[Durus]

When they stopped making the Colt Python it was obvious whomever was in charge had no understanding of the gun industry and should have been summarily fired. They even sold off the original tooling for the product line!

This is a prime example of business majors ruining yet another business.

Colt to come back has to do some basic stuff.

1) Move out of CT. Texas seems to be a popular choice but I fear for it's political climate if amnesty goes through, regardless getting out of CT is the important thing.

2) They need to focus on their core strengths and markets.
a)Colt AR/M4/M16 etc. With the huge rise of AR sales Colt should have been riding a wave a money, instead they priced themselves out of a market while sticking to their "mil-spec" (really colt-spec) AR. They need to change their spec and lower their prices. If they can't make a competitively priced AR they need to invest in the tooling so that they can.
b)Colt Python. Make the Python again you F'ing idiots. What were you thinking?! Make it just as good as you used to (or better) so you don't ruin the legacy.
c)Colt Peacemaker. The peacemaker is a classic pistol but let's face it, there are plenty of companies making period revolvers that are every bit as good and less than half the cost. If it requires more investment in tooling to bring prices down get it done.
d)Colt .45 ACP. They should have dominated this market. They need to get it back.
e)come up with some functional Tupperware pistol that "tacticool" kids like. focus on trigger, accuracy and reliabity in order to beat the G name that shall not be mentioned (This is a low bar set by the "perfect" company)

Boom, Colt would be in the money again. To whatever business major idiots are running this company into the ground: How did you manage to do this in a time of record guns sales? You are probably laughing all the way to the bank when you should be hanging your heads in shame...or just plain hanging.

[mac_truck]

1) Move out of CT.

That seems like a no-brainer especially if its to a right to work state, and they have a property in Florida that is already under a long term lease. They could just be waiting until next year when the lease on their Connecticut facility is up for renewal. There may also be an existing union contract to deal with.

[Antihero101607]

Bringing back the Python is something I’d love to see, but would it sell today? It appears that a lot of people these days are going for 1911s, Glocks, Springfield XDs and the like. A lot of Tacticool.

Same with the Peacemaker.

If Colt wanted to do something different, design a die-hard piston driven AR, then let others make it cheaply under license. It would create a common platform for the Piston AR crowd taking the proprietary systems out of the picture. Ruger, Adams Arms, Osprey, H&K, Sig Sauer all proprietary. It would take sales from the larger companies, and possibly the smaller ones too. DPMS, and Bushmaster seem to be thoroughly reviled on the interwebs these days, and a lot of “Tier 1” fan boys out there would not buy a piston set-up from those manufacturers. Colt still has a name, people WILL buy based on that alone. There are lot of diehard 6920 fans out there, who swear by their Colts. There would still be source of common piston parts on the market, and people would also buy from Colt, or upgrade to Colt made parts.

[Joe 6-pack]

I love my Delta Elite; it’s one of my favorites sidearms. Granted, the 10mm is a very niche market, but if they would make a double stack 10mm (along the lines of the ParaOrd P14), they would have one of the most fearsome sidearms on the market.