This list does not discern between 'Pre-ban' and 'Grandfathered' as it is very nearly impossible to find that detail of information. A Pre-ban lower is only grandfathered if it: 1.

It should be clearly noted that it is a felony to possess a Post-Ban newly assembled after Sept 13, assault weapon. It is a compilation of both personal information and information submitted from others, mostly from the Internet. This is not intended to be used in any way except for personal entertainment.

Post Pistol.I have compiled this list for the purposes of sharing information only. In the early years, they had no stocks being just the buffer tube for the recoil spring and buffer for the AR15's direct impingement gas system. Because of the way the ATF's AFMER data is collected only handguns are broken out by caliber in order to avoid contamination from non AR pattern rifles I've limited the manufacturers on this list to those known to almost exclusively make AR pattern rifles. This means that there is a three year interval of no data available to us. Because Colt owned the M16 Technical Design Package TDPparts at the time were terrible, with many of them being out of spec best casewith the worst case being used M parts imported from overseas, reparkerized and sold as new. In addition to the small aftermarket, there were military contract overrun parts as well. Using these lowers, they were then assembled into complete guns using parts from Lone Star Ordnance, Nesard, Sarco, Gunsmoke Enterprises, etc. They eventually moved to Olympia, WA in and started making lowers in Inthey changed their name to Olympic Arms, Inc. Company defunct by Schuetzen Gun Works began in in Colorado Springs making barrels. Formed Later bought the rights to the old Armalite company in and renamed themselves Armalite. They basically contracted out their cast receivers - those whose letters and numbers are aligned near perfectly were cast by Ruger, while the misaligned number receivers were cast by an as unknown company in Texas. Colt Sporter Match HBAR Pre Ban R6601Įssential Arms. Following the expiration of Gene Stoner's patent on the M gas system inaftermarket lower receivers became available from the following companies. The highest serial number known to be in the wild is GS xx. Production of these rifles ended in and thus the entire production run is pre-ban.

When Was My Gun Made? Firearm Dates by Serial Number I think this prefix was used only for a short period before switching to SL Sporter Lightweight. NOTE II: The downturn highlighted in purple in production numbers is due to Colt withdrawing the AR from the market temporarily to fix the 'hammer follow-down' issue the gun could fire full-automatically - erratically - if the disconnector was removed. NOTES: The serial numbers listed, except for,are the serial number at the first of the year. Serial End if partial year of production. This page is an effort to assemble a comprehensive estimate of just how many AR pattern rifles have been built in the US since it first became commercially available in In those early years of the Black Rifle, Colt was the only manufacturer with civilian sales starting in at Serial SP Below is a table of rough production numbers for the first 19 years of the 'Black Rifle', to give you an idea of how well it sold.

Colt serial number date of manufacture