Bufford t. Justice
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First let me point out that I am in no way affiliated with or employed by Armscor nor do I plan to be. I am simply an owner of one of their products as I'm sure are many members here. So with that said I wanted to clear up some misleading statements made by others as I deem them unworthy of this forum. As some of you have heard and some others have latched on to. Armscor has had a few quality control issues. While for the people that had to deal with these personally, I'm sure it felt like the end of the world as we know it. I hate having issues with any piece of equipment purchased new as everyone does I'm sure. Especially when it's purchased to defend life and property.
What all the internet experts here and elsewhere fail to realize or just ignore is the fact that any manufacturer of any product that makes over 100,000 units a year is going to have the occasional hiccup. These factories are using mostly cnc (read computer controlled) machines in production. Machines malfunction. More importantly those same machines are programmed by human beings. The quality control people are...yep human beings. How many of you have never made an error in your life time? Overlooked a due date? Bounced a check? Broke something that you were trying to fix even if it didn't need fixing in the first place? There is a post up on Arfcom that shows a barrel with chatter marks in the rifling. This happens when machines malfunction and has happened at every factory that ever made a weapon. Instead of calling for a return ticket the poster instead decides to ask advice of arfcom forum members who proceed to tell him he bought a piece of scrap iron. People, every manufacturer has issues. EVERY SINGLE ONE Give them a chance to fix it before you decide to blast them on the internet. And for all of the armchair naysayers, maybe instead of dooming an entire company for the occasional slip up when you yourself have likely never even owned one of their products, stick to writing about something you know if there is such a thing.
For the record Armscor produces over 100,000 guns each year, 84,000 of which are 1911's. They must be doing something right to that kind of business. Something to think about. Source
What all the internet experts here and elsewhere fail to realize or just ignore is the fact that any manufacturer of any product that makes over 100,000 units a year is going to have the occasional hiccup. These factories are using mostly cnc (read computer controlled) machines in production. Machines malfunction. More importantly those same machines are programmed by human beings. The quality control people are...yep human beings. How many of you have never made an error in your life time? Overlooked a due date? Bounced a check? Broke something that you were trying to fix even if it didn't need fixing in the first place? There is a post up on Arfcom that shows a barrel with chatter marks in the rifling. This happens when machines malfunction and has happened at every factory that ever made a weapon. Instead of calling for a return ticket the poster instead decides to ask advice of arfcom forum members who proceed to tell him he bought a piece of scrap iron. People, every manufacturer has issues. EVERY SINGLE ONE Give them a chance to fix it before you decide to blast them on the internet. And for all of the armchair naysayers, maybe instead of dooming an entire company for the occasional slip up when you yourself have likely never even owned one of their products, stick to writing about something you know if there is such a thing.
For the record Armscor produces over 100,000 guns each year, 84,000 of which are 1911's. They must be doing something right to that kind of business. Something to think about. Source