Dumb Neighbour

[Ed_S]

So my dumb neighbout drops my AR from about 1ft onto concrete. It landed square on the muzzle.

Ok so call me paranoid but wanted any comments on whether it'll be fine. No scratches or anything but it was too lat ein the day to fire it. Like I say I maybe paranoid.

Not that it makes any difference(?) but its a Colt 6920.

Any advice appreciated. Beating my neighbour is unfortunatley not an option albeit tempting.

[Great-Kazoo]

if it has a f/hider replace, it if not recrowning it is an easy task

[GreenScoutII]

its a Colt 6920.

Any advice appreciated. Beating my neighbour is unfortunatley not an option albeit tempting.

Sorry about your rifle being dropped. Does your Colt have a flash hider? I'm not familiar with it by model number. I would say as long as the impact didn't damage the crown of the muzzle, you're probably OK.. I'm just thinking that AR's are decended (sp?) from the M-16. As such, I'm sure its plenty tough enough to survive such a thing as a military rifle is likely to see some abuse in it's life.

Just my thoughts though!

[sniper7]

Should be fine. post pictures.
barrel is threaded in there and a 1 ft drop should in no way damage that thing. if so, then you need to post in on ar15.com and let all the "colt is the only way" zombies hear about it.

only thing you might consider replacing is the A2 flash hider which is no more than $10. if there isn't any damage to that, then don't worry about it.
shoot it and make sure it still holds a tight group. post results.

[Ed_S]

Thanks for the advice.

Here's some pics. The flash makes it look embarrassingly filthy

[Irving]

Dumb neighbor?! The guy is a genius! He's just trying to get you to think it is damaged so you throw it away and he can grab it out of your trash next Tuesday.

[Marlin]

If it's a Colt, Chances are all the parts are spec.. So should be no problem..

Can't really tell anything from the pic's.. Looks good as far as I can tell..
As long as a pebble didn't get lodged in the barrel,, You should be good.

Who was the yahoo on arfcom a couple of years ago that threw his brand new AR down the driveway to, in his words: "Give it that used look." Or, at least said He did...

[DocMedic]

I've seen a M4, while loaded dropped and rolled of a side of a mountain for about 25 or so feet, when we recovered it, pistol grip got mangled, buttstock latch broke off, thing looked like a general wreck. the CCO and M4 were still functional.

[Gritty]

Thats why you never let ANYONE touch your firearms. It looks fine from the pics.

[SA Friday]

Dude, it's fine. If that freaked you out, you really don't want to know how I abused my issued M-4's over the last couple of years. If you have a descent scope on it, I doubt the drop would even be enough to knock it off of zero.