Colt Defense Files for Chapter 11

Dow Jones Business News NASDAQ ^ | June 14, 2015, 09:15:00 PM EDT | by Dow Jones Business News

[NonValueAdded]

My bad, I now see that in 2013 Colt Defense absorbed Colt Manufacturing

[servantboy777]

Lovin the .45 Long Colt.

I’d love to purchase a Henry .45LC repeater. perty

[Desron13]

"I dislike most Glocks, but that’s mostly on an ergonomics and interface basis."

I agree. With the possible exception of the Glock 36, I just don't like the way they feel in my hand.

[McGruff]

Our Governor Malloy is doing to Connecticut what President Obama is doing to the nation.

[tallyhoe]

I had a 1976 45 Long Colt Ruger Black Hawk Six Shooter with 7 1/2 inch barrel it also had the exchangeable 45 ACP cylinder!!

[Gaffer]

You seem to know quite a bit with which I can agree. I have a 1970 cherry COLT SP1 and a newer COLT LE6920 with the different roll markings. Also have 4 Colt 1911/A1 variants. It’s good to hear what your take on things is.

Thanks

[NorthMountain]

the 9 mm Browning Hi-Power, any year, can reliably feed any kind of cartridge.

One particular commercial Hi-Power of early 1990s vintage has proven itself capable of digesting NATO ball, commercial ball and hollowpoints from Hornady, Speer, Remington, Federal, Winchester ...

[MasterGunner01]

I've got four AR-clone rifles (20-inch barrel) and carbines (16-inch barrel) and not one of them is a Colt. I have had two Colt “Sporters”: 1) a 1964 vintage SP1 and a 1982 AR-15A2 (1 in 7 twist barrel). I sold both so I could install Mil-Spec parts in my lowers and have captive push pins like the military M16’s. I've built seven AR-type rifles and carbines on non-Colt lowers since my original colt 1964 SP1. As time has passed, I've seen the horrible products Colt's had dumped on American shooters. Would I take a Colt? Yes, so I could trade it for another manufacturer's rifle or carbine. AR-type rifles and carbines are a cottage industry and Colt is only one player. Perhaps Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization will force them to consider the errors of their business model? If Colt's wants to survive, they MUST change and I'm not certain they're smart enough to figure this out.

[Gaffer]

Thanks. I agree with the new products.

However, I’ve got a 1943 Colt 1911A1 that I wouldn’t sell for all the tea in China, though....:0)

[Covenantor]

If they weren’t smart enough to grasp that it was a sellers market with historic high sales for more than six and a half years, when Ruger was running double shifts, well then, I doubt they have any smarts left in their bucket.

Share holders should file charges against the fool management of Colt.

[Lurker]

Love my Python.

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[MasterGunner01]

Colt Firearms has been mismanaged since the 1960’s. They've screwed the pooch numerous times and come back only to return to their old ways of doing things. Colt needs to be sold to someone wanting to build firearms for shooters. Something similar to the acquisition of S&W Corporation from the UK firm Tompkins PLC by Saf-T-Hammer Corporation. Saf-T-Hammer has really rejuvenated the S&W brand that had been so degraded by prior management.

[MasterGunner01]

I do love the older Colt pistols. I have a 1943 vintage M1911A1 and a 1970s 8-inch barrel Colt Trooper Mk III in .357 Mag. I had a WW1 issue Colt M1917, but I sold it. That M1917 was a real war club, but it shot reliably and accurately in spite of its wartime manufacture. The best revolvers are built by S&W when compared to the average Colt revolver. [The WW1 S&W M1917 was far superior in fit and finish to the Colt M1917.]

S&W makes some great semi-auto winners and also some losers. Their original Model 39 series weren't all that reliable when subjected to the elements of snow, dust, mud, etc. Their third generation Model 3904 pistol [derived from the Model 39] was very reliable under all environmental conditions. These single stack S&W 9mm pistols are out of production. The Model 915 was the Gen III version of the Gen I Model 59 double stack 9mm magazine version of the Model 39. The model 915 went out of production in 2008.