Colt to stop making rifles

[HKShooter65]

Halting production to focus energy on regaining military contracts????


BS

That does not pass the whiff test!


The AR15 market is poised to be midway between oversaturated and dead anyway.
Theis way is bowing out gracefully.

I have a couple SP1 rifles and carbines.
Those classics are still Colt's apogee.

 

[HKaltwasser]

For the civilian market

Get your 6920 while you still can.

https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/colt-halts-sales-of-long-guns-to-the-retail-market/

Nah, they can keep it with that approach.

Prolly won't see the Colt: Because you suck and we hate you. This is worse in my book.

 

[Boldkharma]

Wow so much Colt hate ; )I love my 6920's and they are staying with me.

 

[Lonesome Dove]

I like my Colt Commander.

 

[Boldkharma]

I like my Colt Commander.

I love my Colt 1911's too : )

 

[JCC]

Good video.



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[V-Tach]

I'm actually surprised more AR manufacturers haven't folded.........

Good Lord there are a bunch of them.....small time guys can't compete...AR's can be had under $400.00.....hard to build them and make a profit at $379.99....even if you sell a crap load......

How many of us have 5 or more un-built receivers just laying around?

The market has been saturated for at least couple of years now.........

 

[Boldkharma]

So I guess he believes an LMT or a DD at 2k is even more outrageous as those 300.00 AR's are just as good. Good grief.

 

[Pops1955]

DOES THIS MEEN MOONPIE WILL GET RID OF HIS COLT 1911's?

 

[JCC]

You dont get rid of what you already have. If you aren't buying from the company directly, they dont make money off of you. :-)

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[V-Tach]

Yes............some of us own actual battle worthy rifles, and they are not cheap or inexpensive.....

But the vast majority of gun owners....... do not own true battle rifles.........nor want to actually pay for one........

imho...of course........

 

[JCC]

My wife certainly did not understand that when I bought a higher priced AR.

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[Boldkharma]

My wife certainly did not understand that when I bought a higher priced AR.

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LOL yep I can relate.

 

[DoubleDuty]

I'm not a rifle guy, but I will purchase a cheap one just to have it for self defense. If I need to upgrade it I will do it gradually as I can afford it.

 

[CyberWolf]

Figured I'd put in my .02c here and say that Colt has actively been on my shitlist for quite some time now...

Reason: blatently false advertising - Purchased a limited edition 6920 a while back and paid something of a premium tied to the fact that they had supposedly only manufactured exactly 1500 units in that config as a limited run. Few years later found out that quite a few more than that were made, despite explicit advertising to the contrary (which turned out to be complete bullshit).

Here's a stock pic of the "Limited Edition" set in question, for anyone interested...

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[V-Tach]

Nice rifle....

 

[CyberWolf]

Nice rifle....

Thanks!

I love the rifle itself, what rubbed me the wrong way with Colt was finding out it wasn't as limited as they had marketed it as, after paying almost double what the standard 6920s cost due to capped production (if I'm remembering correctly).

On the other hand, it's been long enough that I probably shouldn't sweat it at this point...

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[Big Green]

Yes............some of us own actual battle worthy rifles, and they are not cheap or inexpensive.....

But the vast majority of gun owners....... do not own true battle rifles.........nor want to actually pay for one........

imho...of course........

And that’s always been my issue with them. Buy FN parts; barrel, BCG and buy actual mil spec LPK and extension. All of those parts are the same the military uses and I can build one for much cheaper. Nothing wrong with Colt, but battle rifles can be built for less than Colt, BCM or DD wants. And use all the same parts.

Having said that, I’d still like one in my safe just because of their history with the rifle.

 

[easy rider]

I've said it before, anyone can make "mil-spec". If you are a company planning on bidding on a military contract, you would manufacture to at least the military's minimum standard in size and/or longevity. It has nothing to do with being the best out there. In fact, if you were to make something better, the cost of making it better may put your company out of the bidding for that contract.

I laugh when I hear people say things like "actual mil spec", but often companies will use that as a selling point to make it sound like "therefore it must be good!"

 

[JCC]

Agreed. Mil spec minimums. Some parts can be better for heavy use and durability.

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