New Colt's now available

[Fox]

This plant that colt now owns used to be Diemaco and has been there since 1976, so no Liberals putting a business in place, it has been there for a long time, making reliable firearms for the Canadian Military.

[PaulR]

Lookin' pretty sweet. Where are these manufactured in Canada?

Just a few years back the upper and lower receivers were machined just a few steps away from my office. When I first started with this company, many people had large (empty) brass cases sitting on their desks as paperweights and the display cabinet in the lobby was filled with forgings in various states. Still enough of the old timers around that our social club runs a day at the range where anyone can sign up to go shooting for the day. Try that at pretty much any other company and see what kind of a response you get.

[Fox]

Just a few years back the upper and lower receivers were machined just a few steps away from my office. When I first started with this company, many people had large (empty) brass cases sitting on their desks as paperweights and the display cabinet in the lobby was filled with forgings in various states. Still enough of the old timers around that our social club runs a day at the range where anyone can sign up to go shooting for the day. Try that at pretty much any other company and see what kind of a response you get.

A friend of mine from elementary school's dad worked for Diemaco, he gave us empty 50 cal dummies for our collection

[dutchhunter]

mayby by the end of summer we will all be able to buy one of these new colts with just are pal ,waiting to hear the what the powers that be are going to do with the swissarms deal ,we may all benefit .Dutch

[sickofitall]

mayby by the end of summer we will all be able to buy one of these new colts with just are pal ,waiting to hear the what the powers that be are going to do with the swissarms deal ,we may all benefit .Dutch

I wouldn't hold my breath. That stupid idiot out east that shot all those RCMP officers did a fabulous job of setting legal gun ownership back. I'm hoping for the status quo, but have a sneaking suspicion there are more prohibitions coming down the line. Let's hope I'm wrong.

[trimmer21]

With Kathleen Wynne's new 'made in Toronto' cabinet,I shudder to think what's coming down the pipe,too.

[Bluebulldog]

I've shot enough of these in full auto, and other nice hardware, I can't get excited about buying a civvy version in semi auto.

Paying upwards of 2K for a rifle that you can only take from your house to an approved range, and back again seems a bit exorbitant. If I even were to look at a semi centerfire in 5.56 / 223 I'd be looking at NR types like Robinson Arms XCR, or a Tavor, but I can't see much use for paying the extra $$$ for something tacticool, which essentially you're going to use for small game.

It's nice that Colt Canada has been allowed to enter an already heavy field of competition of restricted AR variants. Sadly I don't see them doing much with this. A C7 / C8 is pretty well the same as most out there by places like Daniel Defense, Rock River Arms, etc. As a former serving member, I can tell you, the fact that it's the same as one I put literally 1000s of rounds through years ago, wont amount to a hill of beans. And I strongly suspect that the C7 price point is going to be well higher than a Norinco AR variant at $700Cdn.

[mosquito]

Made in Canada Colt's
http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/video/3659630288001

Must be sending the anti's into fits. :-)

[CocoZoo]

It really frustrates me that these are restricted. You can take a semi auto non-restricted 223 and put black stocks on it and it remains non-restricted but now you make something that is a military variant in semi-auto only and it must be restricted.

Don't worry, the next Liberal majority government we get will make all semi auto rifles restricted or prohibited [emoji6]

[topher]

Price starts at around $2k if you can afford a $2k go ahead pick one up... I'd rather p/u a norinco $500,clone... Use the left over $1500 on ammo