Bad news for the day . . . . Colt Custom Shop on the rocks . . . .

[ZoidMeister]

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2017/03/03/breaking-colt-lays-off-custom-shop-director-employees-company-rumored-gutted/

BREAKING: Colt Lays Off Custom Shop Director, Other Employees, Company Rumored Gutted

[KahrMan]

Brent Turchi ran the custom shop and there are a lot of pissed off Colt fans right now.  There are a couple of threads over at the colt forums on this subject.  

 

[gary_boom]

I didn't know they had a custom shop. Maybe they can get on with Kimber's Custom Shop.

[Garufa]

52 minutes ago, KahrMan said:

Brent Turchi ran the custom shop and there are a lot of pissed off Colt fans right now.  There are a couple of threads over at the colt forums on this subject.  

 

More importantly (IMO) he was the honcho of customer service.  Now, that's got a lot of people really pissed as it sounds like he did a top-notch job.

[TGO David]

1 hour ago, KahrMan said:

Brent Turchi ran the custom shop and there are a lot of pissed off Colt fans right now.  There are a couple of threads over at the colt forums on this subject.  

 

That sucks.  I really hope he finds a gig with Springfield or something.

[KahrMan]

1 hour ago, Garufa said:

More importantly (IMO) he was the honcho of customer service.  Now, that's got a lot of people really pissed as it sounds like he did a top-notch job.

 

Exactly.  He was the best at taking care of the customers.  

8 minutes ago, TGO David said:

That sucks.  I really hope he finds a gig with Springfield or something.

I am sure he will land on his feet.  He posted in one the threads over on the colt forum thanking everybody for the well wishes.  He said he would update everybody when he decides what direction he is going to go.

[DMark]

10 hours ago, Garufa said:

More importantly (IMO) he was the honcho of customer service.......

When I had my Delta Elite at the Custom Shop a few years back, Brent called and asked me if it would be OK if they added the live-round cutout to my ejection port work.  He had found that it really helped when doing the "unload and show clear" drill.  I told him, "Sure..., just add it to the total."

Brent replied, "No charge - - - Just figured it was something you would want since it would go well with all of the other mods you are doing to the gun." 

Not only was he great with Customer Service, Brent was a true ambassador for the Colt name.

[TNWNGR]

That really too bad because of late the only good thing about Colt in general was the Colt Custom Shop and the quality of work they produced.

[Chucktshoes]

I just hope someone decent buys the Colt name, but I expect it to end up as a Freedom Group brand or worse. 

[ZoidMeister]

Anyone active on other sites have an update? I tend to limit my browsing to one or two sites. I'm not on the Colt forum.