I was not able to identify exactly what year that the Colt CS stock became available in the United States. History of the Colt CS stock in the United States Court is the French word for the English word short.įixed stocks were gradually phased out of Canadian service around 2004 as the Colt Canada C7A2 with collapsible carbine stock came into service. The C with a ‘nestled’ S, as seen on the stock below, is an abbreviation from the French / English combination of Court / Short. 5-inch (13mm) spacer available to increase stock length if needed. The stock lengths used on the Colt C7/C7A1 rifles were Short (CS) and Normal (A2 length). Design specifications in the C7 program continued the Canadian military tradition of having multiple lengths of rifle stocks available for Canadian military personnel. The Colt CS stocks discussed in this article were used on the Colt Canada C7/C7A1 rifles. Born out of the liaison with the USMC was the Colt Canada C7 rifle which was adopted by Canada about 1984. The Canadian liaison officer would call back USMC test results to Canada and they implemented lessons learned into their rifle development program. These programs were so closely aligned that the Canadian military had a Canadian Forces liaison officer working with the United States Marine Corps in the program that was officially known as the M16A1 Product Improvement Program. The Canadian military had a simultaneous rifle development program going on during the same time that the United States was developing the M16A2 rifle. The C1A1 was available with Short (S), Normal (N), Long (L) and Extra-Long (XL) stock lengths. The use of different stock lengths continued when the Canadian military converted to the C1A1 (FN/FAL) rifle beginning around 1955. The rifles were produced with different lengths of stocks available in Bantam (B), Short (S), Normal (N) and Long (L) lengths. The history of the Colt CS stock goes back to World War II and originates with the Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk I rifle as used by the Canadian military. History and origination of the Colt CS stock So, the information that I am presenting here is a combination of data gathered across the internet and some data that originates from me. I additionally found some bits of information from other places like and. The Colt ‘Industry’ section has several knowledgeable collectors that visit there. Simultaneous with the Google searching, I had made a post on in the Colt ‘Industry’ section looking for information as well. The search results were limited to mostly archived posts on. My search for information on the Colt CS stock began with a Google search. Curiosity leads me down rabbit holes and away I went. I had not seen this stock variation before nor had I seen any online discussions about the Colt CS stock. On December 1st, 2019 I came across a Colt rifle stock with a ‘CS’ marking on it. As a newer collector (I began collecting in 2017) I come across new (to me) variations on a pretty regular basis. Anyone who collects Colt AR-15’s knows that there are many part variations across Colts AR production history.
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