Colt Expanse M4 Upper $320

[Hellrazr78]

Not sure if this is a great deal or not but I don't see Colt uppers a available often. BCG included and free shipping.

https://www.armsunlimited.com/Colt-Expanse-M4-16-inch-Upper-Receiver-Assembly-p/ce1000.htm

 

[travistheone]

What is the deal with 'expanse'? Is it a cheaper version?

 

[mopar92]

What is the deal with 'expanse'? Is it a cheaper version?

Yeah. No forward assist or dustcover and a steel barrel.

Pay for the name and none of the features! Yay!

 

[MEGARMS]

Yeah. No forward assist or dustcover and a steel barrel.

Pay for the name and none of the features! Yay!

And you would never know this from looking at the picture they have posted. Interesting.

 

[zoostation]

Yeah. No forward assist or dustcover and a steel barrel.

You are correct. I will say it does have the cutouts for both though, just plugged. So those can be added if anyone wants this upper enough and is willing to get the parts and add them.

Not sure about the steel barrel. Pretty sure that's most of them these days. Those wooden ones caused so many problems. :p

I know you meant non-chrome lined, just hassling you.

 

[HordesOfKailas]

You are correct. I will say it does have the cutouts for both though, just plugged. So those can be added if anyone wants this upper enough and is willing to get the parts and add them.

Not sure about the steel barrel. Pretty sure that's most of them these days. Those wooden ones caused so many problems. :p

I know you meant non-chrome lined, just hassling you.

Too bad Mythbusters is done with. That'd be a pretty sweet episode. Wooden gun barrels!

 

[mopar92]

You are correct. I will say it does have the cutouts for both though, just plugged. So those can be added if anyone wants this upper enough and is willing to get the parts and add them.

Not sure about the steel barrel. Pretty sure that's most of them these days. Those wooden ones caused so many problems. :p

I know you meant non-chrome lined, just hassling you.

I have a wooden barrel on my SHTF AR. That way it works as normal and I can also break a section off and have kindling too.

 

[mopar92]

And you would never know this from looking at the picture they have posted. Interesting.

I don't think its deception, its spelled out in the description.

 

[Bertfish]

Too bad Mythbusters is done with. That'd be a pretty sweet episode. Wooden gun barrels!

It was a thing once upon a time, I saw a History Channel show on arms once and they mentioned it. My Google-fu is failing me right now, though.

 

[HordesOfKailas]

It was a thing once upon a time, I saw a History Channel show on arms once and they mentioned it. My Google-fu is failing me right now, though.

Not surprising. It depends what you call a gun/firearm. I've seen rocket-propelled arrows shot out of what amounts to an easily angled, tapered wooden box. For my money, that's pretty close to a gun.

 

[psucobra96]

Mythbusters did do am episode where they made a cannon out of a giant tree trunk. They used steel belts to give it extra support. It worked.

 

[fivepointstar]

I'm on the fence with this....I think the best part of the deal is getting a Colt BCG and receiver. everything else is just up to par

 

[BUFF7MM]

Wow what a price jump in just a few days, now $625

 

[Hellrazr78]

Wow what a price jump in just a few days, now $625

Before it was just the upper. Now it looks like it's an entire carbine.