Refer to post #5Maybe they smell lawsuits coming and are going to bail like they did when handguns without transfer bars were under lawsuits.
Yes, remember last week? We talked about how Colt, just emerging from bankruptcy, facing state ownership and union corruption (you know about the UAW criminal matters, yes?), is freezing production for 4Q 2019 so it can concentrate on the PIP contract for those 500,000 M4s to M4A1s.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/army-plans-its-huge-stockpile-m4a1-rifles-79431
Colt must fulfill this contract as this is a life line to Big Army. Remember, Colt does not have an entry into the 6.8 and MMG program. Not a single one. They screw this up and they are done with DoD. Hello, FN or SIG!
My mind is reeling at what an idiotic business decision this is. The inevitable boycott will bankrupt them.
when they resume production they should stick with 2 or 3 models and that's it. I have a colt AR and am happy with it. To my knowledge Savage has never made an AR platform rifle and they are doing just fine.
While this makes sense, it's hard to image the current climate not also playing a hand in this. I may be wrong, but it does seem convenient.
when they resume production they should stick with 2 or 3 models and that's it. I have a colt AR and am happy with it. To my knowledge Savage has never made an AR platform rifle and they are doing just fine.
I read this somewhere else and it sounded like they just weren't making the kind of money they would like from that side of the business, not a political decision. Makes sense, too much quality competition.
Texan, former engineer at Colt, talks about Colt and its boonfoonery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt3DCqdnn8w
Great video. One of my first thoughts when the news broke was "Oh boy I hope Chris has something to say about this".
There's so much in there that reminds me of Gibson. The disdain for the "amateur" market, the requirement for dealers to buy X minimum product and build a shrine to the brand in their store, unpopular changes or no changes at all, etc. Just an all-around badly managed company that thinks they're hot ****.