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    Quote Originally Posted by C4IGrant View Post
    Most people don't know what they don't know when it comes to black rifles (as they all look same). The burden is on me (as I do know).

    If we were purely fueled by "dollars," then you have a valid point. We are not.


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    I'm not telling you how to run your business, just saying how I'd run mine if I had one. If I'm in business, I'm there to put food on table and roof over head and refusing sales doesn't accomplish that. If I'm up front about the deficiencies of something and they still want it then I'm going to sell it to them, period, whether it's guns or tvs or cars because I'm just not in to coddling adults like children. There's a world of difference between that and the morally and ethically lacking track that businesses of all types take of telling people "Hi-point/Sanyo/Kia is just as good as Glock/Samsung/Mercedes" and laughing all the way to the bank.

    Or put another way. Some years ago I sold an old Jeep. Transmission was shot, it had a knock in the engine and the electrical system was problematic due to "repairs" the prior owner made. It was quite literally a junker. I was up front about the issues and the buyer paid my asking price. Did I have a moral or ethical lapse for selling that junker to the guy or did we trade openly and honestly to our mutual benefit? I tend to think the latter...

    Anyway, I'll shut up to avoid derailing the thread any more. The 6920 is still a fine rifle and people could do a lot worse...
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    Quote Originally Posted by nova3930 View Post
    I'm not telling you how to run your business, just saying how I'd run mine if I had one. If I'm in business, I'm there to put food on table and roof over head and refusing sales doesn't accomplish that. If I'm up front about the deficiencies of something and they still want it then I'm going to sell it to them, period, whether it's guns or tvs or cars because I'm just not in to coddling adults like children. There's a world of difference between that and the morally and ethically lacking track that businesses of all types take of telling people "Hi-point/Sanyo/Kia is just as good as Glock/Samsung/Mercedes" and laughing all the way to the bank.

    Or put another way. Some years ago I sold an old Jeep. Transmission was shot, it had a knock in the engine and the electrical system was problematic due to "repairs" the prior owner made. It was quite literally a junker. I was up front about the issues and the buyer paid my asking price. Did I have a moral or ethical lapse for selling that junker to the guy or did we trade openly and honestly to our mutual benefit? I tend to think the latter...

    Anyway, I'll shut up to avoid derailing the thread any more. The 6920 is still a fine rifle and people could do a lot worse...
    If we were struggling to make it, yes. We don't have that problem.

    We do carry a low end AR (S&W SPORT).



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    I'd hardly consider an S&W sport a low-end AR. Price wise, sure. Value, no.
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    Quote Originally Posted by C4IGrant View Post
    If we were struggling to make it, yes. We don't have that problem.

    We do carry a low end AR (S&W SPORT).


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    But you say Spikes is crap? I like S&W, good bang for the buck. You have sold DPMS also haven't you? I just cant understand how you can sell S&W with a clear conscience and trash Spikes in the same reality.
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    I thought the only difference between spikes and colt was spider or pony😂.

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    Bringing the subject back on point to a degree, I think that people will look at the Firearm Blog article and say "well, cool." But the same people will turn around and look at the steel cased ammo tests done by Andrew Tuohy and say "well, he used a Bushmaster, what's the difference?" And I know Tuohy wasn't endorsing Bushmaster, but rather needed three identical carbines for the test. And had to work on them prior to the test which would be missed by many. And others will point to different blogs and videos about how that DPMS or Olympic Arms ran like a champ.

    But back to the point, people will look at the two articles and come to the conclusions of Bushmaster = Colt. The look at the end result which is a whole hoop of rounds fired and it kept ticking. So when it comes down to it, people will look at best price of Bushmaster > Colt rather than value. To many, as Grant pointed out, an AR is an AR is an AR. They have no idea if it's to specs or has had the proper testing/inspections or if the rifle was put together by monkeys with hammers. To the average shooter, they could look at a rack full of ARs and say "it's anodized black, it goes bang, what's the difference except this one is more expensive than that one."

    It is nice to see the Colt getting some press outside of specific sites and professional circles, but in the great scheme of things, I don't think the average shooter will pay it much mind. But information is key and getting the word out there is a basic industry standard helps in the long run.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Grand58742 View Post
    Bringing the subject back on point to a degree, I think that people will look at the Firearm Blog article and say "well, cool." But the same people will turn around and look at the steel cased ammo tests done by Andrew Tuohy and say "well, he used a Bushmaster, what's the difference?" And I know Tuohy wasn't endorsing Bushmaster, but rather needed three identical carbines for the test. And had to work on them prior to the test which would be missed by many. And others will point to different blogs and videos about how that DPMS or Olympic Arms ran like a champ.

    But back to the point, people will look at the two articles and come to the conclusions of Bushmaster = Colt. The look at the end result which is a whole hoop of rounds fired and it kept ticking. So when it comes down to it, people will look at best price of Bushmaster > Colt rather than value. To many, as Grant pointed out, an AR is an AR is an AR. They have no idea if it's to specs or has had the proper testing/inspections or if the rifle was put together by monkeys with hammers. To the average shooter, they could look at a rack full of ARs and say "it's anodized black, it goes bang, what's the difference except this one is more expensive than that one."

    It is nice to see the Colt getting some press outside of specific sites and professional circles, but in the great scheme of things, I don't think the average shooter will pay it much mind. But information is key and getting the word out there is a basic industry standard helps in the long run.
    Weren't those Bushmaster barrels shot out before they even reached the 6K mark?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Press Check View Post
    I'd hardly consider an S&W sport a low-end AR. Price wise, sure. Value, no.
    We sell this gun in the lower $500's. That is a CHEAP AR. Is it a pretty good AR (for the money)? Yes, I think so.



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    Quote Originally Posted by quaesitor logica View Post
    But you say Spikes is crap? I like S&W, good bang for the buck. You have sold DPMS also haven't you? I just cant understand how you can sell S&W with a clear conscience and trash Spikes in the same reality.
    I am not sure where I said ST was crap in this thread. I have been on the record as saying that I would take a ST gun over a lot of other AR's.

    No on DPMS.

    We are a S&W LE Distributor. We are required to purchase so many M&P's AR's a year (FYI).

    S&W does not pretend to be anything they are not. There is a difference.


    Try not interpreting what I have said.


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    The Firearm Blog's Colt 6920 Review

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