Status of Colt in 2026?

AR/M4 AR General Discussion
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Colt being under non US ownership for a few years now, what is their status? It’s not a US company (which is criminal in my view), but at least a firearms company and a good one far as I know. We hear nadda about Colt these days. Still making quality ARs and 1911s? Quality slipped, improved, no changes? It seems they get no discussion at all online, but they did have a presence at SHOT at least. That new rifle looks nice, but there’s a lot of great choices today for that $, and loyalty to the brand of those buying for the Colt roll marks are all but gone:

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Interesting. I remember a few years back there were grumblings about Colt’s quality slipping, and they were no longer the standard.

Last ones we got were the Euro 6920s. Not sure the production year, but they are the usual great guns you’d expect.

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I was (I guess I still am) a big Colt AR fan with several of their “older” ARs including two LE6960s and several variations of their LE6920s. That said, I have lost track of their current lineup and quality since their ownership changed in the last handful of years.

$1999 MSRP is way too much for this variant considering all the other options out there these days. But, I hope they are successful in reestablishing their brand with good quality products. The AR world is just better off with good Colts in it, in my opinion.

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I just don’t know why you’d bother at this point. Aside from one of their SOCOM barrels, which seems to still be holding solid I think, what’s the point?