hags
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This thread should be closed as it's moved waaaaay beyond what the OP is about, IMHO.
Are you capable of an original thought?
The Army's M4 contract is with FN, of course. That's where I'm coming from with that last statement.
At least you finally answered the question about why a Colt is better. Your answer has nothing to do with being "more than the sum of its parts". Your answer is that the parts are better parts, with better tolerances. That's exactly what I was saying. It has nothing to do with who puts the pins in the holes.
I'm glad you're an ethical dealer who gives out good information. We need more like you. Seriously. But don't take offense if your fellows out there have made it so that that's not the baseline assumption. Clearly, you're more than happy to make all sorts of assumptions about other people.
Colt Defense LLC is the sole source supplier of the M4 Carbine to the US military and the only manufacturer worldwide that meets or exceeds all US military specifications for the weapon.
If something is true, and I wrote it, then it would look about like the truth written by someone else, now wouldn't it? You really don't think that your post was the first time I'd ever come across that information, do you?
I didn't ask what was different about Colt as a manufacturer, BTW, I asked for an answer about what was BETTER about their guns, and worth the price premium. And by asking, I wasn't denying that they are. I was asking for an answer that was meaningful. Damn near every manufacturer contracts out parts, or whole assemblies, in every field of manufacturing. Simply making it yourself doesn't make it better.
Wouldn't it follow that a better manufacturer of guns makes a better gun, or no?