Colt Wins New M4 Contract

[Dustbuster]

So my Le6940, Le901 and my M16A1 is trash, nice, you probably have something better I presume.

didn't mean it that way johnny,what i meant was theyd try to reinvent a bowling ball before trying something new.....i was raised on a beat up marine corps A1 that was trash, but got me expert every time i had to requal...

[No_0ne]

It could be political, but I think it's also about keeping consistency with small arms for the military.  Colt, despite all their business failings make a good carbine that has held up under the last 14 years of combat.  If the price is fair, staying with a vendor that can deliver a quality product works for me.

 

It's a mass-produced tool, the schematics are already there, any company with a decent machining department can duplicate the product ...

 

Just Uncle Sam propping up another failed company with your tax dollars. How can this not be political, someone is going to get fat off of this. :2cents:

 

Isn't it nice to know the government is still in the bailout business ...

 

Colt's product is good, they just didn't/couldn't adapt well enough to the changes in the market with everybody and their mother being able to sell AR's now. 

 

Their biggest crime is not being the only big name game for quality AR's with BCM, DD, Noveske all coming to the game in the 21st century.  Throw in the lower price, but perfectly acceptable brands from vendors like PSA which also took a big bite out of their sales, and you arrive where they are today. 

 

It has nothing to do with adaptation or their product, Colt stockholders have been repeatedly raped by the fund managers that are running the company, this new contract will only allow the process to continue, once again at taxpayer expense ...