[dynachrome]

The Czechs make a good gun. I am sorry to see Colt go down the tubes.

[Organic Panic]

In my mind the CZ75 and Colt 1911 are two of the most iconic handguns ever made. Too bad mine all sunk to the bottom of a lake.

[Daffynition]

Breaks my heart. Drove by the *unique* Colt dome in my daily commute for 33 years. The restoration of Coltsville, is something Hartford should be proud of. Sam changed American history.

https://www.nps.gov/colt/index.htm

Engraving of Samuel Colt with the 1851 Navy Revolver by John Chester Buttre, c.1855 (Photo: Public Domain)

[RC one]

They kinda deserve to. They haven’t innovated anything new in over 50 years. Longer maybe.

[sarge83]

I don’t think you will see Colt itself disappear, the name has appeal to it. If CZ is smart they will close up shop in the northeast and move to Florida, fire their union employees and start making affordable, quality firearms. There is no reason Colt cannot compete in the CCW market, it just chooses to stick with old designs and even those that have a place in the CCW market like the old Mustang .380 and the Colt Detective Special are un-affordable, why pay $1000 for a Colt pistol when you can get an effective quality CCW piece for half that price or less.