At my LGS they had an unfired AR15A2 HBAR Sporter with box and a plastic bag with the serial number on it. The one salesman is a retired marine gunny who said the rifle was unfired and when I looked inside there wasn’t a mark on the hammer and no carbon on the bolt. Fellow who sold it said he bought it brand new and never fired it and just kept it in his safe, she was bone dry. They had it for sale for $769 so I bought it against my wife’s wishes but I think I may have scored at that price. It has a bayonet lug, came with two brand new 20 round magazines, instructions but no sling or cleaning kit , box has a green label. They said this is a pre-ban Colt, is that possible?
I don’t know if I can post pictures with my post count.
It’s possible it’s a pre-ban rifle if it has a flash hider. Check the labels on the box to determine if it was made prior to Sept. 13, 1994. If it was, it is a pre-ban rifle.
Sounds like the first AR-15A2 HBARs that were released in the late 1980s. They had the flash hider and bayonet lug. I describe an upper from one of these guns in the thread below:
Thanks guys for your replies. After I posted I thought duh I’am posting about a rifle on an M4 forum( I do own a 6920) but this is an AR15, sorry. The box has a green label marked R6600 and the rifle has a bayonet lug and flash hider. The only thing missing in the box was a sling and the cleaning kit, it even had the plastic flash hider protector. None of the surfaces have a spot of wear on them that would have shown up after firing, the bolt, carrier and the hammer.
I see now says the blind man, this should have gone in the vintage AR section, can the topic be moved there?