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  17. Colt M16-A2 Keosayian collection

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    7 hours ago, INTLMILCO said:

    Am I reading this right, Colt had a bunch of transferable MGs SN’s on the books for guns that didn’t exist for 10-13 years. 

    I’m assuming they didn’t get audited like we do… 

    I’ve read about him and heard his name, is there a cool factor to these - yes. I heard stories about the liquidation of this collection and it is just wild. 

     So John K. is still alive? 

    Colt most likely had the receivers produced and in their possession.  They then destroyed the originals and remarked new receivers.  A practice that is completely legal and logical but hasn't been allowed in almost 20 years I believe.  Colt may have done this on their own or with BATFE approval, who knows?  Manufacturers routinely do this with non-nfa items such as pistols.  You can send your non-nfa firearm to the manufacturer for repair and they can send you a new pistol with the same or different serial number right to your house without going through a dealer.  Kel-Tec is doing this right now to upgrade their sub-2000 rifles.  You get a completely new rifle with your old serial number sent to your house.  They may add a digit to identify the rifle as a replacement but that is not required.  They frequently just issue a completely new serial number because it is cheaper than re-serializing.  Serial numbers were not even required on long guns up until the 1968 gun control act or somewhere thereabouts.

  18. Colt M16-A2 Keosayian collection

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    Lots of strange things were allowed and disallowed over the years.  Registered (factory, not drop-in) AK and M16 sears were married to receivers post 86.  Stens were transformed into Sterlings.  There were changes needed if the original manufacturer didn't do the conversion, however original manufacturers were allowed to transform them into true Sterlings.  Charlie Erb was one of them doing it up until the mid 2000's.  Oh and I have an M16A1 I picked up in 1998 that left Colt in 1995 to John Keosayian then to Dennis Todd, then to a non-sot, then to me.  I have a Colt letter from when they were still doing them for machineguns.  What ruined it for everyone was the DBs taking MAC serial numbers and welding a cut out of the number to all kinds of things such as M60's, 1919's and GE mini-guns.   Gemtech had a righteous bitch as AAC was essentially passing off their cans with Gemtech markings.  Kinda like putting  ford VIN on a Chevy I guess.  Manufacturers found clever ways around some things like the Vollmer 21's where they folded the receiver up and welded the serial numbered portion above the feed mechanism.   This was allowed because the original number was not altered and never left the receiver.  Strange times.

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