If you look close you can see where the forward assist was in the forging.
I believe it's still in production, but shipping to the US has been at a standstill since covid.
No, they stopped making them in 2005. There was a lot of rumblings and hype about new production resuming in 2019 but as far as I am aware nothing tangible has come from it.
The Colt LMG fires from an open bolt, so FA wouldn’t function.
I know they are open bolt, I've had one in my hands and seen the inside of one with my own eyes.
i imported (and sold) some Unica and MTR parts and tools, as i have a Unica 6 Hunter and was interested (at the time) of becoming an importer for Tanfoglio's line of steel CZ-based frames for my own pistol-making ideas rather than enter to very crowded Glock and 1911 space. unfortunately after some successful orders i was told that there was a change in ownership and the export license would be renewed under the new company and owner who had apparently bought out the previous management team with VC and crypto cash. unfortunately that cash dried up and the VC took their ball once they had a big enough return, so the current state of the company is in bad, complete with violation of Italian firearms export and manufacturing laws as well as some finance stuff going on regarding scams/fraud with banks or laundering or something possibly crypto related.
i have put hands on both a pre-sales Diemaco LSW, early Colt model 606A, and production Colt model 750's and none of them had an FA of any kind, only the shell deflector. a Dutch export version sold by Diemaco as the LOAW did have the FA present, although it wasn't functional. the Colt model 950 (now the Colt Automatic Rifle) also lacked the FA, but the LOAW had it. i assume it's a cost saving measure of some sort, since having a button pinned in place or non-functional is inexpensive vs having a split production line for finish machining. note that both Diemaco and Colt make the LSW/LMG variation and Diemaco has a license that allows both production and export as well as changes, so my assumption is that Diemaco kept the FA and just made it non-functional, while Colt had varying ways of deleting it entirely.
Maybe you saw a reproduction upper with an a2 reciever.
two AR-15s since they're both cost effective and parts/ammo/knowledge is readily available. instead of an LWRC you have two BCMs or something.
it's really hard to tell from that photo, but if you put hands on it and it had a non-functional FA, it's a bit weird.
No carry handle on the barrel? Thats either a repro upper or weird one off prototype.
LOL, those are stolen. a good set of NV starts at 3k and goes from there.
if you don't do anything in low or no light, they're largely an expensive toy. same for the matching illuminators, lasers, or accessories.
you don't need an FFL to deal in PVS (be it thermal or light amplifying). good PVS these days start at $3k-4k for a cheaper ATN PVS-14 and scale up. some beat up gulf war stuff a bit cheaper. a PVS-7 or clone is around $2.5k in very good used condition, for example, and doable at under $1k for the cheapest thermal optic that's worth using (i don't recommend this, but it's possible for the sometimes pest controller or hunter). my own PVS i'm confident in my ability to use for serious fighting wass around $7k for everything.
i kinda don't like this answer because stolen gear is a felony waiting to happen, and PVS are export controlled items (ITAR). either get clarification and concrete paperwork or gamble on catching a felony.
That’s mostly what I was thinking too. Good catch on the ITAR regulation status though, @Club Sandwich . That’s probably what I was thinking towards the end of my last post.
