

This page is intended as a guide to identify the various Colt manufactured M16 variants and derivatives. From Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games. Note:All items marked with a single asterisk (*) are taken from The year/serial numbers under Colt Colt 1851 Navy.
PRE BAN COLT AR15 SERIAL NUMBERS SERIAL NUMBERS
If multiple models appear for your serial number simply match the date with the appropriate model, as certain vintage firearms can share serial numbers between different models. 196 Enter the serial number, without spaces or dashes, to search the database. Serial # End (if partial year of production) # Produced. Colt Sporter (AR-15 SP1) The First Nineteen Years (1963-1981) This design was based largely on the original A1 model. The first ~15,000 guns were, as the memo notes, marked as Armalite AR-15 and these weapons went to the USAF for Security Police use and for testing by the services, including the Project AGILE tests and Vietnam. The first few Colt serial numbers (001-100) were toolroom prototypes and mules, and numbers were reused, and some were built on unnumbered receivers. Finally, BATF has allowed some pre-ban damaged to be. Double asterisk (**) under Bushmaster, a person on the internet e-mailed me that he had a lower that was shipped stripped (thus not a complete rifle) in 1991 from Bushmaster with serial #0327XX - ALWAYS CALL TO VERIFY. The year/serial numbers under Colt SP series was forwarded to me by an individual whose return address I no longer have.
