Age of Colt/Umarex M16

[pawpaw]

Hello everyone, noob here. I just traded for a Colt/Umarex M16/22 and I would like to know the age of it. Guy a traded with was not original owner. I really like the rifle, it runs well with the right ammo and my 11yr old granddaughter loves it (says it is her rifle now). Any info will be appreciated.

[techmike]

Welcome to Tac22. If you need the exact date of production, you can contact Umarex customer service with the serial #, and they should be able to help you. I got my Colt in the summer of '09, and I do not think they had been on the market too long at that point.

[pawpaw]

Thanks for the reply. I wiil do that. It is not real important, just curious.

[asmurff]

Welcome to the group, and watch them wylie granddaughters they have ways of twisting Grandpas around their little fingers. Maybe it is genetic and they practice on Grandpas before really putting it to work on hapless teenage boys.

[pawpaw]

Yes, when you have one granddaughter and four grandsons, she tends to get a different type of attention.

Got a quick reply from Umarex and my rifle was made in early 2011.

Thanks for the welcomes.

Reggie

[shdwlkr]

I am an old guy with a very young daughter think 5 years old and she is after dad to get her her own M4 22lr AR and in pink no less. Yes those girls know how to get what they want from dad or granddad. I hope to have it for her for Christmas but things are tight.

She got the bug when dad got her brother an M4 for his birthday and he is six. Yes I start my kids with firearms early as they show interest then none then interest and it just works out best for them to slowly get used to having fun with dad.

I get to see my kids every so often and it is really fun to do things for them and with them when I have them and they miss dad a lot.