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Offline fishdog52

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Colt Light Rifle
« on: March 07, 2008, 04:40:19 PM »
 Anyone had any "hand on" experience with one of the Colt Light Rifles??? One, in 270,  showed up for sale locally, and it looks tempting as the price seem pretty reasonable as compared to a NULA.
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Re: Colt Light Rifle
« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2008, 08:28:10 PM »
This is the Colt rifle
"In 1999 Forbes sold Ultra Light Arms to Colt. The plan was for Colt to manufacture a less-expensive production rifle to Forbes’ specs—one that would closely emulate his famous rifle. Forbes would oversee this and continue to build rifles the way he always had, calling them the “Signature Series.” It was a great plan that would have put a lightweight hunting rifle in the hands of many. Colt took 6,000 orders during the SHOT Show.
    It was not to be. Just before Christmas in 1999 Colt fell off the ladder, and Forbes, along with the team of talented craftsmen he assembled, were out of business and a job. The 4,000 Colt Light Rifles that finally hit the market were nothing like what Forbes envisioned. Forbes managed to buy the company back, hence the current name “New Ultra Light Arms.” He and his small crew of craftsmen still build the same rifle they always have."