Immediately everything about the rifle screamed cheapness especially the 18" Unlined cromo 4140 barrel with carbine gas system. I did a little digging and found this article:
And despite the positive review, I read that Colt Competition licenses the Colt name and uses their parts. Not a real Colt, in my books. Think I should try to convince my dad to cancel his order?
They are made by Bold Ideas. It was a small shop located in Canby Oregon until one day the owner got fed up with corporate taxes here and decided to move to Texas. At least that’s what one of their sales reps I have talked to said. They are primarily meant for 3gun shooters so usually they have a fluted stainless barrel. Our LGS usually has several in stock and they seem to be well put together but I don’t think it would be a good ‘first AR’ purchase.
I didn’t see that at first. How can 6lb and competition trigger be used in the same sentence? It appears this trigger is just a milspec trigger with a fancy coating, not unlike ALG ACT trigger.
Thanks to all that responded. I convinced my dad to cancel his order. We’ll see what he gets. He’s got a connection that’s getting him a deal. I went over the top tier brands with him, (Colt, BCM, LMT, Daniel Defense, Sionics) so hopefully his connection carries them.
I just bought one of these for my brother as a wedding gift. It was going for $699.99. I know people are going to jump all over me and tell me better could be had. I don’t care, and it sure beats the hell out of getting a set of pot and pans, or some bullshit like that as a wedding gift. Anyhow, I know it’s cold hearted, but I’m going to shoot it a little bit before I give it to him, and write a little review on it.
I bought a Colt 1516. I got it for under $700. The trigger is basically a mil spec with some fancy coating. It is by no means a competition trigger. Some of theses rifles have Geissele triggers, but mine does not. Mine also has carbine gas (bleh), no port door and no forward assist. Barrel is nice, but is not chrome lined. I bought it to use as a dedicated platform for a SWFA 6X scope and AAC can when shooting paper out to 500yds. For my uses it is perfect. For a “combat/battle rifle” these do not fit the bill.