For some reason, I was under the belief and the understanding that S&W was not adbiding by these agreement, but now I can see how cleanly we were sold down the river! I found this information doing research for a S&W model 99 pistol. I thought that it might be a nice gun to have. No LONGER!
1 posted on
10/19/2002 6:31:29 PM PDT by
vannrox
To: *bang_list
S&W I am ashamed of you. Take that US Flag icon off your web site!
2 posted on
10/19/2002 6:32:33 PM PDT by
vannrox
To: .30Carbine; Congressman Billybob; Shooter 2.5; struwwelpeter; SteveH
PING!
To: vannrox
Sickening: Absolutely sickening.
Clearly the Federal Government now views gun ownwership in this country is now de facto a privilege and not a right (the words of the Second Amendment to the contrary notwithstanding).
4 posted on
10/19/2002 6:49:38 PM PDT by
BenR2
To: vannrox
Is the boycott still on? I felt bad going for a Sig, as I would have liked to support an American gunmaker, but the deal with x42 was too much. I thought I heard that the new owners were going to repudiate it? I wonder what ever happened with that...
7 posted on
10/19/2002 6:58:42 PM PDT by
newwahoo
To: vannrox
About two weeks after S&W committed financial suicide by caving to the Nazis there was a big S&W sale at a local gun shop. S&W representatives were there to show off their wares and try to make sales. It was quite possibly the most embarrassing thing I've ever actually seen.
No one in the store would even look at them. "Not interested." "No thanks." "I'll never buy from y'all again." I added my own, "Thanks, but you couldn't give me one, sell them to the federal government," when they tried to woo me.
Just out of curiosity I returned the next day. They were still there, and they had marked their guns down to what couldn't have been very much more than invoice. They had some *very nice* guns there, and there they stayed. I hung out and talked to the clerk for about two hours just to see what happened. Not one person who came in showed the slightest interest in them or their guns, and most were downright hostile/disgusted. Just before I left they gave each other "The Look" and packed up and took off.
The moral to this story is: The good will punish association and accomodation with evil. Reap what you sow.
To: vannrox
This is 2 or 3 years old. What is the point? The owners of the company who made that agreement are gone. The new owners and the present administration have ended the agreement. I thought this forum was for current news, now ancient history.
9 posted on
10/19/2002 7:55:16 PM PDT by
jim_trent
To: vannrox
Consider also HK USP Compact in .40...
16 posted on
10/19/2002 9:44:24 PM PDT by
SteveH
To: vannrox
I recommend Kimber- they make top-notch weapons, for a (relatively) reasonable price... I tried Sig, S&W and Glock... They were OK, but when I fired a Kimber...?
WOW!
Sweet craftmanship, flawless operation. And a trigger that's as smooth as silk...
Why would I buy a cheap piece of cr@p like S&W, compared to a Kimber???
Be good,
To: vannrox
S&W is going broke anyhow. Doubt it? It's competing against a huge glut of barely-used S&W guns from the company's best years. Yesterday at a show, a dealer quoted me $450 for a brand-new-looking Model 29 (6.5" barrel) he had; why would anyone pay more for a new S&W .44 Magnum - when their guns from that era are much better?
Even before the sellout, S&W's quality was far below their "classic" years of the mid-70s, and there's now a glut of very-attractively-priced, barely-used S&Ws from that era at every show.
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