Cat in the bag
Yes felon Vahan is relative of Colt employee
Yes Oly remanufactured receivers for customers with the original SN circa 2003 than ATF put a stop to it.
Yes, guns with model designations that did not exist in 1986 have been selling from the Colt employee collection for going on two years now. there are said to be hundreds of guns in that collection
Yes, some of the guns have A2 receivers marked with COLTS MFG CO INC, a designation that did not exist until 1989
Yes some other guns are marked with the 1986 specific COLTS FIREARMS DIVISION , but on post 2000 receivers with A4 reinforcements.
Yes this most recent post has ABSURD rollmarks like M4 enhanced.
hqving almost been a sucker for some of Spiwaks offerings back in December, I learned the above facts. Nuance and inference from communication with several of the dealers has led me to the following speculation
Employee did 2-3 or more runs remanufacturing guns with old registered SNs either bc the old registered receivers were damaged or bc he wanted cool rollmarks.
On the run he did circa 1994, he grabbed A2 receivers but forgot to change the manufacturer designation on the rollstamp machine. What a knucklehead. On the run(s) he did circa 2008 +\- 2011 there were no A2 forgings to be found at the Colt plant. which is why you see A4 forgings. by then he got the manufacturer markings problem fixed.
This explains pretty much every anomaly you see. But how to know if, circa 1998, he didnt recognize his gaffe with the manufacturer markings and so a proper run on A2 receivers?
I mantain that he did the community a great disservice. Only beneficiaries are his heirs and the dealers, many of which are playing dumb which is a whole other issue we could talk about.
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