
Every single new gun I buy gets stripped down and cleaned before. Of the AR-15s I use, this is among the most reliable one I have owned. That all may change, though, depending on what happens with the Army Individual Carbine Competition. Colt LE 6920 M4 Carbine Reliability Reliability was very good, again this is sometimes an ammunition based metric. My dad and myself picked up two Colt CR6920s last week. New to the AR15 world and happy to be here. But when it comes down to it, only Colt and FN Herstal actually have access to the true TDP. Firearm Discussion and Resources from AR-15, AK-47, Handguns and more Buy, Sell, and Trade your Firearms and Gear. With the boom of the tactical rifle market in the past 10 years after the assault weapons ban waned, many many companies have reverse-engineered the TDP and can now lay claim to producing "mil-spec" rifles, as they may share all the same qualities as a Colt 6920. Colt’s Manufacturing Le6920mps, Semi-automatic Rifle, 223 Rem/556nato, 16. My Bushmaster has the, 'For Government Use Only' markings also. As was mentioned, anyone who can possess an AR-15 can own one.

Any other producers of AR15 rifles who claimed to make "Mil-Spec" rifles were just blowing gas up consumers hind parts, as they had no access to the list of standards (TDP) and could only guess as to what Colt was doing. Both the 6920 and the 6940 come with the markings you see here. This set of standard is known as the "Technical Data Package" and for many years was only known to the Government and Colt. Since they are the major supplier of M4 rifles to the American Armed Forces, the government has a set of standards that must be met by all rifles which are issued to troops. First and foremost, Colt produces the 6920 while adhering to stringent quality control standards.
