M4 Carbine improvement program

[sporter]

I hope Colt makes a civy 6920 heavy version soon...

 

[mvician]

I hope Colt makes a civy 6920 heavy version soon...

They did, it is the LE6920HB and they only made 300 according to this picture.

1SEP04 COLT MODEL LE6920HB

The Colt LE6920HB was spec'ed and designed at Specialized Armament in the Summer of 2003, and is the second in a series of special production Colt law enforcement carbines developed to provide agencies and officers with unique features not found on standard production Colt AR-15 and M16/M4 series firearms. (The first in this series was the AR6320/6330 Police Patrol Carbine.)

In Early Fall 2003, Colt accepted the proposal and purchase order for the required minimum 300 LE6920HB's with the newly created 16 inch "M4 heavy Barrel" based on the 14.5 inch SOCOM M4A1 barrel (R0921HB). A production date was set for late Nov 2003 and all 300 units plus spare barrels, parts and magazines arrived at Specialized Armament on 15DEC03.

The LE6920HB was in fact produced exclusively for Specialized Armament and all authentic "HB's" originated at this company after arriving from Colt's factory on 6 pallets. The serial number range extends between LE014388 - LE015184 as Colt randomly pulled lower receivers from LE6920 and LE6921 production to assemble the small run of LE6920HB's. Specialized Armament will provide an authentication letter on Colt letterhead (no charge) to anyone who has purchased one or more of these fine Colt firearms directly from us.

Quality Makes It a Colt,

Ken Elmore

http://www.specializedarmament.com/content/skins/flat/popup_issue_94.html

 

[Slow Hand]

Did a little test Saturday at the range that kind of corresponds to the topic here. usefulness of the tree round burst anyways. I put up a brand new 'Bad Guy' target at the range Saturday and priceeded to fire a few bursts at him. This was out of a 13" AC556 which is a good bit lighter than an M4, especially one that's got a railed fore-end full of electronics. Anyways, at ten yards, using a VFG and a good stance, I aimed at teh BG's belt buckle and fired a few three and two round bursts. Upon examining the target it was funny and suprising! There were basically three groups. The horizontal spread was pretty small, but each group was seperated by about five to six inches vertically! So, unless you are shooting a much heavier rifle or have lots of mass to hold it down (I'm not exactly small) it really goes to show that Semi is the way to go if you really want to hit anything at any kind of distance!

Doug K