Erich

Strike another blow for the legal system. MGM to pay for not stopping shooter. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-lasvegas-shooting/las-vegas-massacre-survivors-families-reach-735-million-settlement-with-mgm-idUSKBN1WI1Q6

Honestly that seems similar to asking, hey, can you pick out a screwdriver for my friend...no use case...but I want it to be a good one. You could drive yourself insane. Can pops put you in contact? Best to get it straight from the horses mouth with so many generic references being made with the 1911 being one of the most copied guns of all time. Are they near you? You have Bud's and Smokey Mountain just down the road. I'd suggest (if they are reasonably close) that they make a little road trip. If he doesn't know what he really wants, may be enlightening.

A more carry-able carry gun. I have to hand it to them, did not rest on their laurels knowing the competition would respond. I personally am a huge fan of factory ported guns and am glad to see it. Sights would change your manual of arms potentially. Its interesting. https://www.sigsauer.com/store/p365-sas.html?utm_campaign=P365SAS_LAUNCH&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua

Glock did respond to Glockophiles complaints about the cutouts, now offering one without, adding front slide serrations. In case you want to go without the magwell at times. https://us.glock.com/en/pistols/g19-gen5-fs-us

A case can be made for not wearing pants being a deterrent all in itself, or at least a good distraction. This is my rifle...this is my gun....

Only have great things to say about them as well. One scope exchange and a couple support questions dealing with a venom. They know who butters their bread! Truly an example others should strive for.

I think that is what we call them, they just call them factories

Damn I wish Credit goes to someone else where I ran across it, glad to see it was useful. When you start looking at, it really makes a statement about China's capacity and how bad it must be for their workforce. Consider the cost of raw material, labor, export transport and fees, US shipping, and seller fees....how do they manage to sell these that low. If they turn .50 cents profit, I'd be surprised. So it occurred to me, being a desktop item...its funded by the NSA listening device Haven't found it yet, but still looking.

I imagine its like anything, once you've run encountered a problem or look for supporting intergoogle results (hate can be found for any gun), its not unusual to then see an even wider net cast as irrefutable fact. In doing so, typically folks look past others reporting different experience or the intergoogling results which are contradictory. Beauty is we are free to evaluate all the facts we choose to, or our own experiences. I find it interesting that many PD's use (or used) XD/XDMs with high round counts in service and during trials without reporting abnormal failure rates. Same for some gun ranges. I have to think there is something in the works here around sample size. I am glad to say with thousands of rounds thru a combination of M1A, 1911, EMP, and 2 XDM's, I can not corroborate that Springfield labeled guns are guaranteed to have catastrophic failure at low round count. Perhaps I am doing something very wrong? In the meantime, I will carry on enjoying the multiple flavors of Koolaid I have been for years

P365 quick size comparison in vid.... Looks like Its already had some initial media testing and should be in stores soon for early adopters (not me!). Those reviews are very favorable, only issues being the RDS options are going to be initially limited (2 that fit) and the trigger can be heavier than some may prefer out of the box. https://www.handgunsmag.com/editorial/springfield-hellcat-9mm-review/368034 https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2019/9/25/tested-springfield-armory-s-hellcat/

Hate to say it, same for me. I've never had one of my foreign jobs go back to the US mothership, but a shameful % of the US millennial made have. Probably because I like Sigs more than I should and they are the bottom of the QC barrel IMHO. I never bought a P365 I might have to try one of these with the RDS to go with my big bro XDM OSP.

Downsizing is no different than any other diet....I fail at both pretty badly. Fat with too many toys, things could be worse!

SA takes a shot across Sig's bow. 2 years later A huge 1 round increase in base mag capacity, but with an RDS variant available. https://www.springfield-armory.com/hellcat-features/ Some folks avoid SA due to their moves a couple years back, wonder if this will matter for them. One thing seems clear, if you own one of the new Dodge same name cars....here you go.

I am sure I will enjoy it for entertainment's sake, but take it for it what it is, an extended Taran Tactical infomercial.

Welcome back and thanks for sharing. Coming from a small mag state when moving, plan for the expense of getting normal size mags One of the more pleasurable expenses.

Thanks for your concern. Did you find it interesting that TAG, seemed to have difficulty verifying the policy history, apparently because it did not fit their narrative? Citing Google research as their source, when that same source does give a good indication of the history of said policy. Problems with credibility and accuracy in media is not just a left issue. I'm good with it. If someone wants to throw this in and not appreciate the stark contrasts with the clear anti 2A moves at Walmart and their CEO's jumping in on and funding explicit anti 2A politics / campaigns....more power to them.

Last year I started seeing magnifying glasses showing up in the mail after admitting the years where finally catching up to my eyes. I found these lighted magnifiers helpful. @ under $10 with the coupon thought I would share. Didn't need another one, but hey...freebie tweezers. Listed @ $32.90, use coupon "70KWWYSS" to get $23.03 off, for a final price of $9.87 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NYVX1DT?smid=A1ZIO3PCRNW7R3&psc=1&_encoding=UTF8&tag=edealinfocom-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325 Sorry if this is the wrong section, move as needed.

