[ARCHIVED THREAD] - what about Colt (Page 1 of 3)
Posted: 2/19/2013 7:52:13 PM EDT
Will anyone boycott Colt when they fail to come through for us as some of the other manufacturers have.
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In my experience, Colt has never given two fucks about civilian customers. They are happy to make money off us right now, but they'd be just as happy to throw us under the bus in exchange for a big juicy federal contract.
I have no doubt Colt will happily sell rifles to CA, NY and other ban states' police departments and will laugh all the way to the bank. |
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This shit has got to end. If colt refuses to sell to civilians then I will support a boycott. Otherwise I will assume they are standing up for my 2nd Amendment right to keep and bare arms.
There sure are alot of people who are passionate about their sleeveless shirts on arfcom. 
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Since when has any major firearms manufacturer every been involved in defending the 2A? FN Herstal? Colt? Glock? HK? Beretta?
Why this expectation all of a sudden? Some states have had bans on AR15 style rifles since 1994. Why the outrage against gun makers now? Is this cumulative? Something in the water? The new emo generation at play? Could I ask more rhetorical questions? |
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This shit has got to end. If colt refuses to sell to civilians then I will support a boycott. Otherwise I will assume they are standing up for my 2nd Amendment right to keep and bare arms. There sure are alot of people who are passionate about their sleeveless shirts on arfcom. It was a gamble. Either the grammar nazi or a picture of the Simpsons with bear arms mounted on the wall. 
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In my experience, Colt has never given two fucks about civilian customers. They are happy to make money off us right now, but they'd be just as happy to throw us under the bus in exchange for a big juicy federal contract. I have no doubt Colt will happily sell rifles to CA, NY and other ban states' police departments and will laugh all the way to the bank. This |
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Will anyone boycott Colt when they fail to come through for us as some of the other manufacturers have. I will be shocked if any of the big companies stop selling. (Colt, Ruger, S&W, Glock, Beretta, Sig, HK, Remington, FN, etc.) They won't. Which is why it is silly to beat the crap out of the smaller companies dumb enough to come out and say they will sell to ban states. The big guys just won't say anything. Support those that say they won't sell though. Edited for clarity |
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In my experience, Colt has never given two fucks about civilian customers. Do I care as long as they sell me a quality rifle I can have as my own? Yep as long as Colt is selling to us they are supporting the 2nd A. Whether they intend to or not doesn't really matter does it. They are not infringing. Can't say the same about politicians. |
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In my experience, Colt has never given two fucks about civilian customers. Do I care as long as they sell me a quality rifle I can have as my own? Yep as long as Colt is selling to us they are supporting the 2nd A. Whether they intend to or not doesn't really matter does it. They are not infringing. Can't say the same about politicians. I fucking love the common sense being shown in this thread. Too many motherfuckers are trying to destroy smaller companies for no reason, but staying on mute about their own personal favorites. |
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In my experience, Colt has never given two fucks about civilian customers. Do I care as long as they sell me a quality rifle I can have as my own? Yep as long as Colt is selling to us they are supporting the 2nd A. Whether they intend to or not doesn't really matter does it. They are not infringing. Can't say the same about politicians. I fucking love the common sense being shown in this thread. Too many motherfuckers are trying to destroy smaller companies for no reason, but staying on mute about their own personal favorites. Not me. I have nothing bad to say about Armalite. I thought Mark Westrom's email was fine and give him credit for responding. |
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This shit has got to end. If colt refuses to sell to civilians then I will support a boycott. Otherwise I will assume they are standing up for my 2nd Amendment right to keep and bare arms. Colt is UAW do you think for one moment they will side with us, hell they are thirsty to get another gov contract since they lost new m16/m4 contracts. Colt has always been a .gov stooge |
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In my experience, Colt has never given two fucks about civilian customers. They are happy to make money off us right now, but they'd be just as happy to throw us under the bus in exchange for a big juicy federal contract. I have no doubt Colt will happily sell rifles to CA, NY and other ban states' police departments and will laugh all the way to the bank. |
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This shit has got to end. If colt refuses to sell to civilians then I will support a boycott. Otherwise I will assume they are standing up for my 2nd Amendment right to keep and bare arms. Colt is UAW do you think for one moment they will side with us, hell they are thirsty to get another gov contract since they lost new m16/m4 contracts. Colt has always been a .gov stooge So let me ask you this. If the SHTF and AmRev2 happened, would you rather have the Colt carbine in your hands, or the Olympic? Olympic arms spoke out for your 2A rights, Colt did not. But which rifle would you want in your hands if your life depended on it. Serious question. |
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Quoted: So let me ask you this. If the SHTF and AmRev2 happened, would you rather have the Colt carbine in your hands, or the Olympic? Olympic arms spoke out for your 2A rights, Colt did not. But which rifle would you want in your hands if your life depended on it. Serious question. How about a LaRue? |
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So let me ask you this. If the SHTF and AmRev2 happened, would you rather have the Colt carbine in your hands, or the Olympic? Olympic arms spoke out for your 2A rights, Colt did not. But which rifle would you want in your hands if your life depended on it. Serious question. How about a LaRue? That works too, but between the two choices provided, which would it be? |
