Chainsaw78
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hello -
have a few questions that i was hoping some of you might be able to help me out with. i'm doing a little research on colt defense, llc and trying to get an idea of the competitive landscape and challenges that the company might face going forward. a few questions follow..
1. colt's exclusivity contract on the US military m4 orders expired in june of this year, so competitors can now bid on US gov't m4 contracts. what's the word on how likely it is that someone like FN actually tries to bid? i'm told there is a large 500,000 rifle contract that the gov't is in the process of awarding.
2. how realistic is it that the military could switch away from colt's m4 and to an FN scar or an H&K 416? colt argues that its m4 is "combat proven" and that that means more than anything else to potential customers, especially the US military. additionally, colt also argues that the costs of replacing the installed base of m4s can only be justified with a revolutionary firearm technology, which they say FN and H&K aren't producing.
3. what's the useful life of an m4 or m4a1 in terms of rounds? how much does one cost?
4. what are troops actually saying about the m4 these days? colt touts a report that 90% of troops are happy with the m4 (i think it's referenced in the wikipedia article, actually) - is this statistic misleading in any way? is there some offsetting issue that they're failing to mention?
5. any other insights about the competitiveness of colt's m4 in the world market for military/law enforcement carbines?
thanks in advance for any responses. i'm a gun owner myself (sig 226, 357, remington marine magnum) and keep the sig next to the remote control, so i hope to post on the site periodically. my wife and i both have concealed carry permits and love to go to the range together (yeah, lucky guy, eh?). thanks again.
have a few questions that i was hoping some of you might be able to help me out with. i'm doing a little research on colt defense, llc and trying to get an idea of the competitive landscape and challenges that the company might face going forward. a few questions follow..
1. colt's exclusivity contract on the US military m4 orders expired in june of this year, so competitors can now bid on US gov't m4 contracts. what's the word on how likely it is that someone like FN actually tries to bid? i'm told there is a large 500,000 rifle contract that the gov't is in the process of awarding.
2. how realistic is it that the military could switch away from colt's m4 and to an FN scar or an H&K 416? colt argues that its m4 is "combat proven" and that that means more than anything else to potential customers, especially the US military. additionally, colt also argues that the costs of replacing the installed base of m4s can only be justified with a revolutionary firearm technology, which they say FN and H&K aren't producing.
3. what's the useful life of an m4 or m4a1 in terms of rounds? how much does one cost?
4. what are troops actually saying about the m4 these days? colt touts a report that 90% of troops are happy with the m4 (i think it's referenced in the wikipedia article, actually) - is this statistic misleading in any way? is there some offsetting issue that they're failing to mention?
5. any other insights about the competitiveness of colt's m4 in the world market for military/law enforcement carbines?
thanks in advance for any responses. i'm a gun owner myself (sig 226, 357, remington marine magnum) and keep the sig next to the remote control, so i hope to post on the site periodically. my wife and i both have concealed carry permits and love to go to the range together (yeah, lucky guy, eh?). thanks again.