barrel nut in order to “ensure extreme rigidity.”
They appear to be well thought out and modern even compared to other offerings on the market. They have a full product line with three different calibers and multiple barrel lengths offered including an SCW with a Maxim stock. As someone who has carried a Colt for the entirety of my professional carrier and still prefers the LE6945 to most offerings I would love to see these actually offered here.
Am I alone in my desire to see this here or should we all start a emailing CZ with demands?
I’d rock that 11.5” or 14.5”. I wonder how that handguard feels.
When you email CZ your demands, tell them you like the URX4 height and width, but want an 11.5” handguard model, and are hoping Colt will fill that gap in the market.
Dear KAC and LMT, please beat Colt to the US market with such a product.
Me too. Honestly the only Colt upper I actually want is the MMR. Otherwise I will just put something else on it.
I do believe the future is monolithic uppers just lighter and more awesome. Like after I update my Slutty Colt, I probably won’t buy anything else for serious use but LMT MRPs.
Everybody pushes the midlength. I’m sure it’s a little softer but I can honestly take or leave.
I find more merit in the rifle length than mid honestly.
I have this idea that I have had for a rifle concept that I can’t totally give a real name to yet. The gist is a Rifle for the music stops. The concept is of course a rifle length gas. Deceptively simple.
It may take some years still to get it just right. It’s a tangent but when society stops; I believe that I would want a rifle length gas
They’re still sticking with the severely outdated carbine length gas for the 14 in barrel lol… when mid-length has already proven itself to be extremely reliable and far more optimized/optimum and has been adopted even (URGI). As usual Colt is still stuck in the past and refused to evolve. This is just same ole M4 with some fancy furniture.
I imagine for the current intended customers being foreign agencies, being able to say that it uses the same operating system as the tested and ubiquitous M4 is a feature. Colt does have rifles with mid length gas systems in their line up.
It seems that a lot of times militaries and agencies will shirk the collective wisdom of the Internet. A good example of this are the new DevGru Noveskes having 10.5 inch barrels with .081 gas ports.
