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Talk about a rough patch. For the last five years, rumors of Colt’s death have been (slightly) exaggerated. From real estate defaults, to bankruptcy, to cancelling civilian sales of AR-style rifles, ...

Sept. 21 (UPI) --Colt's Manufacturing Co. has received a $57.7 million foreign military sales contract for up to 10,000 M4 and M4A1 5.56mm carbine rifles. The rifles are for delivery to Jordan, ...

Nov. 9 (UPI) --Colt's Manufacturing Company and FN America have each been awarded $88.6 million by the U.S. Army for the production of M4 and M4A1 carbines. The purchases, announced Thursday by the ...

The US military still uses considerable numbers of Colt-produced M16s and M4 carbines today (US Army photo by Spc. Vanessa Hernandez) Legendary small arms manufacturer Colt has officially bowed away ...

WASHINGTON — For nearly a decade, Colt Defense went without a lobbyist. The legendary gun maker based in West Hartford, Conn., had an exclusive deal to provide combat rifles to the U.S. military and ...

Here’s What You Need to Rememner: FN has eaten Colt’s lunch over the last few decades in the American market. If the “new” Colt wants to thrive, they need to find a way to innovate and develop new ...

When the Army ordered its now standard M4 carbine in 1993 from firearms maker Colt, it saw the rifle as a lighter, more agile alternative to the Vietnam era M16 with similar punch at short range. In ...

Key Point: Colt was not evolving along its competition and could not keep up selling subpar products. Belgium’s Fabrique Nationale (FN) and Colt have long been competitors on the American firearms ...