HankB
Member
This is a follow up to a thread I originated back in December '05: http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=168715&highlight=dakota+arms+soft
The gist was that at the time, DAKOTA magazine featured their "Scimitar" tactical rifle, which, it was emphasized, would be sold only to government bodies. This was controversial - a bolt action rifle, not a .50 BMG, legal in all 50 states, and they chose not to sell it except to the government?
Well, the Spring 2006 issue of DAKOTA which I received in today's mail paints a rather different picture. The headline in the "Letter from Sturgis" column, authored by Charlie Kokesh, CEO, Dakota Arms, reads "The Scimitar Goes Public"
I for one am very happy to see Dakota Arms rationalize their sales policies to make a very nice bolt action rifle available to regular people, not just government agencies, and like to think that THR played at least a small role in Dakota Arms' rethinking of their sales policies.
Kudos to Charlie Kokesh and Dakota for recognizing their mistake and correcting it.
The gist was that at the time, DAKOTA magazine featured their "Scimitar" tactical rifle, which, it was emphasized, would be sold only to government bodies. This was controversial - a bolt action rifle, not a .50 BMG, legal in all 50 states, and they chose not to sell it except to the government?
Well, the Spring 2006 issue of DAKOTA which I received in today's mail paints a rather different picture. The headline in the "Letter from Sturgis" column, authored by Charlie Kokesh, CEO, Dakota Arms, reads "The Scimitar Goes Public"
"We received a great deal of feedback on Steve Helsley's review of the Dakota Scimitar, our newest tactical rifle, in the Fall 2005 issue of DAKOTA. Many of the comments, as well as a number of chat room discussions, focused on the fact that the Scimitar was then available only to law enforcement and the military.
We want our readers to know that we heard you loud and clear and have changed that policy.
We are now taking orders for the Scimitar - designed as a tactical rifle of extreme precision and reliability. I can personally affirm that it also makes a suberb hunting rifle. On my most recent trip to Tanzania, I carried a Scimitar chambered in .338 Dakota Short Magnum and a Model 76 in .423 Dakota.
We expect to built up to 30 Scimitars a month for the general public and our preferred dealers, so if you are interested call our sales team directly."
I for one am very happy to see Dakota Arms rationalize their sales policies to make a very nice bolt action rifle available to regular people, not just government agencies, and like to think that THR played at least a small role in Dakota Arms' rethinking of their sales policies.
Kudos to Charlie Kokesh and Dakota for recognizing their mistake and correcting it.