I have been looking at various single shot .50's for the past few days and I realized that Serbu and Safety Harbors are almost identical. Even there AOW pump shotguns look close to one another. Why is this?

Did one of them steal the others idea on some stuff? Did they use to work together and had a falling out and each has there own company, both are in Florida?

I realize that there is only so many ways to make a single shot .50 or a pump AOW shotgun, but the similarity is kind of odd. What are the differences between the 2 .50's if any?

Thanks in advance for the help.

Walter used to work for Serbu. He quit, went to work for himself and started making stuff that was directly Marks.
That's the short and sweet of it.

Safety Harbor appears to have a bit better reputation than Serbu.  Based on what I saw just a couple of years ago with Serbu's upper and down payment with no delivery....I'd guess that the SH folks got tired of being associated with the problems at Serbu.  During that upper receiver ordeal other historical examples of Serbu doing the same thing we're brought up, along with Serbu's apparently high turn over of employees.

Still a copycat.

So are most of the firearms on today's market...

Mark's a great engineer but, in my opinion, not an effective businessman.  He'd be well-served hiring a business manager and leaving them to handle the front office while he creates amazing stuff in the back.

Walter's a genius businessman but, in my opinion, not an effective engineer.  He'd be well-served hiring an engineer and leaving them to handle the back office while he keeps profitability and shipping proper in front.

That's just my opinion.  If they could ever work together again, they'd be an unstoppable force.

Mike

It would only last Two Weeks !

Given rumors I've heard, two weeks might be hopeful.

Mike