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This shit has got to end. If colt refuses to sell to civilians then I will support a boycott. Otherwise I will assume they are standing up for my 2nd Amendment right to keep and bare arms. Colt is UAW do you think for one moment they will side with us, hell they are thirsty to get another gov contract since they lost new m16/m4 contracts. Colt has always been a .gov stooge I would still grab a Colt rifle. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: So let me ask you this. If the SHTF and AmRev2 happened, would you rather have the Colt carbine in your hands, or the Olympic? Olympic arms spoke out for your 2A rights, Colt did not. But which rifle would you want in your hands if your life depended on it. Serious question. How about a LaRue? That works too, but between the two choices provided, which would it be? I don't know. If you could only bang Hillary Clinton or Rosie O'Donnel, which would you choose? Using a false dichotomy to prove a point only proves your point is shit. |
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So let me ask you this. If the SHTF and AmRev2 happened, would you rather have the Colt carbine in your hands, or the Olympic? Olympic arms spoke out for your 2A rights, Colt did not. But which rifle would you want in your hands if your life depended on it. Serious question. How about a LaRue? That works too, but between the two choices provided, which would it be? I don't know. If you could only bang Hillary Clinton or Rosie O'Donnel, which would you choose? Using a false dichotomy to prove a point only proves your point is shit. You know as well as I do for all the rhetoric that Colt is a better made rifle than Olympic. I have an Oly, and it's a good rifle, but it just doesn't stand the scrutiny of materials and QA testing that Colt did on my LE6920. All the bold statements in defense of 2A doesn't magically make the Oly barrel 4150 steel instead of the 4140 that it is. |
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1988 or so, after the Stockton, CA schoolyard shooting, colt pulled Ar's off the market. Then sold them again, minus bayonet lug, and included a .22lr conversion kit. Cycle was repeated a few times. And now you can buy the same exact carbine they sell to LE. |
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I boycott colt because they are UAW. I thought UAW mean United Auto Workers. Can someone explain? Actually UAW workers are everywhere. Not saying i support their cause, but they can be hard to avoid. Auto manufacturing
Auto parts Aerospace and Defense Agriculture-implements and construction equipment Heavy Trucks Health care Higher Education Gaming (casinos) Public Sector manufacturing, UAW members produce well-known consumer products including Kohler bathroom fixtures, Lennox home furnaces and air conditioners, Miller beers, Colt firearms, Master Lock locks, Land O' Lakes butter, Folger's coffee, Libby's and Crosse & Blackwell canned foods, and Planter's nuts. http://uaw.org/page/where-we-work |
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I boycott colt because they are UAW. I thought UAW mean United Auto Workers. Can someone explain? Nah, bro! United Assault Weapons. It's never going to happen with a company as large as Colt and the amount of contracts they have. They likely couldn't stop selling to some entities if they wanted to. |
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I boycott colt because they are UAW. I thought UAW mean United Auto Workers. Can someone explain? Nah, bro! United Assault Weapons. It's never going to happen with a company as large as Colt and the amount of contracts they have. They likely couldn't stop selling to some entities if they wanted to. They can keep turning out shit and the Marines will bend over backwards to buy it. 
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I boycott colt because they are UAW. I thought UAW mean United Auto Workers. Can someone explain? Nah, bro! United Assault Weapons. It's never going to happen with a company as large as Colt and the amount of contracts they have. They likely couldn't stop selling to some entities if they wanted to. They can keep turning out shit and the Marines will bend over backwards to buy it. http://soldiersystems.net/blog1/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/slidecrack1.jpg http://soldiersystems.net/blog1/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/slidecrack3.jpg http://soldiersystems.net/blog1/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/springplug-440x203.jpg http://soldiersystems.net/blog1/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/lowercrack-440x319.jpg http://soldiersystems.net/blog1/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/slidecrack4.jpg Colt didn't make the current crop of 1911s for the Marines. They have not made 1911s for the US Military since WWII. I think it was Detonics or some such, but it sure wasn't Colt. But don't let that stop your Colt hate-fest. ETA looks like they do - the M45 |
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I boycott colt because they are UAW. I thought UAW mean United Auto Workers. Can someone explain? Nah, bro! United Assault Weapons. It's never going to happen with a company as large as Colt and the amount of contracts they have. They likely couldn't stop selling to some entities if they wanted to. They can keep turning out shit and the Marines will bend over backwards to buy it. http://soldiersystems.net/blog1/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/slidecrack1.jpg http://soldiersystems.net/blog1/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/slidecrack3.jpg http://soldiersystems.net/blog1/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/springplug-440x203.jpg http://soldiersystems.net/blog1/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/lowercrack-440x319.jpg http://soldiersystems.net/blog1/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/slidecrack4.jpg Colt didn't make the current crop of 1911s for the Marines. They have not made 1911s for the US Military since WWII. I think it wasDdetonics or some such, but it sure wasn't Colt. But don't let that stop your Colt hate-fest. You might want to double check your facts. 
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I boycott colt because they are UAW. I thought UAW mean United Auto Workers. Can someone explain? Nah, bro! United Assault Weapons. It's never going to happen with a company as large as Colt and the amount of contracts they have. They likely couldn't stop selling to some entities if they wanted to. They can keep turning out shit and the Marines will bend over backwards to buy it. http://soldiersystems.net/blog1/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/slidecrack1.jpg http://soldiersystems.net/blog1/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/slidecrack3.jpg http://soldiersystems.net/blog1/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/springplug-440x203.jpg http://soldiersystems.net/blog1/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/lowercrack-440x319.jpg http://soldiersystems.net/blog1/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/slidecrack4.jpg Colt didn't make the current crop of 1911s for the Marines. They have not made 1911s for the US Military since WWII. I think it was Detonics or some such, but it sure wasn't Colt. But don't let that stop your Colt hate-fest. You might want to double check your facts. Yeah- you are right that is the M45 Close Quarter Battle Pistol.. New contract since I last looked at it. Looks like they screwed the pooch on that one. |