I can remember, back when a lot of you were still pissing your pants,(have I said that before), a lot of surplus Colt M16s and Reisings were available to dealers and PDs. $500 for the Colts and $300 for the Reisings. They were transferrable and PD's got some to "play with" for the gunnies in the departments and got sold off thru distributers later.. Seldom, if ever carried as patrol guns, so if some went missing. no one really GAS. I had two Reisings with Texas PD markings. Come 1986, $500 became $5000 and up fast so missing ones became a more serious issue because of $$. Jack.