Ladies and Gentlemen, I'm looking for opinions (good and bad) about the now defunct Colt Light Rifle. I'm being given one as trade/payment for side work, question is..... is it worth keeping and rebarreling to 6.5x55 swede (30-06 now), or should I sell it? The rifle itself is NIB w/papers. I was actually there when it was bought by my friend, who can no longer hunt, therefore I know it's pedigree. Thanks in advance, Tom
Those guns are the same desgine that Mel Forbes desgined and then sold to Colt , I haven't ever heard of anybody have any trouble with them , I know a couple folks that have them and still use them but these guys only shoot 10 -12 shots before the season.
If they are the exact same guns that UltraLite Arms was selling before they became "new" Ultralite Arms then it should be a great gun to build on
there are only minor 3 parts that are compatible with the ULA arms of Melvin Forbes, so beware of that.
Colt farmed all the parts out to the "cheapest" contractor and had problems in final fitting which led to their demise.
Still a very decent gun for the price, just that any broken parts will have to be hand made by your smith.
Last time I talked with Melvin about the Colt Light rifles he was trying to track down the vendors and buy all the spare parts. This was a couple years ago. So he would be my first choice to go to for replacement parts.
Choice is made, I'm gonna keep it and rebarrel it to 6.5x55 Swede. To all I've talked to about it, thanks. It should be the perfect platform for a nice Deer/Antelope rifle, light, no kick at all, and virtually no muzzle blast. Thanks, Tom
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