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Posted: 9/11/2019 11:22:02 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm guessing it's probably this rather than a full-bore halt on all future production of weapons and components for the civilian market. |
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Posted: 9/11/2019 11:22:30 AM EDT
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I don't care.
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Posted: 9/11/2019 11:23:01 AM EDT
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Colt has done this before, '09 was the last time I recall them halting commercial sales to focus on fulfilling their contract requirements. The Colt market dried up for about 6 months that time. They're not suspending civilian sales, they're focusing their efforts on their contract fulfillment to LE and .mil... Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted: I'm guessing it's probably this rather than a full-bore halt on all future production of weapons and components for the civilian market. 
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Click bait 
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Posted: 9/11/2019 11:23:36 AM EDT
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So what. I hope they go under and have for years. I care about Colt's about as much as they do about us. FC.
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Posted: 9/11/2019 11:23:51 AM EDT
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Well bye.gif
Colt has been outsourcing a lot of it's parts for years now anyway. They haven't been the gold standard for about a decade now. |
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Posted: 9/11/2019 11:24:31 AM EDT
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I buy non-union guns. 
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Posted: 9/11/2019 11:24:58 AM EDT
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Colt trying to help distributors move the thousands of Colts they have stacked deep in the warehouses. Brownells bought a bunch of their CCU uppers and has put them on sale twice. It's a much more crowded market than it used to be and Colt has been somewhat reluctant to update their offering because M4 contract. Their CCU is actually a very good package...but consider that it's the first mid-length gun they've offered while just about everybody else has been selling them for years. I bought both of my CCU uppers on sale because the normal price of around $700 is kind of nuts given what you can get other high quality upper receivers for. |
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Posted: 9/11/2019 11:25:34 AM EDT
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Who wants an unfired in the box Colt 6940. (from Walmart)
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Posted: 9/11/2019 11:25:56 AM EDT
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Are they including AR's in this because I have never met anyone who owns any other type of Colt "long gun" |
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Posted: 9/11/2019 11:26:14 AM EDT
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In response to the news, one industry insider told us . . .
They’ve been losing left and right to companies both big and small. They don’t have the high end or the low end market, and they’ve finally realized that the prancing pony isn’t enough for this generation of shooters to buy less rifle for more money. Instead of getting better, they’ve given up. |
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Posted: 9/11/2019 11:26:16 AM EDT
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Anyone whose bought a colt AR15 at retail post 2012 is a fool.
A 6920 with magpul furniture is like $1200. For that price I could get a BCM with a Mlok free float handguard, or TWO M&P15's with lifetime warranties. |
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Posted: 9/11/2019 11:26:38 AM EDT
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You guys noticed FN stopped making the M249s as well? Something going on behind the scenes. Other than folks with money to burn who want something cool to show their friends, who's paying $8,000 for a heavy-as-shit, bulky, finnicky, 5.56 semi-auto that requires linked ammunition when an AR with a couple MagPul D60's is a MUCH more practical choice? |
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Posted: 9/11/2019 11:26:45 AM EDT
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The ABC days are long gone. There are too many good AR makers now for enough people to want to pay Colt's high prices for their product. |
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Posted: 9/11/2019 11:26:46 AM EDT
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I can understand them on stopping.....hard to compete with PSA prices will all you have is a name.
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Posted: 9/11/2019 11:28:28 AM EDT
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Hey this shit right here.... just fuck it up
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Posted: 9/11/2019 11:28:32 AM EDT
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So they suport an assault weapon ban.......
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Posted: 9/11/2019 11:29:15 AM EDT
[#17]
But, but, but, its a COLT!
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Posted: 9/11/2019 11:31:48 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOverrated? Yes it do.
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Posted: 9/11/2019 11:32:42 AM EDT
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Yeah, it's called "nobody is buying them." Other than folks with money to burn who want something cool to show their friends, who's paying $8,000 for a heavy-as-shit, bulky, finnicky, 5.56 semi-auto that requires linked ammunition when an AR with a couple MagPul D60's is a MUCH more practical choice? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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You guys noticed FN stopped making the M249s as well? Something going on behind the scenes. Other than folks with money to burn who want something cool to show their friends, who's paying $8,000 for a heavy-as-shit, bulky, finnicky, 5.56 semi-auto that requires linked ammunition when an AR with a couple MagPul D60's is a MUCH more practical choice? |
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Posted: 9/11/2019 11:32:47 AM EDT
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lol
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Posted: 9/11/2019 11:33:42 AM EDT
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Who wants an unfired in the box Colt 6940. (from Walmart) |
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Posted: 9/11/2019 11:35:37 AM EDT
[#22]
Whatever.
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Posted: 9/11/2019 11:36:13 AM EDT
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That article is pretty thin on info. Did they stop for this quarter to fill an order for the Transylvania Fish and Game Dept? Have they given up on civilian sales where millennials don't care about Colt?
