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How are Colt AR-15 Sporter Match HBAR .223?

smile_for_me7465
I was wondering how much mine is worth. There is a little wear around the trigger and the rear sight is a bit tarnished.
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  • nmyers
    Your rifle will have the model name stamped on the lower receiver. Any questions you ask will require that information, plus the serial number, along with photographs of the entire rifle.

    Or, you can do your own research. Click on the Smart Search link near the top of the GB home page. Enter your model name in the search word, select Completed Auctions in Search Only, check Exclude Reserve Items, sort by Highest Number of Bids.

    Neal
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  • smile_for_me7465
    quote:Originally posted by nmyers
    Your rifle will have the model name stamped on the lower receiver. Any questions you ask will require that information, plus the serial number, along with photographs of the entire rifle.

    Or, you can do your own research. Click on the Smart Search link near the top of the GB home page. Enter your model name in the search word, select Completed Auctions in Search Only, check Exclude Reserve Items, sort by Highest Number of Bids.

    Neal

    I thought I had the model name in the topic title. Colt AR-15 Sporter Match HBAR .223

    Serial: 048035

    Barrel says C MP 5.56 NATO 1/7 (or is it I/7) HBAR.

    http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/2962/s8000391.jpg
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  • Don McManus
    I bought one last November(?) chambered in 5.56, virtually unused, for under $ 800.00. I would think the .223 chambering, if that is indeed the case, would reduce the value somewhat.


    If you are a member on the auction side, go to smart search, completed auctions, Colt Target Sporter. In February of this year, one in 5.56 sold for $ 900.00, auction No. 159330580.
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  • smile_for_me7465
    quote:Originally posted by Don McManus
    I bought one last November(?) chambered in 5.56, virtually unused, for under $ 800.00. I would think the .223 chambering, if that is indeed the case, would reduce the value somewhat.


    If you are a member on the auction side, go to smart search, completed auctions, Colt Target Sporter. In February of this year, one in 5.56 sold for $ 900.00, auction No. 159330580.



    Thanks. My biggest problem on searching prices on the auction side is I never know what exactly to look up. I always get different things from what I was looking for.

    Also, if y'all don't mind if I ask another question real quick. is there anyway to convert it so it can chamber 5.56 instead of .223?
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  • rsnyder55
    From your description above, it is chambered for 5.56.
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  • smile_for_me7465
    quote:Originally posted by rsnyder55
    From your description above, it is chambered for 5.56.

    Well the side of the gun says .223, the barrel says 5.56. What does this mean?
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  • rufe-snow
    quote:Originally posted by smile_for_me7465
    quote:Originally posted by rsnyder55
    From your description above, it is chambered for 5.56.

    Well the side of the gun says .223, the barrel says 5.56. What does this mean?


    It's the same freeken thing. Don't let the gunshop commandos snow you, nothing is going to happen, you can safely shoot any kind of .223 or 5.56 ammo in it.
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  • Don McManus
    quote:Originally posted by rufe-snow
    quote:Originally posted by smile_for_me7465
    quote:Originally posted by rsnyder55
    From your description above, it is chambered for 5.56.

    Well the side of the gun says .223, the barrel says 5.56. What does this mean?


    It's the same freeken thing. Don't let the gunshop commandos snow you, nothing is going to happen, you can safely shoot any kind of .223 or 5.56 ammo in it.


    Rufe is correct and incorrect. .223 is safe in a 5.56 chamber, but the converse is not necessarily true. It is not 'the same freekin thing'.

    .223 (in your case) is a caliber, a diameter, and 5.56 NATO is a cartridge description of a round using the same caliber (diameter) of projectile. If your barrel states 5.56 NATO you are good to go for both 5.56 NATO and .223 Remington (.223 Remington is a different cartridge description). There are rifles and pistols chambered in .223 Remington that will chamber but can see over-pressure if 5.56 NATO rounds are used.

    A search here will link you to many (many, many, many) threads where this is discussed.
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  • rufe-snow
    quote:Originally posted by Don McManus
    There are rifles and pistols chambered in .223 Remington that will chamber but can see over-pressure if 5.56 NATO rounds are used.

    A search here will link you to many (many, many, many) threads where this is discussed.





    Horsepuckky! nothing is going to happen to any rifle chambered for .223 if you shoot the military 5.56 ammo in it. My first 700 was a .223 and the military ball was about all that I ever shot in it, because the ammo was so inexpensive at that time.

    This was many years ago, it was quite common for owners of commercial rifles chambered for the .223, to shoot the military ball.

    It wasn't till years later when the gunshop commandos started blowing smoke about this, to needlessly scare the newbies.
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  • Don McManus
    You may be right, rife, but there are too many 'experts' that disagree for me to think the point is moot. I have a number of ARs in 5.56 that see both, but the PLR-16 will never see a 5.56 NATO round it it's chamber.

    I simply cannot see any scenario where the risk is worth it.
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