
Originally Posted by
texasjim
Hello gentlemen. Much of you have asked what makes the MOD1 any different than other rifles you champion here on M4Carbine.net. Before answering this, please keep this in mind. Like stated before, I have consulted for many companies which you are familiar with, for longer than this sight has been up. Please consider that most of the parts I have chosen came from companies I have been close with for more than a decade. What does this mean? It means the MOD1 has a little of me from other companies. You ask for IP, I cannot wholly say all of the components featured in my brand come from my intellectual property, but when asked by those manufacturing the parts, my input is tendered, and you see a reflection of that in my MOD1. Like stated before, I am not new to this industry, and have a humble and respectful reputation in the industry. Ask around, call a buddy in the business, vet me...
I was once told, you haven't been in business for 1 year, you been in this business for more than a dozen, you just went commercial in the past year.
The rifle is a sum of it parts, and the care behind building it, it's not just one proprietary element. Look at the other companies you/we covet here. KAC, BCM, DD, Noveske, COLT... Great guns, and fit a certain niche in the market. I truly love these brands, and they are inspiring to me as companies go, though it was time for me to come out from behind the curtain and take a chance in an over populated industry.
If you like a CHF, CL, 1/7 mid gas barrel, well then your options get more narrow. If you like a Geissele SMR rail coming from the factory, then again your options narrow. If you like investment cast parts replaced by bar-stock parts, again you dwindle in you brand choices. My uppers and lowers will work just fine with other brands. The long term use on my specs have proven not to be an problem at all, as we have customers who have 30k plus with no hick-ups. Have we had issues, not much, but yup. We have seen bolt lugs sheer twice, one cam pin fail, and that's it. (Knock on wood). What is proprietary, FOR NOW, is my dimensions on the upper and lower. There are other components on my MOD1 which I have helped design along the way.
For those who need end user feedback, I am blessed to have a following of sophisticated professionals. That is all I will say about my "non-commercial" customers.
For those who want specific dimensions on gas port sizes, and the specific type III hard coat I use, etc... Please consider, if it performs to your standard, or more, what difference will it make if we argue on the semantics of opinion.
For the LEO/Mil roll marks... Good story behind my decision on that. During the last run on these types of rifles, there were a bunch in the media saying "I don't see the need for the public to have those types of rifles" "we believe our military, and law enforcement should be the only ones who have that type of firepower"... Evil me decided, screw it, I am putting the roll mark on my brand as a reminder that even "John Q" has the right to own one of these rifles. It's kinda a FU to the media...nothing more, nothing less.
Why is gun worth the street price of 2k? It's expensive to build to MY spec. I don't deal direct to the consumer at this time. For admin reasons, and logistics, I developed a dist./dealer network. The parts alone are high, then FET, then Admin costs, then profit, and then profit to my dealers. It all adds up.
Why is my carbine better, it may not be for you, but it is for my buyers. You don't have to buy into anything me or someone else says here, find one, test drive it, and you will come to your own conclusion.
MOD2, tooling up for it now. Working with some distinguished organizations, and manufactures to produce an enhanced carbine the industry has yet to see. Back to you IP guys... Upper, lower, come from enhanced forgings I had a major role in designing, as well as a handguard per my design. The operating system will be basically the same as the MOD 1, though will have more ambi control.
Hot tits Hulahan in the OP, well she is hot, but I like brunettes...and therefor if you go to my website of FB page you will understand I don't employ hot girls for ad campaigns or media.
By the way...if anyone can tell me what the clover represents, I'll give you a cookie.
Have a great rest f the weekend,
Jim Hodge
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