The Danish Army has just signed a contract with Colt Canada for 5000 Colt C8 IUR carbine. The carbines will be designed the M/10. The guns feature quad rails and a fore grip. [ Many thanks to Mark for emailing me the info. ]
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A while back the government awarded Colt a contract to manufacture the FN designed M240B machine. FN was none to happy about this! They filed a protest which has just been overruled by the US Government Accountability office. From the ruling … As a final matter, FN challenges the SSA’s best value tradeoff decision. In […]
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These beautiful Colt Walker revolvers were used in Clint Eastwood’s western classic The Outlaw Josey Wales . I think these guns were featured on the previous episode of NRA News’ Curators Corner. Unfortunately I cannot figure out how to watch it! Anyhow, you can read more about these guns at the NRA Blog. UPDATE: You […]
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Jane’s reports that Jordan arms manufacturer KADDB will be manufacturing the LWRC International 6.8mm PSD sub-carbine and under license for use by royal protection units. The PSD is in the PDW (Personal Defense Weapon) class of weapons. It has a very short 8″ barrel. To compensate for the short barrel it is chambered in 6.8mm […]
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1911-patterened pistols chambered in .22 LR are all the rage right now in the industry. Umarex USA, who manufacture the .22 Colt M4 Carbine, will be selling a Colt branded 1911-style .22 pistol later this year. The pistol will come in three models. The Government-style model is the base model. The Rail model features improved […]
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A Canadian solider carved this replica of the Colt C7 rifle out of oak. More photos here. [ Many thanks to JussiV for emailing me the link. ]
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The New York Metropolitan Museum of Art has this incredibly beautifully engraved Colt Third Model Dragoon revolver. The gun was part of three pairs created for Samuel Colt to exhibit in Europe during the Crimean war. [ Many thanks to Jonathan for taking the photos. ]
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The Colt Defense Tactical line is, or was, supposed to be Colt’s triumphant return to the commercial market. I held off for months from blogging about the Colt Defense’s Tactical line of rifles until more information came to light. Nearly six months later no new information has been unveiled and the ColtTactical.com website is still […]
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I have always loved animations showing how guns work. Sterling Roth has designed a M1911 flash animation for Colt’s website. To “shoot” the gun, all the safeties need to be disabled Click here to see the animation. [ Many thanks to Sterling for emailing me the link. ]
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This time it was a vintage .45 Colt. As usual handloads were used and the owner swears they were loaded correctly Lots more photos at AFRCOM. [ Many thanks to jdun1911 for emailing me the link. ]
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Solider System’s has the skinny. If anyone knows anything about this rifle. Please let me know.
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David Crane of DefenseReview has confirmed the existence of the Colt CM901 (7.62mm Battle Rifle) whose existence was first revealed by Solider Systems a few days ago. David said in a comment on TFB … I test-fired the CM901 on both semi-auto and full-auto about two weeks ago. It’s pretty cool. I can’t wait to […]
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David Crane got an exclusive on the new Colt Modular Carbine CM901. It is one nifty looking rifle. Colt’s CM901 is designed as a multi-caliber, modular capability with one lower receiver configurable to different calibers and barrel lengths for different missions. With its universal lower receiver based on the 7.62 mm round and the ergonomics […]
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I did not know that the Cougar Magnum is a real type of gun … However, what a lot of people don’t realize is that the Cougar Magnum was in fact a real gun. During the halcyon revolver days of the late 70s and early 80s before the wondernine revolution, there was a popular cottage […]
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Soldier Systems has posted many photos of the Colt CM901 on display at AUSA.
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Photos have surfaced depicting Mexican Marines armed with the Colt IAR. This makes sense. Mexico uses the Colt Automatic Rifle (the automatic rifle that has been marketed by Colt for many years) and they seem to be fond of high-capacity drum magazines like the Beta C-Mag. The Colt IAR is the only IAR competition entrant […]
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Things are not looking good for Colt Defense LLC. From the S&P press release … Nov 16 – Standard & Poor’s Rating Services said today that it has lowered its corporate credit rating on Colt Defense LLC [CDEFHC.UL] (Colt) to ‘B’ from ‘B+’. At the same time, we lowered the issue-level rating on the company’s […]
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Colt and Baron’s Engraving have put together the Friends of NRA 2011 Gun of the Year. It is a beautifully engraved Colt Model 01991Z Government. From the press release … The 2011 Gun of the Year is custom made with a 24 karat gold plated barrel bushing and screws on the grip panels and ornate […]
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Colt has produced a one of a kind 1911 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 1911. Only one gun has been made. It has the serial “1911COLT2011″. The pistol is being auctioned off at GunBroker. Bidding has hit just over $25,000. The winner also gets a private tour of the Colt factory, lunch with […]
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Talo and Colt have teamed up to produce a limited edition of the SAA Colt P1750 chambered in . 44 Special. The revolver features a 6.5″ barrel, scaled rosewood grips, a special roll mark and a deep Colt blue finish. 200 will be made. The MSRP is $1459.
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