Colt in Trouble

[KestrelBike]

Colt being Colt went to a 12lb trigger (IIRC) vs the 5 or 6 lb as originally designed / suggested.

Did they do that for the children?

[Grant H.]

This won't be a popular opinion here, but I say let 'em sink, and throw them a concrete block to help.

Do I want to see large arms manufacturer die from a guns right perspective? No, not really. But Colt just isn't cutting it anymore.

They haven't provided anything competitive in a LONG time, and they priced themselves out of the game. There isn't anything about a Colt AR-15 that makes it better than 99% of the other manufacturers out there. However, the name still brings a price tag because of some illusion that a former .gov contracting manufacturer must produce better gear. Total BS, in fact, it's usually the opposite. The prototypes to win the bid might be perfect, but mass produced horse sh!t isn't.

When I personally ordered 4 Colt AR-15's, and 3 of them showed up with catastrophic issues (front sight canted to the point of no gas flow, barrel nut would allow 1/4" slide of barrel forward and back, and BCG wouldn't even completely rotate and lock) I sent them all back and demanded my money back.

That kind of sh!t is why they are so far in the hole that they can't survive. The fact that they have been bought and strung along so many times is just sad.

[KestrelBike]

This won't be a popular opinion here, but I say let 'em sink, and throw them a concrete block to help.

Do I want to see large arms manufacturer die from a guns right perspective? No, not really. But Colt just isn't cutting it anymore.

They haven't provided anything competitive in a LONG time, and they priced themselves out of the game. There isn't anything about a Colt AR-15 that makes it better than 99% of the other manufacturers out there. However, the name still brings a price tag because of some illusion that a former .gov contracting manufacturer must produce better gear. Total BS, in fact, it's usually the opposite. The prototypes to win the bid might be perfect, but mass produced horse sh!t isn't.

When I personally ordered 4 Colt AR-15's, and 3 of them showed up with catastrophic issues (front sight canted to the point of no gas flow, barrel nut would allow 1/4" slide of barrel forward and back, and BCG wouldn't even completely rotate and lock) I sent them all back and demanded my money back.

That kind of sh!t is why they are so far in the hole that they can't survive. The fact that they have been bought and strung along so many times is just sad.

Sounds just like the US auto industry a decade ago.

[Jer]

Sounds just like the US auto industry a decade ago.

I agree with him & said the same shit about the auto industry years ago. Let them sink. They get too fat & fail but that's when the new kid on the block with a better idea gets his chance. Failure breeds innovation. Success breeds comfort. When Colt fails we'll be better off as a consumer. Companies who produce inferior products at higher prices while stifling the little guy w/the better idea is bad for the industry. No more bailouts. If they're too big to fail than our regulations in place to prevent such things are failing us. If they fail... let 'em. No more socializing loss while privatizing profits. Bovine excrement.

[Mtn.man]

Bring back the Edsell.