Which gun company would you like to own?
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Since I would have already won the lottery, making a lot of guns or money wouldn't be a necessity. A "Rembrandt Firearm" would have to be of the highest quality....first I'd buy Dakota Arms, expand the product line to include quality handguns and shotguns. Start with expired patents of classic firearm designs, only improve the tolerances and finishes....then I would send all my friends on this forum a complimentary sample to keep.
coonan357
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I would purchase the rights for Coonan and Produce the finest .38/.357 magnum automatics money could buy and the .41 magnum and maybe a .45 acp also , I know I would be able to retire If I could Make the Magizines for it too .
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HK.
1. Start selling the P2000 already!
2. Magazine compatibility
3. SureFire-happy rails
4. Increased production of the P7
5. Carbon fiber semi-auto tactical
6. Carbon fiber FP6 with all the fixings
7. Carbon fiber everything else!
The list goes on....
1. Start selling the P2000 already!
2. Magazine compatibility
3. SureFire-happy rails
4. Increased production of the P7
5. Carbon fiber semi-auto tactical
6. Carbon fiber FP6 with all the fixings
7. Carbon fiber everything else!
The list goes on....
I'd go for Remington, and I'd get them to open up a handgun line (1911s and maybe a revolver or two), then start up an AR15 production line and introduce line of shotguns with all the uber-tactical features like pistol-grip stocks and such. All the LEO-only stamps would serve as paperweights on my desk, as they'd be removed from the assembly line.
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jhisaac1
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General Electric. 
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Don't want a company since I'd probably mismanage it with my poor business acumen and scuttle it. However, I wouldn't mind making a run of "Liberator" pistols complete with stamp steel (unrifled) barrels. Might as well give the liberals something to scream about.
However, I wouldn't mind making a run of "Liberator" pistols complete with stamp steel (unrifled) barrels. Might as well give the liberals something to scream about. 
Feanaro
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Heckler and Koch. Resurrect the G11, increase customer service quality. Make everything in 45ACP.
1st choice would be Beretta. They have the military contract so I could use that money to fund new products. The first thing I would do is produce a slim single stack 9mm, somthing along the lines of the Cheeta but in 9mm. Why don't they see this market? It would be good competition for the Kahr K9 and the SIG 239. Everytime they make a small 9mm, it is a double stack or is just too big!
My second choice would be Kahr, they have so much potential and they are American made.
S&W has more problems then I care to deal with right now. I would have to discontinue most of the line and start over. Scandium has got to go and so does most of their autos. That 1911 would be kept because 1911s are such a scam that you can always make money on them.
My second choice would be Kahr, they have so much potential and they are American made.
S&W has more problems then I care to deal with right now. I would have to discontinue most of the line and start over. Scandium has got to go and so does most of their autos. That 1911 would be kept because 1911s are such a scam that you can always make money on them.
jhisaac1
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Hmmmm. I can see the scenario for this. You are approached by a banger, you pop him with your Liberator, and then you take his Lorcin.
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bushmaster...
so i could use the rest of my winnings to beat off the gun grabbers...
so i could use the rest of my winnings to beat off the gun grabbers...
UnknownSailor
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S&W.
1. The Agreement would die a long, horrible, and very public death.
2. The company would pick up and move, lock, stock and barrel, to a more gun friendly state.
3. After moving, I would state it loud and long why I moved, to whoever would listen.
4. I would refuse contracts with all states hostile to my business (California, Illinois, Massachussets, etc. you listening?)
5. I would get completely anal about build quality.
6. See #5, except for customer service.
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Forgot to add:
7. The gloves would come off on the lawsuits that are sure to follow.
1. The Agreement would die a long, horrible, and very public death.
2. The company would pick up and move, lock, stock and barrel, to a more gun friendly state.
3. After moving, I would state it loud and long why I moved, to whoever would listen.
4. I would refuse contracts with all states hostile to my business (California, Illinois, Massachussets, etc. you listening?)
5. I would get completely anal about build quality.
6. See #5, except for customer service.
*edit*
Forgot to add:
7. The gloves would come off on the lawsuits that are sure to follow.
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I'm with jhisaac1.
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General Electric DOES bring good things to life.
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Hkmp5sd
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Any company....
as long as they have the licenses and SOTs to import, design, research, manufacture and experiment with any weapons in existence. Profit is not a concern.
as long as they have the licenses and SOTs to import, design, research, manufacture and experiment with any weapons in existence. Profit is not a concern.
I think I'd like to own Ruger.
First thing of all, it is probably the healthiest of the American manufacturers, with a cool logo that can be better exploited.
1. Open the Ruger Custom Shop. Just about anything the customer wants will be done for the right price or we'll refer them to Bowen or an autopistol shop we will financially help become a name with our auto line.
2. Hire some Italian design engineers as consultants from MV Augusta, the exotic motorcycle maker, to get their insights into making the exterior of the Ruger autopistol line look attractive. They wouldn't be allowed to meddle with the tank like toughness of the actual system, I just want someone who knows what decent curves and lines look like. First move would be to get controls off of the slides and onto the frames where they belong. Full cap mags would be pushed for in the current Congress because some honest people want and need more than 10 rounds. Introduce compacts and subcompact autos.
