Nothing they make other than the Colt Python can’t be found at other companies cheaper and better.
Doomed unless they do a serious reorg
They could re-locate to Russia.
It’s much more business friendly...
If they don’t stop funding statist fascism on Connecticut, do they deserve to survive?
My bet would be they get bought by Ruger- RGR or the new ATK spinoff. (ATK has a division that make ammunition under the Federal and CCI brands, and owns Bushnell, Savage arms Blackhawk, etc.
Was it Colt, or S&W that said that they would only sell to government agencies? If it was Colt, they can kiss their asses goodbye. My semi-auto “hunting” rifles will run circles around any of their AR or M16 variants anyways. Modern gunsmithing can produce some truly awesome custom firearms.
Colt .32 semi,
The original carry gun.
Soooo why did they stop making it?
How about they start manufacturing ammunition. Buy a gun package & get cases of ammo.
The American market for "boutique" handguns is limited, and Colt hasn't been on the cutting edge of handgun development since anyone still living can remember. They can make lovely "genuine Colt" (snicker) SAA and 1911 variants for those who have to have such things, but I don't see much potential for growth. There is always some market for Pythons, Detective Specials and 1851 Navies if they could make them as of old, but again, handguns like that are not what people are regularly buying and shooting these days, and most investors are sharp enough to know it.
As for the slump in long guns, their ARs really are the yardstick by which others are measured, and not priced much more than "just as good" (but really aren't) imitations. I suspect there are a lot of people who couldn't find/afford a Colt AR during this last buying frenzy, and they bought the lower-tier stuff that WAS available. These people are now cash-poor and sitting with a sub-par competitor's carbine tucked away in the closet. Colt's production may have finally caught up, but in the meantime, potential customers (including those suffering from buyer's remorse) are getting relentless blows to the pocketbook courtesy of Obama & Company. Bad bit of luck, that.
Colt was never the same after they bowed the knee to the unions.
As long as they still have some US government contracts they are set for a glide path. But if they want to compete the Europeans (ironically) and Israelis are making amazing small arms that militaries are adopting all over the world.