Help me identify my AR/M4

[Knobgoblin]

1994

 

[sobo]

What I don't get is if they were intended for civilians why was it stamped restricted law enforcement / military use? Who were they even selling them to?

LARPers?

 

[Knobgoblin]

When your shoes match your bag.

 

[Hooyah DeepSea]

It was probably one of the many 'Fast and Furious' guns sold to the cartels by the Obama administration . . . just think about it !!!

 

[titsonritz]

What I don't get is if they were intended for civilians why was it stamped restricted law enforcement / military use? Who were they even selling them to?

Again, that was during the ban. Police are civilians.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Assault_Weapons_Ban

 

[Triggasylum]

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When your shoes match your bag.

Mine actually came with the steel mag that had similar markings on it. Looks beat to hell. Haha

 

[FireArm]

What I don't get is if they were intended for civilians why was it stamped restricted law enforcement / military use? Who were they even selling them to?

to everyone... youre a silly goose

 

[Koda]

marketing, its "tacticool" to own something not for civilians.
You can put anything you want on a gun and sell it.

PSA sells "property of US govt" AR15s...

https://palmettostatearmory.com/psa-m16a2-ar-15-stripped-lower-receiver.html

 

[Triggasylum]

to everyone... youre a silly goose

I don't understand

 

[gmerkt]

Colt f'ed up with that expanse line, it certainly didn't do anything for their reputation.

From my limited knowledge of it, that was Colt's answer to low-end competitors. I believe there were several iterations of the Expanse line, and likely they were using up excess parts inventory as another cost containment measure.

Here's a little company history of Bold Ideas, a Colt subsidiary that made the Expanse rifles:

Colt SUED for Half a Million Dollars over Expanse Production Cutbacks -

Colt’s Manufacturing is in hot water: A lawsuit filed in the District Connecticut court by finance company Prestige Capital is targeted at the gunmaker, with the aim of recouping half a million dollars plus legal fees and interest over what the plaintiff claims was a breach of contract during...

www.thefirearmblog.com

What I don't get is if they were intended for civilians why was it stamped restricted law enforcement / military use? Who were they even selling them to?

I can think of a couple of possible reasons. (1) They had some left over lowers with that imprint on them. (2) Marketing reasons, some people get their jollies out of having something that says they shouldn't, even if not true. The ones I've seen for sale new in gun shops were not being restricted as to buyers. The Colt "Tactical Carbine" AR15A3 had the restricted imprint; I bought it new in Fall, 2011, well after the federal ban was over.

Colt has made so many AR15 variations over the years, and variations within variations, it's a job to try to keep it all straight.

 

[Triggasylum]

From my limited knowledge of it, that was Colt's answer to low-end competitors. I believe there were several iterations of the Expanse line, and likely they were using up excess parts inventory as another cost containment measure.

Here's a little company history of Bold Ideas, a Colt subsidiary that made the Expanse rifles:

Colt SUED for Half a Million Dollars over Expanse Production Cutbacks -

Colt’s Manufacturing is in hot water: A lawsuit filed in the District Connecticut court by finance company Prestige Capital is targeted at the gunmaker, with the aim of recouping half a million dollars plus legal fees and interest over what the plaintiff claims was a breach of contract during...

www.thefirearmblog.com

This is very good information. Thank you.

I can think of a couple of possible reasons. (1) They had some left over lowers with that imprint on them. (2) Marketing reasons, some people get their jollies out of having something that says they shouldn't, even if not true. The ones I've seen for sale new in gun shops were not being restricted as to buyers. The Colt "Tactical Carbine" AR15A3 had the restricted imprint; I bought it new in Fall, 2011, well after the federal ban was over.

Colt has made so many AR15 variations over the years, and variations within variations, it's a job to try to keep it all straight.

 

[FireArm]

I don't understand

google is your friend.

Concerns about 'Restricted for LE' markings? [Archive] - M4Carbine.net Forums

I'm a civi looking to buy an AR and one of my potentials is a Colt LE6920. I'm concerned however with the "Restricted for Military/Government Law Enforcement Use Only" markings that these guns come with. In particular in the event that another AWB comes down the pipe - I'm wondering how...

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[Triggasylum]

google is your friend.

Concerns about 'Restricted for LE' markings? [Archive] - M4Carbine.net Forums

I'm a civi looking to buy an AR and one of my potentials is a Colt LE6920. I'm concerned however with the "Restricted for Military/Government Law Enforcement Use Only" markings that these guns come with. In particular in the event that another AWB comes down the pipe - I'm wondering how...

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Appreciate the help.