3. Offer a full line of snubbie SP-101s in blue and stainless. Make one in .44 Special if it is possible to jam into SP-101-ish dimensions. Improve the blueing to old Colt or S&W standards since neither of the competitors do decent blueing on a regular basis anymore and Ruger rarely does.
4. Offer the GP-100 down to 2.5 inch barrels and up to 8 3/8. Offer a decent blueing job on the carbon steel ones and improve the triggers from the factory. Offer an extra shot cylinder like S&W. Support a factory team in every shooting discipline that a Ruger can compete in.
5. There'd be a GP-200 carry revolver in .44mag/special in a range of barrel lengths.
6. The single action line would remain largely untouched except for maybe going into all of the non-standard big bores through the Custom Shop. The Super Redhawk would also be massaged by the exterior design consultants.
7. Make a 1911 of decent manufacture to go to head to head with anyone. Undercut them all on price by using Ruger's world famous casting facilities and get the pistol into the $400 range for a completely customizeable American made Mil-spec. If you want more than that, go ala carte at the Custom Shop or get your own gunsmith. Like the rest of Ruger's products, it'd be no questions asked if it failed.
8. Make the ranch rifle top drawer instead of a joke. Make a modern Garand, M1 Carbine, and M1A.
9. Make a line of tactical/field shotguns and go directly after Remington, Mossberg, and Winchester.
10. Kick the crap out of every anti-gun organization, legally and financially, that came into my sights. They'd all be immediately countersued for abuse of process and frivolity.
First thing of all, it is probably the healthiest of the American manufacturers, with a cool logo that can be better exploited.
1. Open the Ruger Custom Shop. Just about anything the customer wants will be done for the right price or we'll refer them to Bowen or an autopistol shop we will financially help become a name with our auto line.
2. Hire some Italian design engineers as consultants from MV Augusta, the exotic motorcycle maker, to get their insights into making the exterior of the Ruger autopistol line look attractive. They wouldn't be allowed to meddle with the tank like toughness of the actual system, I just want someone who knows what decent curves and lines look like. First move would be to get controls off of the slides and onto the frames where they belong. Full cap mags would be pushed for in the current Congress because some honest people want and need more than 10 rounds. Introduce compacts and subcompact autos.
3. Offer a full line of snubbie SP-101s in blue and stainless. Make one in .44 Special if it is possible to jam into SP-101-ish dimensions. Improve the blueing to old Colt or S&W standards since neither of the competitors do decent blueing on a regular basis anymore and Ruger rarely does.
4. Offer the GP-100 down to 2.5 inch barrels and up to 8 3/8. Offer a decent blueing job on the carbon steel ones and improve the triggers from the factory. Offer an extra shot cylinder like S&W. Support a factory team in every shooting discipline that a Ruger can compete in.
5. There'd be a GP-200 carry revolver in .44mag/special in a range of barrel lengths.
6. The single action line would remain largely untouched except for maybe going into all of the non-standard big bores through the Custom Shop. The Super Redhawk would also be massaged by the exterior design consultants.
7. Make a 1911 of decent manufacture to go to head to head with anyone. Undercut them all on price by using Ruger's world famous casting facilities and get the pistol into the $400 range for a completely customizeable American made Mil-spec. If you want more than that, go ala carte at the Custom Shop or get your own gunsmith. Like the rest of Ruger's products, it'd be no questions asked if it failed.
8. Make the ranch rifle top drawer instead of a joke. Make a modern Garand, M1 Carbine, and M1A.
9. Make a line of tactical/field shotguns and go directly after Remington, Mossberg, and Winchester.
10. Kick the crap out of every anti-gun organization, legally and financially, that came into my sights. They'd all be immediately countersued for abuse of process and frivolity.
Dionysusigma
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Hm... Definately H & K.
With beauties such as these, who wouldn't jump at the chance?
With beauties such as these, who wouldn't jump at the chance?
Chris Rhines
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SIG-Sauer.
- Research and manufacturing facilities in both the United States and Europe.
- A good reputation for innovation combined with sound engineering and primo build quality.
- Lots of materials experience (Aluminum, forged steel, polymers.)
- Very wide product line (semi-auto pistols, bolt-action and semi/fully automatic rifles, shotguns.)
- The SIG Academy would be a nice little bonus.
- Chris
- Research and manufacturing facilities in both the United States and Europe.
- A good reputation for innovation combined with sound engineering and primo build quality.
- Lots of materials experience (Aluminum, forged steel, polymers.)
- Very wide product line (semi-auto pistols, bolt-action and semi/fully automatic rifles, shotguns.)
- The SIG Academy would be a nice little bonus.
- Chris
Topgun
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Put me in the BERETTA camp.
I've SEEN their palatial mansions and immense wealth. The rest are teeny tiny little bothers.
AND their guns are good.
I've SEEN their palatial mansions and immense wealth. The rest are teeny tiny little bothers.
AND their guns are good.
cool45auto
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Beretta all the way.
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Springfield.
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