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Colt files for bankruptcy
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| 6-16-2015
| Mike VanOuse
Posted on 06/16/2015 9:02:38 AM PDT by servo1969
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posted on
06/16/2015 9:02:38 AM PDT
by
servo1969
To: servo1969
Good grief my eyes, mind, etc is going. I read it as the NFL Colts. *sigh*
To: servo1969
If someone would start making Colt Pythons again they could make a fortune.
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posted on
06/16/2015 9:05:32 AM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: servo1969
How can that possibly be?I know he's being facetious but Colt relied on their military contract and stopped paying attention to civilians. This fact is evident by their truly abysmal customer service. I sent one Commander back so many times that I finally took a dremel to it myself. And they honestly weren't concerned that their quality control and customer service sucked.
They've got some learning to do now.
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posted on
06/16/2015 9:07:12 AM PDT
by
LouAvul
(We've been sold down the river, and I can't swim.)
To: servo1969
Well if anything good comes of this, hopefully there will be some surplus weapons going for cheap.
Not unlike the Bushmaster AR in 5.56 I scored for $599.
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posted on
06/16/2015 9:09:48 AM PDT
by
envisio
(I ain't here long... I'm out of napalm and .22 bullets.)
To: servo1969
obscenely rich. ROFL!!!!
Marxists always expose themselves ... seldom that quickly, though.
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posted on
06/16/2015 9:10:39 AM PDT
by
NorthMountain
("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
To: servo1969
Anyone who relies on government for their bread must become corrupted or dependent.
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posted on
06/16/2015 9:10:39 AM PDT
by
PGR88
To: Liberty Valance
The guys that made them are retired and gone. You’d just get a licensed other-country manufacture. Not nearly the same.
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posted on
06/16/2015 9:10:43 AM PDT
by
Gaffer
To: LouAvul
I have never seen a problem with quality but they sure did seem to not have much interest in civilian sales.
Clearly they put all their eggs in the military basket.
They make several of the most popular guns in history and can’t make a go of it?
They probably need to move to the South and decrease costs.
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posted on
06/16/2015 9:12:55 AM PDT
by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
To: Liberty Valance
If someone would start making Colt Pythons again they could make a fortune.Someone's gonna have to buy the tooling gear, parts, and get the heck out of CT. TX, AR, TN, and FL are great places to start a gun mfg business.
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posted on
06/16/2015 9:15:06 AM PDT
by
DCBryan1
(No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!!)
To: servo1969
Nobody wants Americas most renowned firearms manufacturer to go the way of the dinosaur.That's not true. Most liberals and Dombocrats in particular want all gun makers out of business and all guns confiscated from all Americans the way the Brits did a few years ago.
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posted on
06/16/2015 9:16:59 AM PDT
by
epow
(Luke 22:36 -"if you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.")
To: Liberty Valance
"If someone would start making Colt Pythons again they could make a fortune"
They cost too much in comparison to their competition.
The S&W 586/686 is superior and 30% less.
Yes, the Python is legendary...after a $400 trigger job on it's weird internals.
The S&W is thee right out of the box, new, for $800.
Still, EXPENSIVE for a revolver.
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posted on
06/16/2015 9:24:37 AM PDT
by
Mariner
(War Criminal #18 - Be The Leaderless Resistance)
To: Liberty Valance
No kidding... greatest .357 EVER.
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posted on
06/16/2015 9:29:10 AM PDT
by
navyguy
(The National Reset Button is pushed with the trigger finger.)
To: Liberty Valance
The Colt Python was primarily constructed via hand fitted parts by master craftsmen. Any firearm made with such attention to detail would command a price so high as to be unaffordable.
The finish alone would add hundreds of dollars to the price. Not to mention the hand fitted internals.
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posted on
06/16/2015 9:29:33 AM PDT
by
LouAvul
(We've been sold down the river, and I can't swim.)
To: Liberty Valance
If someone would start making Colt Pythons again they could make a fortune. That's the first thing I thought too.
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posted on
06/16/2015 9:31:18 AM PDT
by
DungeonMaster
(Of those born of women there is not risen one greater than John The Baptist.)
To: servo1969
How long before Norinco buys Colt?
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posted on
06/16/2015 9:37:42 AM PDT
by
Bringbackthedraft
(2016 The RNC better come up with a Winner this time. Run some one like Cruz and Go for Broke!)
To: RIghtwardHo
Or the Houston Colt .45s.
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posted on
06/16/2015 9:41:45 AM PDT
by
MUDDOG
To: servo1969
So, what happens to the market value of Colt firearms now?
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posted on
06/16/2015 9:48:21 AM PDT
by
MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
(Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
To: Bringbackthedraft
“How long till Norinco buys colt?”
More likely Century Arms becomes Colt.
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posted on
06/16/2015 9:49:40 AM PDT
by
Sasparilla
(If you want peace, prepare for war.)
To: LouAvul
That was the past. Any mechanical design can be mass produced as long as attention is paid to tolerances and material quality. This is more true than ever given the quality of cnc manufacturing today.
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posted on
06/16/2015 10:05:02 AM PDT
by
Kirkwood
(Zombie Hunter)
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