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Talk:Browning Automatic Rifle
Additional Variants
Colt R80 Moniter
R80 Colt Monitor - The Colt Monitor was the most modern of the Browning Automatic Rifles. The bipod was deleted but it had a pistol grip, an 18-inch barrel and a 4 inch Cutts compensator on the end. It weighs in at around 16 lbs.The key changes in the R80 (in comparison to the BAR) came in reducing its barrel length and associated gas system by several inches, but adding a highly engineered muzzle compensator known as a Cutts compensator. The compensator, in combination with the pistol grip made the R80 well balanced and easier to handle in full-auto fire.
The other key attribute, while overlooked by some, was the reduction in weight by near 4.5 pounds. A 20 pound rifle reduced to 16 was a major step in portability. Colt only made 125 of these between 1931 and 1940. The FBI purchased approximately 90 of them. I would imagine that means a few have been held onto and are in storage for historical purposes. The rest were probably crushed and melted down. Ugh. The Federal Government. Incidentally for anyone wanting one of these prices are now running between $100,000 -$150,000. And that's just an estimate. They are very well made. Excellent quality. One of these was used by Frank Hamer when he ambushed Bonnie & Clyde. --Jcordell (talk) 14:58, 7 January 2013 (EST)
Prices
In 1931 a Colt manufactured BAR (i.e. R75 & R80) could be purchased for $300.00. In 2012 dollars that's over $5,000 dollars. With that type of price tag it's obvious why Colt didn't sale very many to private citizens before the passage of the National Firearms Act of 1934. After that Colt stopped trying to interest civilan buyers. --Jcordell (talk) 15:17, 7 January 2013 (EST)