The point is that both are small companies producing a product much in demand, which since they can’t make them fast enough results in waiting lists. Sure, Kel-Tec isn’t a Ferrari of the gun world, but logistics are logistics.
And they’re doing ‘such damage’ that more and more people are signing up for their waiting list and waving money at them! I’d like to have that ‘damage’ in my business, and so would most other people.
But okay, let’s talk about ‘weapons for the citizens, not Donald Trump.’ I think you will agree that Ruger pretty much fits that description. Well, Ruger is occasionally stopping taking orders for rifles and/or advising of equally long lead times - they have over a YEAR backlog on most of their rifles. That’s over $590 million. http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2013/08/25/ruger-q2-backlog-worth-590-million/
Put another way, they are backlogged by over *2 million* rifles: http://www.guns.com/2013/05/01/sturm-ruger-firearms-backlog-hits-a-record-breaking-2-million/
But Ruger is still advertising. It’s only good business. Yet under your logic, they should stop promoting their rifles and other products because their inability to provide product is ‘damaging their image.’
I have never bought a gun, and I have bought dozens, from a manufacturer that I had to wait a year for. That includes Smith & Wesson, RUGER (yes, them too), Colt, Beretta, Glock, even specialty guns from all sorts of manufacturers - NONE like Keltec and those two weapons. NONE.
Okay, you’re a Keltec fan. I can understand that.
I’ll tell you why they aren’t shipping all that many KSGs. I’ve heard reports of problems in the chamber shielding and some redesign (granted, rumors but still there). As for the PMR-30. You go get one and show me a picture and I’ll retract.