Originally Posted by
Auto426
I think what some people who demonize Colt for safeguarding the M4 TDP so aggresively fail to realize is that the TDP for the M4 is like the secret recipe for Coca Cola. It's a trade secret, and when you go spreading it around to a bunch of different companies who all use it to make guns identical to yours you loose your competitive advantage in the market. You don't see Coke handing it's recipe to Pepsi or any other beverage company because it's what makes their product unique and valuable to the consumer. People buy a Colt over a Bushmaster for a reason, and Colt isn't going to let that advantage slip away from them anytime soon.