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Given the early date of the recovered example, it was in remarkable condition as the images show. According to a Colt letter of provenance included in the excellent Vickers Guide: AR-15 Volume 1 (2 nd ed.), the first SP1 rifle was produced in May 1964.
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The serial number was identified through a local source and the weapon dated to 1965 via Colt’s online serial number database. Figure 1.1 The recovered arms cache, including the vintage SP1 rifle with magazines and ammunition (source: Venezuelan social media via ARES CONMAT Database). In many ways it began the current trend of civilian ownership of AR-15 type rifles in the U.S. The SP1 was the original civilian-legal variant of the AR-15 self-loading rifle, redesigned to operate in semi-automatic mode only and first offered for sale in 1964. 38 Special 180 5.56 × 45 mm cartridges and, most notably, an early Colt SP1 rifle with two FN Herstal FNC steel 30-round magazines. This cache consisted of a Walther PPK/S (a variant specific to the American market) and an FN Model 1910, both self-loading pistols chambered for 7.65 × 17SR mm (.32 ACP) an S&W Model 36 revolver chambered for. Four members of the aforementioned gang were killed, and a small cache of weapons was confiscated. A task force composed of personnel from Cuerpo de Investigaciones Científicas Penales y Criminalísticas (‘Scientific Penal and Criminal Investigations Corps’ CICPC) and Comando Nacional Antiextorsión y Secuestro (‘National Anti-extortion and Kidnapping Command’ CONAS) executed an operation against the Tren de Aragua gang. An early Colt SP1 (Sporting Purpose model 1) rifle was recovered from a criminal group in Venezuela in the early hours of 21 November 2019.