![]() ![]() Very rare gun as a transferable.Ĭolt AR15 XM177E2 – SN: 111,xxx: US property marked and marked XM177E2. Only one I have seen was a reweld from GI scraps from the 1970’s. May have 2, 3 or 4 shot burst ratchets.Ĭolt AR15 Model 02 – SN: 039,7xx: Standard US Property marked 02.Ĭolt AR15 Model 04 – SN: 040,0xx: Property Marked with no forward assist. ![]() US Property marked & usually with 4 position selector. Cut down handguards with longer barrel for better functioning. 3 prong flash hider.Ĭolt AR15 Model 02 – SN: 038xxx: Prototype 16” barrel carbine. At least one is still in the white.Ĭolt AR15 Model 02 – SN: 023,8xx: Usually US Property marked. 14.5” cut down barrel with triangular handguards, 4 position selector, Chrome bolt.Ĭolt AR15 Model 06 – SN: 015,65x: Tool Room Heavy Barrel Squad Auto.Ĭolt AR15 Model M2 HBAR belt fed – SN: 018,9xx: Less than 20 made as belt feed action. Some originally came with the Survival Rifle cone flash hider.Ĭolt AR15 Model 05B – SN: 015,6xx: Tool Room Carbine model. These were tested in Vietnam and Laos by Special Forces and CIA officers. ![]() Very rare, only seen one in private hands and one in a Museum. At least one gun is registered in the NFA twice under the serial number and again under the GX number. Guns are marked AR15 with a serial number, but also a GX drawing number. Note: Also noted are additional so called “GX” shortys, or “Government Experimentals”. One gun has no Colt markings and it is in Model 07 configuration with all the paperwork showing it was exported to a NATO country before 1965 and returned before 1968. Not to be confused with Armalite SN: 0004.Ĭolt AR15 Model 01 – SN: 000,1xx: Usually has green painted bakelite furniture.Ĭolt AR15 Model GX – SN: 014,5xx : Adjustable length Buttstock and 10” barrelĬolt AR15 Tool Room Shorty – SN: 014,864: Adjustable Buttstock, 10” barrel, cut down triangular handguards, very short muzzle suppressor.Ĭolt AR15 Model 08 – SN: 015,5xx: Survival Rifle (Estimated Less than 10 made)Ĭolt AR15 Model 07 – SN: 015,59x: Adjustable Buttstock, 10” barrel, cut down triangular handguards, short muzzle suppressor.* “GX” model range. There are at least 3 guns serial number #0004 attributed to Colt. Not meant to be all knowing or exclusive.Ĭolt AR15 Serial Number under 010 – Some have No logo – Tool Room Guns with distinctive tool marks on receiver. Doesn’t include Colt Tool Room or Gun Room marked guns. ![]() Here is the info: Colt AR15 and M16 serial number ranges Observed. I was throwing out some old paperwork and found a bunch of notes I have kept over the years of Transferable Colt production AR15 and M16 guns I have seen. The detail goes well beyond what is normally found in resources like The Black Rifle. Digging through some archived research info on my hard drive, I found the following written by Jack at Public Safety, who has been a major Colt LE supplier for decades. ![]()
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