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Posted: 9/11/2019 11:37:12 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/11/2019 11:37:42 AM EDT
[#25]
Laughs in poverty pony
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Posted: 9/11/2019 11:37:46 AM EDT
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I noticed they did not mention COLT Sporting arms located in Breckenridge, TX
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Posted: 9/11/2019 11:38:11 AM EDT
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Anyone whose bought a colt AR15 at retail post 2012 is a fool. A 6920 with magpul furniture is like $1200. For that price I could get a BCM with a Mlok free float handguard, or TWO M&P15's with lifetime warranties. At the $1,200 price point they are selling the "Enhanced Patrol Rifle"...which seems to be a pretty good configuration apart from the shitty Magpul sights: 
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Posted: 9/11/2019 11:38:29 AM EDT
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Yeah, it's called "nobody is buying them." Other than folks with money to burn who want something cool to show their friends, who's paying $8,000 for a heavy-as-shit, bulky, finnicky, 5.56 semi-auto that requires linked ammunition when an AR with a couple MagPul D60's is a MUCH more practical choice? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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You guys noticed FN stopped making the M249s as well? Something going on behind the scenes. Other than folks with money to burn who want something cool to show their friends, who's paying $8,000 for a heavy-as-shit, bulky, finnicky, 5.56 semi-auto that requires linked ammunition when an AR with a couple MagPul D60's is a MUCH more practical choice? |
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Posted: 9/11/2019 11:38:55 AM EDT
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Hope they don't know something we don't know.  |
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Posted: 9/11/2019 11:39:06 AM EDT
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Are you willing to leave it in a motel room in PA near the NY border? Asking for a friend 
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Posted: 9/11/2019 11:39:49 AM EDT
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The ABC days are long gone. There are too many good AR makers now for enough people to want to pay Colt's high prices for their product. |
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Posted: 9/11/2019 11:40:08 AM EDT
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Are you willing to leave it in a motel room in PA near the NY border? Asking for a friend Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Who wants an unfired in the box Colt 6940. (from Walmart) 
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Posted: 9/11/2019 11:40:13 AM EDT
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Don't like seeing this but in reality it has no impact for me as I don't have any Colts, nor did I have any plans to purchase any. I considered some of the OEM kits when the prices dropped down around $600 but decided against them as I prefer mid length gas systems. I've been close to picking up a 1911 from them at times but have always found better options on the market for rifles.
If this ends up being a real long term thing it will be good for the flippers, but it'll just make Colt another no-buy brand for me. I won't miss them, but just like Walmart it will be a loss having another company abandon us. |
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Posted: 9/11/2019 11:41:04 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The 6920's with Magpul furniture seem to be going for between $900-950. At the $1,200 price point they are selling the "Enhanced Patrol Rifle"...which seems to be a pretty good configuration apart from the shitty Magpul sights: https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-rk4zcah9rr/images/stencil/500x659/products/5149/8333/s47886_2048x__81725.1537294443.jpg https://www.sportsmansoutdoorsuperstore.com/products2.cfm/ID/161536 |
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Posted: 9/11/2019 11:41:22 AM EDT
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A former shadow of a once great American manufacturer.
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Posted: 9/11/2019 11:41:28 AM EDT
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Oh no!
Now I only have dozens of other AR manufacturers to choose from. |
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Posted: 9/11/2019 11:41:33 AM EDT
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The fuck are they doing? |
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Posted: 9/11/2019 11:41:39 AM EDT
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Maybe they should try their hand at other guns.
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Posted: 9/11/2019 11:41:58 AM EDT
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And to think, yesterday we were worried about open carry.
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Posted: 9/11/2019 11:42:20 AM EDT
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Meh. Union company.
bye. good riddance 
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Posted: 9/11/2019 11:42:26 AM EDT
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Why buy an AR that doesn't have a full M16 BCG and a lower rear shelf? But hey, it ain't my money. 
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Posted: 9/11/2019 11:43:37 AM EDT
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Good fucking grief 
well my AR15A4 just went up in value You'll be glad you did. |
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Posted: 9/11/2019 11:43:38 AM EDT
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What contracts? I think they are in the to M4--->M4A1 conversions. What else are the currently working on?
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Posted: 9/11/2019 11:43:44 AM EDT
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The ABC days are long gone. There are too many good AR makers now for enough people to want to pay Colt's high prices for their product. |
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Posted: 9/11/2019 11:43:53 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/11/2019 11:44:49 AM EDT
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Who cares?
Colt has been irrelevant for 2 decades. They sued to stop other manufacturers from making M4's. Overpriced, generic, middle tier |
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Posted: 9/11/2019 11:45:07 AM EDT
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Click bait thread. Commercial sales will halt while Colt focuses on LE and .mil contracts. Colts will get scarce for a few months until contract obligations met. This certainly isn't the first time Colt has focused on contracts... |
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Posted: 9/11/2019 11:45:13 AM EDT
[#48]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm guessing it's probably this rather than a full-bore halt on all future production of weapons and components for the civilian market. |
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Posted: 9/11/2019 11:45:39 AM EDT
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Anyone whose bought a colt AR15 at retail post 2012 is a fool. A 6920 with magpul furniture is like $1200. For that price I could get a BCM with a Mlok free float handguard, or TWO M&P15's with lifetime warranties. The Colt market will dry up, prices on what's still available will rise, Colt will fulfill their contracts, begin commercial production again, prices will drop. Wash, rinse, repeat. It's happened before, it will happen again... |
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Posted: 9/11/2019 11:46:07 AM EDT
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Very, very happy to take my money elsewhere.
Thanks for letting me know Colt. |
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