Posted on 01/01/2012 9:31:54 AM PST by qaz123
When I was a kid (40 years ago) the firearms industry was made up of just a few big players and maybe a dozen very minor (custom or near custom) players.
Today, CNC machines and other milling advances make anyone who desires to be a firearm manufacturer a player. This has been a marvelous development for the 2A, as it really spreads the industry out into a vast base.
If Remington, Winchester, and Mossberg were all closed tomorrow, the gap in available arms would be filled within 48 months.
Maybe, but likely at higher prices and higher levels of quality.
BigBob....slow down Turbo. I posted the article to see if anyone had any more information. Of course I could have gone to wikipedia, snopes and factcheck, because they are the end all, be all. You might be a investor in the Freedom Group or Cerebus for all anyone knows.
Or maybe, you’re one of those guys that thinks everyone and anyone should be allowed to tote any gun they can carry, mount a Dillon on the top of their SUV’s and homes, regardless of whether they know how to use the damn thing or not.
I have to apologize to you for not spending hours on end researching s*it on the internet for accuracy. That’s why sites like this are helpful. So many others out there that have the information and it prevents me from clicking on an endless supply of internet hits and reading corporate profiles of businesses and people I could give a damn about.
Take a xanax and relax
...”Freedom Group is made up of 2nd amendment supporters who are doing the industry a service...”
This is all new info to a lot of people, and when an article is posted purporting to clear things up, then the reader has to conduct research to find out who (actual names) these 2nd amendment supporters are, it provokes suspicion. Just name the people and it’s all cleared up.
Yes he is ranked 4th in line behind two big guys.
They claim they are simply looking for undervalued assets/companies,who really knows. My guess is its all about bucks here.
I got sucked into this myth a few weeks ago. The Freedom Group and Cerberus is not affiliated with Soros. Dan Quayle is on the board of directors of The Freedom Group and as far as anybody can tell the rest of the principals are upstanding 2nd ammendment supporters. So relax. They tried to buy out Ronnie Barrett but he said no thanks so they don’t have everybody yet. There are a million arms manufacturers out there that are still independents and more everyday that are coming online.
Ping.
They aren’t buying up these firearms companies too rapidly, because I’ve been reading this story here and there for the better part of the past two years. lol
Beretta has been family owned since the 1500s. When you've been around that long, it probably isn't a stretch to have your hands in a lot of places in your trade/industry. I bet they have one HELL of a bank account.
Ping
How long would it take to fill the void in car availability if GM actually closed? About 48 months. During that time, yes prices would rise, but then they would come back down.
As prices rose for firearms, the number of entrants would also increase.
If you shop around for an AR, there are tons of options. Many rifles would also start getting pulled out of the closet and rebarreled. Most people who exercise the 2A don't own just one.
The truth is, many old time American gun manufacturers have been up against the ropes and were going out of business.
One of the best names in American guns, Winchester, for example, essentially went out of business and was taken over by FN Manufacturing.
After doing just a little research that’s what it looked like to me. But I’m not a good source yet.
“There are a lot of people who know how to make guns. As long as the biggies are doing it, the small operators will remain small. But if Soros shuts down the biggies, the small operators will suddenly become big operators.”
BINGO! Additionally, unlike other “appliances”, guns don’t suffer from obsolescense(sp) and there are already many hundreds of millions of them out there. An “old” gun can be used to kill someone just as efficiently as a “new” one, so if all manufacturers are suddenly shut down, you can consider your collection to be a wise investment!
JC
AND just which NRA “stances” do do you know to be fallacious of late? Do be specific, with references, or be gone!
JC
Yep, this story didn’t pass the smell test. Thanks for the info.
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