Fail? Yes. Generic? Oh no, if anything it was too radical. IIRC, it was available with both aluminum and poly frames too. If the trigger hadnt been so bad, it might have sold better. I dunno though, I think many folks just couldnt look past the bizarre styling.
Im surprised nobody has mentioned the fact that Colt and CZ did already collaborate on a pistol, though a seldom seen on
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Actually, if the tooling still exists, I wouldnt be shocked to see a variant of this return. By all accounts it was a good gun, just came too late and was never promoted properly.
Wow, enough negative vibes there, bro.So somebody bought the name. That's all. The company is gone. It's not coming back. If you want a nice Colt - buy an old one. No one is ever going to make guns like the original Colts again.
Fail? Yes. Generic? Oh no, if anything it was too radical. IIRC, it was available with both aluminum and poly frames too. If the trigger hadnt been so bad, it might have sold better. I dunno though, I think many folks just couldnt look past the bizarre styling.Didn't they try that once. I wanna say the Colt 2000 series. It was an abomination, a hot apple fail of epic measure.
Colt's version of the SA80--let's let engineers with no firearms experience create a one-off, hand-fitted every part firearm and then expect to mass produce same. Engineering hubris hit a low point (or peak, if you want to look at it that way). Firearms are not just piles of parts you can just slap together--they are a system.I wanna say the Colt 2000 series. It was an abomination, a hot apple fail of epic measure.
No, this is not just the name and trademarks. It's the full deal., assets and liabilities, and includes (subject to negotiation) Colt Canada (Dimarco) with all of its military contracts.So somebody bought the name. That's all.
There are some truly hideous Chinese knives out there wearing the Colt and S&W logos. Whomever gave the OK to that sort of usage ought to give a seminar on brand dilution. CZ needs to put a stop to that on Day 1.Colt's version of the SA80--let's let engineers with no firearms experience create a one-off, hand-fitted every part firearm and then expect to mass produce same. Engineering hubris hit a low point (or peak, if you want to look at it that way). Firearms are not just piles of parts you can just slap together--they are a system.
And the industrial engineering to do that profitably in a factory can not be discounted. Yet, it was for the 2000, and the result is history.
No, this is not just the name and trademarks. It's the full deal., assets and liabilities, and includes (subject to negotiation) Colt Canada (Dimarco) with all of its military contracts.
One of the best possible outcomes is that CZ gets to divorce Colt and the State of Connecticut, which ought to do a lot to correct the balance sheets. The potential for getting some of the Dimarco innovation into the US could hold promise as well. Another excellent outcome would be the ending of "branding" the logo on random kitsch out of the Company's control. Only the C-suite types imagine that selling the (tm) rights to brand cheap silverware would net enough profits to keep the company afloat. CZ appears to be better focused than that (or less-infected of Ivy League MBAs).
+1 on that. Many others too. I would bet brand dilution has a really negative impact, putting your name on an inferior product is just not wise. Now if it wasn't mass produced cheap crap that'd be different.There are some truly hideous Chinese knives out there wearing the Colt and S&W logos. Whomever gave the OK to that sort of usage ought to give a seminar on brand dilution. CZ needs to put a stop to that on Day 1.
...and he designed the iconic models 1886 and 1894 lever action rifles, not Winchester. Yet, they are still called "Winchesters".
Eh from me.
I'm not a Colt hater, I'm pretty ambivalent about them.
Maybe if they bring a quality that matches their price (even with the pony) I might move to moderately interested.
I’m more excited for the “inevitable” resurgence of Marlin under the ownership of Ruger.
A SAA produced as something more than a unicorn.
A Colt 1911 was also (not coincidentally) the first pistol I ever bought, and I have owned several others subsequently.