Nov 07, 2011 Now called ArmaLite. They will not give out a list, but will look up on an individual basis. Lower receiver serial numbers DO NOT begin with EA. Essential Arms (337) 945-0185 All are Pre-Ban as they went out of business in 1993. (DPMS bought them prior to the Ban) Call DPMS Lower receiver serial numbers begin with EA. Some or all lowers are cast. The year/serial numbers under Colt SP series was forwarded to me by an individual whose return address I no longer have. 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.
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Colt AR Serial Number Look Up? - AR15.COM
Colt AR15 And M16 Serial Numbers, 1960-1972 | WeaponsMan
I have a very lightly used Colt M4 Monolithic (LE6940). When I purchased it in the March of 2009, the dealer made a big deal that it was from one of the first crates of these guns shipped out of Colt, so I should be very careful to take care of it, and to keep all the boxes, etc. I did save all of the original box and packing, and I recently noticed that even the inner plastic bag has the serial number of the gun on it!
I never did use the gun very much, perhaps a few hundred rounds. I've had someone tell me it's in 98% or better condition. At this point I'm thinking of trying some clays, so I'm trying to do some research into what I could sell it for and convert some $$ from this into a nice Browning Citori 725.
The thing is, no matter how I try, when I try to enter the guns serial number into the Colt website it always comes up 'not found'! The serial number is basically LE048xxx. I can only get any results if I enter 48xxx (without the LE0) into the Colt website, but then I see some very old guns.
Does anyone know why the serial number isn't found on the Colt website?
This review does state that it was first released in 2009:
Colt LE6940 Carbine
So the above review loosely validates that I did get an early version of the gun, but it's hard to know how 'early' mine is considering I picked it up in March. It does have the 'Restricted for Military/Government Law Enforcement Use Only' roll stamp, which I understand that they later removed.
Without sending Colt money for an official 'Colt Statement of Origin' via their 'Archive Services' does anyone know a way to find out where my serial number stands so I can validate if I indeed do have 'one of the first ones'?
I know that the chances of finding a collector that wants this particular gun is probably rare anyway, but it might get me a bit more $$$ in a sale if I could validate it, so I thought it wouldn't hurt to ask. Or if it is from 'the first crate', perhaps it does have a lot more value than others (how many does Colt put in a crate anyway)?
Thanks for sharing any insight you may have!
Rich