Aug. 19, 2011: Army issues a solicitation for up to 120k M4/M4A1 carbines ... at an aggregate percentage representing the Colt proprietary parts and applied the 5 percent surcharge to the cost ...

The U.S. Army has been buying M4 carbines through ... the M240L contract stretching Colt's production resources. Any of you that were about to buy milspec parts for your guns, now's a good time.