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DeltaKilo
05-24-2010, 21:07
I'm considering another AR-15 rifle, and the decision has come down to either a Colt, or a Daniel Defense.

Which of the two would you choose, and why?
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TriggerHappy
05-24-2010, 21:13
DD makes top notch tools. Colts tend to hold value better. I would buy 2 colts with consecutive serial #'s and then begin to accessorize. Then buy a DD. If the world was only a perfect place. Me, a colt. my .02

Great-Kazoo
05-24-2010, 21:16
DD

i don't drink the Coltaid. over priced and over rated. My AR's do what a colt does for 1/2 the cost, except my SBR.
YMMV

TriggerHappy
05-24-2010, 21:19
DD

i don't drink the Coltaid. over priced and over rated. My AR's do what a colt does for 1/2 the cost, except my SBR.
YMMV

I also agree with Jim. Depends on the funding. I tend to look at it as a investment.

DeltaKilo
05-24-2010, 21:21
Well, that's just it. I have a line on a colt for $890. the DD is $1450.

TriggerHappy
05-24-2010, 21:28
You buy the DD, I'll buy the colt?[Beer] (which model colt?)

Birddog1911
05-24-2010, 23:36
That Colt is dangerous. You should let me know who is selling it, and I'll dispose of it properly...;)

TriggerHappy
05-25-2010, 01:04
Get in line BD. [Beer]

patrick0685
05-25-2010, 02:31
DD

i don't drink the Coltaid. over priced and over rated. My AR's do what a colt does for 1/2 the cost, except my SBR.
YMMV

agreed, minus i dont have a SBR yet[Beer]

theGinsue
05-25-2010, 06:49
In case you haven't been able to read between the lines, that's a great price for the Colt - get it or let the rest of us know where we can get that deal so that we can crawl over each other to get it!

DeltaKilo
05-25-2010, 07:32
Well, I opted to rebuild an old rifle with a slightly different upper, so I'll be going with neither one. As to where to get that deal...Gander Mountain in Thornton has Colt AR-15s, 16", for $850, and as of when I called last night, plenty of them in stock.

TriggerHappy
05-25-2010, 10:24
Just got off the phone with gander mtn, colt rifles selling for $1700 for .223 and $650 for .22lr. Nothing special here. If somebody quoted you $850, you missed your chance at 1/2 off.

DeltaKilo
05-25-2010, 10:25
Just got off the phone with gander mtn, colt rifles selling for $1700 for .223 and $650 for .22lr. Nothing special here. If somebody quoted you $850, you missed your chance at 1/2 off.

Either that or in my looking at eleventy-billion ARs last night, I got the price wrong. [Bang]

Ed_S
05-25-2010, 21:09
I'd go for the Colt!
Try Jensens, they won't be $850 though!

DeltaKilo
05-25-2010, 21:47
Got a new rifle, ended up with a purdy-nice LMT.

wyzardd
05-25-2010, 22:30
I've got a craving for a Colt. I don't know why. That Pony gets under your skin... Well, under mine. It's like BRD has some kind of hyper-virulent strain.

cebeu
05-26-2010, 14:41
Looks like your dup post on 1911forum continues to devolve into the typical "ass-fest" of conjecture & opinion. [Tooth]

DeltaKilo
05-26-2010, 15:08
Looks like your dup post on 1911forum continues to devolve into the typical "ass-fest" of conjecture & opinion. [Tooth]

Not my fault. [ROFL1]

DeltaKilo
05-26-2010, 15:18
So it occurs to me that I have this shiny new LMT, and because I went a bit nuts the night before I bought it, I bought a BCM upper for my existing AR on the idea I'd rebuild it, or build a new one with another lower. So, now that I'm not doing that, anyone want a BCM upper, 16", with a 12" daniel defense rail and an auto BCG? [Coffee]

TriggerHappy
05-26-2010, 20:25
PM sent, firsties if price is right.

Ridge
05-26-2010, 21:16
Never understood why Colts commanded such a high price.

Is it the cheap anodizing in the wrong color?
Is it the out of spec parts?
Is it the block of steel jammed into the lower so you couldnt use an M16 carrier?

DeltaKilo
05-26-2010, 21:18
Never understood why Colts commanded such a high price.

Is it the cheap anodizing in the wrong color?
Is it the out of spec parts?
Is it the block of steel jammed into the lower so you couldnt use an M16 carrier?

By the by, ridge, I know this is slightly off topic, I simply wanted to say that your horse is amazing...

Graves
05-26-2010, 21:24
Out of spec or not, my 6920 is the first AR I've had reach the 5k mark without so much of a hicup. Yeah, I'm a colt-ade drinker now.


By the by, ridge, I know this is slightly off topic, I simply wanted to say that your horse is amazing...

He might show you where the lemonade is made...

DeltaKilo
05-26-2010, 21:27
Out of spec or not, my 6920 is the first AR I've had reach the 5k mark without so much of a hicup. Yeah, I'm a colt-ade drinker now.



He might show you where the lemonade is made...

[ROFL2]

Irving
05-26-2010, 21:31
Colt makes the best guns in the entire universe, and all the other places too.

DeltaKilo
05-26-2010, 21:32
Colt makes the best guns in the entire universe, and all the other places too.

I think you'll find that the universe pretty much covers everything...

Irving
05-26-2010, 21:35
Shut up woman get on my Colt.



Man, I'm glad that meme is over.



For real, I don't have an AR-15, so I can't make a real comment about Colt.

DeltaKilo
05-26-2010, 21:39
best. discussion. thread. EVAR. [LOL]