I am still looking for my combat rifle and this is one long tedious process let me tell you. All I want to know is what sets the pony apart from everyone else besides being worth more. If I am able to get an LMT and an Eotech for the price of a Colt then this seems like the more intelligent option, unless the Colt is leaps in bounds better (which I doubt from what everyone says about LMT rifles). Basically I want to know the details. What is in the details of the Colt that make it a Colt.
for one thing, Colt was first, and they got it right, then comes the tradition of Colt quality thru the many years of producing the finest weapons a man can own, i.e., Colt/Walker, Colt Single Action Army, and the ever popular and still going strong, Colt M-1911
today there are many high quality firearms and personally i own a few, but this logo seems to attract attention
i hope this added a little info of what you are looking for.
If you can get a Colt for the price of an LMT then I would say buy the Colt. I own one of each and like both. I wouldn’t say the Colt is leaps and bounds better than the LMT and the LMT typically is $3-400 more around here. If you want best resale value then get the Colt. Both are excellent rifles.
Full auto ARs are much more temperamental than semi and companies that don’t build full auto guns don’t really have an opportunity to test there rifles. Colt builds more rifles per wk than most other AR manf/asssemblers do per year. Because they build so many and they build so many full auto guns and how long they have been doing it gives them the most experience in the industry. They have also concentrated on a proven design as opposed to chasing “improvements” which makes things easier. There assembly methods are incredibly efficient and consistent .
Colt just a name, most lower recievers made from the same material and Mil Spec…AR stands for Armalite which was the first. Colt just won the contract to make them in the 60’s.
The Colt have large PINs vs Small pins in all the industry uppers/lowers.
Colt is not the same Colt of yesteryear!
I have a DPMS and Superior Arms Lower and very happy…
What changed? Did you decide something was wrong with your original plan?
I honestly do not understand all this consternation people have over these things.
Which, brings us back to your issue with Colt. Will it perhaps cost $200 more than all your other options? Maybe. But for that extra $200 you get a functional rifle, that will MORE than meet the needs of 99.99% of shooters and you get the satisfaction of knowing that you own one of the best, if not the best, factory built AR15/M4gery on the market.
There is no “best”. You can lollygag for another 3 months and the answer won’t be any clearer. But the Colt will still be a Colt, it will still have it’s resale value if you decide you purchased poorly, and I’ll betcha $:donuts that you won’t.
The short answer to this tired old dead horse question is that Colt builds guns to the requirements of the TDP.
That’s why Colt is the objectively preferred brand in AR. Anytime you hear the words, “Brand X is ‘as good as Colt’” you should realize you’ve just been given a clue.
Someone ought to make a list, or no … a CHART! Yeah, someone out to make some kind of chart so folks could more easily compare the pros and cons of different AR brands.
