Colt Sporter Match Target AR-15 Value?

[jpitt54]

I have a Colt Sporter Match Target AR-15. 20" barrel, about a 1000 rounds down the pipe, condition is excellent. Does anyone know an accurate value of this gun.

Thanks

[Retired W4]

I see that you posted this some time ago, without getting a response. It seems no one is willing to take the leap to estimate the value of your gun. I asked a similar question about a gun of mine here, with no response. Aside from the crazy ups and downs of the AR market, Colt has contributed to the confusion by using the terms they do in naming their models (Sporter, Match, Target, etc.).We can get a little closer by using the model number, but Colt does not put that on the gun. You have to go to the box it came in to know exactly what you have, or you can call Colt's customer service with the serial number. Then there is Colt's practice of using parts they have laying around to construct a gun that they currently have in production. I put a premium on any Colt that has no receiver block, uses mil-spec fire control pins (.155") and front take down pin (if that exists), and has a threaded barrel. Bayonet lugs don't mean much to me, only because I can't see me fixing bayonets in a fight. A lot of people go to the internet gun sites to see what different models are selling for, not the asking price, but even then you might not know what model, by model number, that you are dealing with. The bottom line is you have to know which features your gun has. I have seen LE6920's with .155" pins and some with .170" pins. That makes a difference to me. The book says the Sporter Match HBAR (R6601) has the .170" pins, but mine has a flat sided mag well with .155" pins. An old lower on a newer gun, out of the factory. Go figure.

[BADSBSNF81]

I'll step out on a limb, in my neck of the woods you would be in the 600-800 range.

[jack_n_emma]

I have a Colt AR-15 Sporter Match H-BAR I need to trade or sell. S/N 082390. It has a flash suppressor but no bayonet lug. I think it's a transition AR. I want $1000 for my AR. I am looking for an AR-15 carbine, 16”. What is my AR worth? Was there ever a green lable H-BAR? I know I have a green lable box somewhere. It may be for my AR carbine I also have. Still looking for the green lable box.

[DuWhat]

Around $900 in my neck of the woods.

[AGG]

Agreed on the above values!!!

Tony

[Retired W4]

I have a Colt AR-15 Sporter Match H-BAR I need to trade or sell. S/N 082390. It has a flash suppressor but no bayonet lug. I think it's a transition AR. I want $1000 for my AR. I am looking for an AR-15 carbine, 16”. What is my AR worth? Was there ever a green lable H-BAR? I know I have a green lable box somewhere. It may be for my AR carbine I also have. Still looking for the green lable box.

As for the green label H-BAR, The model R6600 AR-15A2 HBAR Sporter was introduced in 1985, and I believe it was a green label gun, as it has the bayo lug and compensator with an SP serial number prefix. It also had the .155" fire control pins. The fact that it was pre-89 leads me to green label.
BTW, Jack, it sounds like you have an R6601 (blue label) andit probably has a MH prefix. In EC it'seasily worth $1000. IMHO

[jack_n_emma]

Thanks for the info. My AR does have the MH prefix to the serial number. I can't find any buyers, for $1,000, so I am probably going to look for a Colt Carbine upper. Do you know where I should look for a Colt Carbine H-BAR upper?

[Retired W4]

Back to the original poster of this thread, jpitt54, the down side on value of your gun, for me anyway, is most anything with Target in the name will have .170 pins and a receiver block. Now, unless you plan on installing a registered DIAS the block is not a problem. The .170 pins are not mil-spec.

jack_n_emma, if you buy an upper other than Colt (like Bushmaster), you might need an adapter for the front take down pin. No biggy. MidwayUSA as the adapter to go from the large two piece to the smaller one piece. i have a couple of them just in case I need to swap uppers with different take down pins. Anyway, just make sure the front take down is compatible. Have fun and stay safe!

[jack_n_emma]

Thanks for the info......