Definitely. They current market is saturated and the price of any AR today confirms. Other name manufactures making similar product at half the price. They were smart to work on niche versions, but they were starting to slow. Plenty of dealers have dropped them and no longer are stocking dealers given they are forced to by every product versus just the ones they want to sell. I see another angle. Stop production, ride the wave of current sentiment and fear....then go back into production at higher prices with less units and boom...instant larger margins. Now, the anti 2A stigma is something they will have to overcome. Whether this move is Springfield Armory level stigma or not....that'll be interesting. Plenty of folks love the pony, more than the crossed cannons me thinks.

There has been plenty of discussions of this over the last 10 days or so since this came out. Most of the left 'victories' dances are using paraphrasing of Colts original statement, then their updated statement. The left media portraying it as done and over for good. While other sources are using fuller statements and earlier discussions with Colt where it appears temporary. But as the heavy left biased mainstream media picks this up, most folks are only getting the left slanted released. The industry side includes such statements as: "Colt’s chief executive officer, Dennis Veilleux, says the company is not permanently ending production but believes there is already an adequate supply of sporting rifles on the market. " Take it for what its worth. Time will tell exactly how long "the forseeable future" is. Is it forever, or months. Timing does not play to the 2A folks, Bad move on their part no matter how it unfolds.

Looks like this has spilled over to its own thread after mention in the handgun section. Folks may be jumping the gun calling it done based on partial info and emphasis. I also have a tin foil hat theory on this one. As it said later in that article, " Colt’s rifle line production is occupied, at least for the time being, with outstanding contracts which include orders through police and defense channels. " Operative works being...for the time being. Its reported elsewhere this is a resource reallocation simply to meet there gov contracts and comm to comeback. It is also reported they have SOCOMS and related parts on order for later production (both comm and gov). They have used overruns from gov contracts on the commercial line on that model. The commercial SOCOMS are a success for them, and sell as many as they can slap together. They are not likely to stop that gravy train for a clearly over carbine. In the lead up to this with low manpower, the quality has take a hit. Its a good move. Hope they get there stuff in order and come back with an improved comm rifle production sense. Now with foiled hat in hand, I would not be too surprised if they were intentionally vague. Nothing sells like a scare. If you want to get folks to buy a product, say its going to not be available. especially in a saturated market with less expensive competition. You sell what is out in inventory with rising pricing. The commercial SOCOM uppers are up $200 recently and folks are actively searching them.

FWIW, this came out about a week ago on that black rifle site, where they clarified what that is. That item Steelharp posted is in the first post (from an earlier rush to judgement from 'The Truth About Guns'. Along with the following from industry person: "so, word is its a slow down for 60 days the guy at RSR has supposedly been fired for sending out that email and colt has told RSR to release a statement on that. waiting to see when and if that happens. Im hearing they are have orders for civilian production for this November with a big push for more of the SOCOM models" I'd recommend clarification in the title to indicate that this is temporary so we can cut down on the unnecessary panic and condemnation of Colt for permanently discontinuing civilian AR sales, which they are apparently not doing. Quote 2: Colt is, in fact, filling a number of contracts at the moment. The RSR representative apparently didn't quite understand what he was being told and TTAG, the bunch of click-baity jagoffs that they are, failed to do any followup. Colt is apparently so short handed in filling some military contracts they have right now that they are dedicating personnel and production resources to filling those contracts. They are not leaving the civilian market. So put down the pitchforks. Really ts a good thing for them to get their house in order judging from the declining quality of the product (alluded to with low staff and outrageous turnaround times). I am not inclined on buying another Colt rifle until I see they return the quality they were at least 5 years ago.

If you follow that, the guy who sent it has axed, and it was clarified that is a temporary hold while they get their feces together. That guy was trying to drum up some sales...forgetting you never ever put anything in writing that may end up on the interwebs.

They aren't done, rather change focus. However I think some of it is smoke and mirrors based on cash flow and recent quality issues . They know they can sell as many Socoms as they make, but the 1 guy who works customer service (says something right there) will tell you how many pissed off calls he gets daily about their cost cutting. The recent issues in long guns seem to come from bidding out to lower cost contractors whose machining quality is no where near what it was 5+ years ago, and short cutting build quality. An example I've seen on recent M4's with bad extensions was they ground down the lugs versus re-barrel or swap the extension to save a few bucks. That said, I think, and hope for their sake, the pause is to re-examine their business model and production, fixing what is broken and improving the component quality (going back to old subs?). In that, looking at what re-introduced models are working and focus on that. The snake guns are a good call.. Current offerings are more about the name and history, if they dont hit quality on the new snake guns. that will get out to bite them

I very much hope there is follow-up so the complete set of facts are revealed, whatever they may be. Unfortunately, they will likely on get aired if it supports the initial slant. We all seen things, have had experiences. Good and bad. What we choose to focus on, says a bit. While expected from media agenda, the thing that most surprised here was the support for the presumption of guilt before innocence. I like to think we still live in 'merica, where you are innocent before proven guilty. As naive as that is. That ideal is one of the cornerstones for protection of all our rights, IMHO.