I'm new to this forum and 1911's somewhat, so forgive me in advance of my ignorance on specfics, but here are my observations thus far.
1. Colt is going through basically what HD went through before an American citizen bought ($ and image) them back from extinction. They both suffered drastically while other manufacturers exploited their lost market share with supposed "better" products.
2. If Colt can overcome the immediate short-term obstacles, they will come back and flourish like HD has done. People will realize that like Coca-Cola, "Theres nothing like the real thing" and dump their Kimbers like hot potatoes.
People will start to ask questions like "Why would you pay more money for a gun that has no bells and whistles?" I would like to point out the phenomenon of Leica camera. They have a camera (M-6) that has no automatic anything on it (auto wind,focus,exposure,no digital readouts,etc) and want a mint fortune for it, yet it is in high esteem amongst professional photographers. Heck, I want one myself. But it is the QUALITY of the materials, optics and construction that make these cameras standout as a benchmark.
Colt would probably do well if they abandon this "MIM" concept of casting parts. Sounds like a bunch of Tinkertoy crap to me, I dont care how well it works! Real firearms are not made of powdered metal or made from a test-tube of plastic!
Once the public realizes what is going on, Colt will be back on track and enjoy their former status as top dog.
Glad to see that the horse is back! Was there ever a pony on the grips for the 1911's? Put one there also like the revolvers have if it was never there.....
1. Colt is going through basically what HD went through before an American citizen bought ($ and image) them back from extinction. They both suffered drastically while other manufacturers exploited their lost market share with supposed "better" products.
2. If Colt can overcome the immediate short-term obstacles, they will come back and flourish like HD has done. People will realize that like Coca-Cola, "Theres nothing like the real thing" and dump their Kimbers like hot potatoes.
People will start to ask questions like "Why would you pay more money for a gun that has no bells and whistles?" I would like to point out the phenomenon of Leica camera. They have a camera (M-6) that has no automatic anything on it (auto wind,focus,exposure,no digital readouts,etc) and want a mint fortune for it, yet it is in high esteem amongst professional photographers. Heck, I want one myself. But it is the QUALITY of the materials, optics and construction that make these cameras standout as a benchmark.
Colt would probably do well if they abandon this "MIM" concept of casting parts. Sounds like a bunch of Tinkertoy crap to me, I dont care how well it works! Real firearms are not made of powdered metal or made from a test-tube of plastic!
Once the public realizes what is going on, Colt will be back on track and enjoy their former status as top dog.
Glad to see that the horse is back! Was there ever a pony on the grips for the 1911's? Put one there also like the revolvers have if it was never there.....