
Originally Posted by
sinlessorrow
As much as a Colt fan as I am, I have this feeling of stagnation coming from them.
Aside from the CM901 they have not seemed to release anything that raises the bar. With SHOT here and seeing all the pics from my friend I see different manuf. making revisions to their rifles that offer more advancements and making their system better and better.
Yet Colt is still just Colt. The 6920 is still a 6920. Instead of focusing on making a 6920A1 or making true upgrades to their systems they have decided to create one new rifle(CM901) and make numerous hydrodipped, Magpulled, Retro, and other variations of the same system. Their whole SHOT booth was the same old same old with a few additions that are just variants from the past and some that are painted.
The only really different systems is the (CM901, and SCW which is vaporware at this point), So what has happened to Colt that caused them to become stagnant and not continue to truly upgrade their systems. Why have they not come out with a new bolt design a better carrier design? The only things I see coming out of Colt lately are variants of what we already have, and while they may sell well to civilians they seem to be getting left behind when compared to other manuf's progress of upgrades.
They almost seem to be happy sitting on their ass surviving on their government paychecks instead of truly pushing the system and what can be done to it. Don't get me wrong Colt is THE "gold standard", but why not push that standard even higher than it is?
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