[emmo]

For the longest time one of my local dealers refused to believe Colt is in business. Until the other day, I argued and argued with him until he finally checked some other distributors for a new XSE model (he believed the XS was the last model Colt made in 1999 just before the went "belly up", or so he thought). You should have seen the look on his face when he found out I had proved him wrong. Then he made kind of a smug remark, "Well, they probably scraped up a little money to make a few more." Then he said something about a rich middle-eastern saultan probably funding the whole thing. I don't like talking to him anymore. Anyway, moral of the story is never argue facts with a 1911 forum member

 

[Lee114]

amen, brother

 

[ScottsGT]

There is one sure way to win this fight, and I've been waiting on this opportunity. But no one around here is pushing that lie. Walk into the shop with cell phone in hand, when they start with, " You need this Kimber because...bla bla bla bla.." You whip out the cell and call up Colt and let the gun shop ask them if they are out of business. Plain and simple and straight from the horses mouth. (no pun intended)

 

[PigPen]

Yeah, but I repeat (mostly because I am the only one who seems to remember), Colt sent dealers a letter saying that they were no longer supplying firearms to the general public. Then, they quickly recounted and said that they would supply a "limited" product line through a separate corporation (I forget the name since I haven't heard of it since). The dealers, wondering what would fill their shelves (what with S&W boycotted) looked elsewhere for wares.

Colt made their bed.

Now to add to that, they have done little or nothing to reverse the wide spread belief! If they want back in the dealers they need to:

1. Get product in the pipeline and make it available!

2. Advertise to both the buying public and the FFls that they are soliciting business and that they are willing to fill orders.

3. Decide what products they are going to supply and start making them.....Damn holding orders to see if enough come in to make a limited number of those pieces until they are willing to dredge up enough for another run of that product which may not be for a decade.

PigPen

[This message has been edited by PigPen (edited 12-04-2001).]