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Why Gun Manufacturers are in Serious Financial Trouble (a boom is always followed by a bust)
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| June 28, 2015
| http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-a-tures/why-gun-manufacturers-are_b_7595246.html
Posted on 06/28/2015 9:08:31 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Colt and S&W have struggled because they began to depend on the name instead of quality. I own multiple examples of each and almost every piece I've had has some kind of problem with it. It takes perseverance and determination to correct it.
To my mind it is because they operate in blue states.
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posted on
06/28/2015 9:12:27 AM PDT
by
Gaffer
To: Gaffer
Colt has been bought and sold and Chapter Elevened so many times that it’s not really Colt anymore. It’s just a trademark.
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posted on
06/28/2015 9:13:56 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("One man with a gun can control a hundred without one." -- Vladimir Lenin)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
More progressives whistling as they pass the graveyard.
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posted on
06/28/2015 9:14:04 AM PDT
by
fella
("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Colt’s bankruptcy filing is due to poor management and failure to provide handguns that the shooting public wanted. Colt Python, Detective Special, etc.
But, losing the big government rifle contract nailed them to the wall.
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posted on
06/28/2015 9:15:20 AM PDT
by
Sasparilla
(If you want peace, prepare for war.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Me and the Mrs Al Baby bought a clock 19 yesterday and im thinking of buying a couple more firearms in the next couple months
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posted on
06/28/2015 9:16:04 AM PDT
by
al baby
(Hi Mom)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
I have $3000 worth of their blue state output. A 1911 commemorative reissue, a Defender and a New Agent.
The 1911 ended up with the barrel bushing being frozen by rust to the barrel, the Defender and New Agent had extractors with ZERO ounces of tension! They spit cases in your face.
Each one a Thousand Dollar pistol.
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posted on
06/28/2015 9:16:53 AM PDT
by
Gaffer
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Century Arms probably will buy the name.
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posted on
06/28/2015 9:16:58 AM PDT
by
Sasparilla
(If you want peace, prepare for war.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
But with Colt filing for bankruptcy, and other gun manufacturers reporting huge declines in sales and falling stock, it's clear that Americans aren't going as gun crazy as people think.The HuffPo has no friggin' clue as to why Colt filed and it had nothing to do with average American's gun buying habits.
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posted on
06/28/2015 9:17:58 AM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.)
To: Sasparilla
You’re right. They don’t have the masters that made Pythons anymore. You’d likely get some Brazilian knockoff with a Colt name if they license it.
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posted on
06/28/2015 9:19:45 AM PDT
by
Gaffer
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Annie’s got her gun(s). Now she’s looking to stock up on ammunition.
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posted on
06/28/2015 9:21:44 AM PDT
by
katana
(Just my opinions)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
A few internal ISIS attacks and gun sales will go up again.
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posted on
06/28/2015 9:24:34 AM PDT
by
Starstruck
(I'm usually sarcastic. Deal with it.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
One thing for certain is that most firearms are concentrated in hands of right wing American, with far left gun ownership sucking rocks.
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posted on
06/28/2015 9:25:07 AM PDT
by
umgud
(When under attack, victims want 2 things; God & a gun)
To: umgud
But, the far left has a lock on marijuana ownership.
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posted on
06/28/2015 9:39:16 AM PDT
by
Sasparilla
(If you want peace, prepare for war.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
They should offer a free confederate flag with every purchase.
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posted on
06/28/2015 9:40:09 AM PDT
by
lewislynn
( Hillary = Obama in a pantsuit)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
But with Colt filing for bankruptcy, and other gun manufacturers reporting huge declines in sales and falling stock, it's clear that Americans aren't going as gun crazy as people think.They are completely nuts. Ruger and Smith & Wesson's stock prices are much higher than they were on Obama's inauguration day in 2009.
Their argument runs something like, "Chrysler and GM went bankrupt, so people are going to stop buying cars", and "Oh, and people will stop buying Hondas, Toyotas and BMWs, too. Just because."
Colt is bankrupt because it is badly managed. The Colt brand should live on, under new management. (Maybe they'll even bring back the Python!)
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posted on
06/28/2015 9:40:59 AM PDT
by
Sooth2222
("In a democracy people get the leaders they deserve." - Joseph de Maistre, 1753-1821)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
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posted on
06/28/2015 9:43:18 AM PDT
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Firearms companies that haven’t played footsie with the libtard pols seem to be fine...
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posted on
06/28/2015 9:45:34 AM PDT
by
wastoute
(Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
See NICS background checks, too. The home building industry would be "high-fiving" themselves with performance like this.
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posted on
06/28/2015 9:46:56 AM PDT
by
Sooth2222
("In a democracy people get the leaders they deserve." - Joseph de Maistre, 1753-1821)
To: Sooth2222
Since this is a huffypo blog, it is full of misinformation and twisted “fact;” but, mostly fringe lunatic liberal wishful thinking. Let the “professor” who wrote this be blissful in his suppositions.
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posted on
06/28/2015 9:51:45 AM PDT
by
Sasparilla
(If you want peace, prepare for war.)
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