Armed Eye Doc Posted February 14, 2021 Report Share Posted February 14, 2021 https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/us-gun-maker-colt-bought-czech-company-75847772 PRAGUE -- Czech firearms company Ceska Zbrojovka has signed a deal to acquire Colt, the American gun maker that helped develop revolvers in the 19th century and has since supplied the armed forces in the U.S. and other countries. Ceska Zbrojovka Group SE said Friday that it has purchased all the shares in Colt Holding Company LLC, the parent company of Colt’s Manufacturing Company LLC and its Canadian subsidiary, Colt Canada Corp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted February 14, 2021 Report Share Posted February 14, 2021 This makes me want to either cry or puke. I think it's the lawsuits that say "your machine killed my (fill in the blank)" and I can't blame them (Colt) for getting out. But I hate it. My constant companion, back when I wore blue, was a Colt Combat Commander in (what else?) .45 ACP. What a sweet friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgecrusher Posted February 14, 2021 Report Share Posted February 14, 2021 49 minutes ago, Sharpshooter said: This makes me want to either cry or puke. I think it's the lawsuits that say "your machine killed my (fill in the blank)" and I can't blame them (Colt) for getting out. But I hate it. My constant companion, back when I wore blue, was a Colt Combat Commander in (what else?) .45 ACP. What a sweet friend. I would carry a cz over my S&W any day of the week. Fact! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rsquared Posted February 14, 2021 Report Share Posted February 14, 2021 I've got nothing bad to say about CZ. But this will end up being another American manufacturer going by the way side. Another victim to yet another venture capital group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARTrooper Posted February 14, 2021 Report Share Posted February 14, 2021 Sadly the last several years colt has seemed to be an over priced name brand living of its reputation from its glory days. I have always loved cz and hope they do well with the colt brand. It just sucks to see gun companies leave American hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shooterrex Posted February 14, 2021 Report Share Posted February 14, 2021 Colt has been in and out of bankruptcy and receivership for years. CZ took over Dan Wesson a few years back and they are still making excellent guns. Probably a good thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madhouse Posted February 14, 2021 Report Share Posted February 14, 2021 what sucks more is a foreign company buying an American company and operating it here, imho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unforgiven Posted February 14, 2021 Report Share Posted February 14, 2021 It's still jobs here. 🍺🇺🇸 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisco Posted February 15, 2021 Report Share Posted February 15, 2021 1 hour ago, Madhouse said: what sucks more is a foreign company buying an American company and operating it here, imho Most big corporations are multinationals now a days. Buick sells more cars in China, then in the United States. Smithfield Pork is owned by a Chinese corporation.Need a scorecard to keep track of who owns what now a days. Liked Troopers CZ , at least it is a reputable company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
392heminut Posted February 16, 2021 Report Share Posted February 16, 2021 On 2/13/2021 at 10:53 PM, edgecrusher said: I would carry a cz over my S&W any day of the week. Fact! I agree with you brother but I would still take a good Colt 1911 over either one of them! (yeah, I'm old school) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beantown Posted February 16, 2021 Report Share Posted February 16, 2021 1 hour ago, 392heminut said: I agree with you brother but I would still take a good Colt 1911 over either one of them! (yeah, I'm old school) I thought the same thing, (loved my 1911) that was until I got my HK45. I've never looked back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARTrooper Posted February 16, 2021 Report Share Posted February 16, 2021 On 2/14/2021 at 6:36 PM, Sisco said: Most big corporations are multinationals now a days. Buick sells more cars in China, then in the United States. Smithfield Pork is owned by a Chinese corporation.Need a scorecard to keep track of who owns what now a days. Liked Troopers CZ , at least it is a reputable company. Yeah that CZ 75 single action is beautiful ☺️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgecrusher Posted February 16, 2021 Report Share Posted February 16, 2021 5 hours ago, 392heminut said: I agree with you brother but I would still take a good Colt 1911 over either one of them! (yeah, I'm old school) Capacity for me, is a no there, no fault on the platform. 2 hours ago, ARTrooper said: Yeah that CZ 75 single action is beautiful ☺️ You need to shoot the shadow, it’s beautiful. 3 hours ago, beantown said: I thought the same thing, (loved my 1911) that was until I got my HK45. I've never looked back. Nope, not for LEO work, they give no support. We have wasting UMP and failing mp5’s. They are more concerned with selling new guns at over inflated prices to consumers. And they are a far cry from their previous quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgecrusher Posted February 16, 2021 Report Share Posted February 16, 2021 Ultimately I would carry my X5 Legion if given a choice. It’s perfect. The m17/18 is probably close too. Fantastic weapons. Wish I had a choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
392heminut Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 9 hours ago, beantown said: I thought the same thing, (loved my 1911) that was until I got my HK45. I've never looked back. We were issued HK USP's in 40 S&W and I liked the gun a lot (I was dept. armorer and firearms instructor) and it was WAY better than the P.O.S. S&W 4006's the previous chief had acquired for us. As much as I liked those USP's I still preferred a 1911. If I was a street cop now and could carry whatever I wanted I would go with one of these; https://staccato2011.com/product/staccato-p/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgecrusher Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 Me too if they pay for it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cunuckgaucho Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 At least Colt was bought by a company whose focus is firearms rather then an an investment group focused on wringing out as much profit before discarding what's left. Colt Canada while a subsidiary of Colt USA its primary focus is military contract with British, Norwegian, Dutch, and Danish forces as clients. I like CZ and have several of their firearms( first handgun was a CZ75B ) and hope that this works out for Colt and stops the financial roller-coaster ride it's been on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sketch Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 soo I wonder how I'm friends with this crowd of enablers! I have to spend double in times of uncertainty to try a new platform.. yet it's an older system but, my ( friends ) have already tried a great deal over.. 🖕🏻🍻😘 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 So,I've been holding out on responding to this, not because I want to see what's said... But,because I've been thinking about this carefully. CZ acquires Colt. "OOOOHHH!!! Foreign Company BUYS the US Company!!!..." Nope, zero concern, as I think about it. That really was my main concern, and as I thought about it- it's NOT a concern, in the long term. Well, If fucking CERBERUS bought Colt - we have an issue. No concerns with CZ, even though they're "foreign..." CZ has been embedded in the US market for decades, and CZ makes some seriously HIGH QUALITY guns. CZ has a US foothold, but not a major foothold. Well, now they do. Colt - disappointing in the last several years, and REALLY disappointing when you look at their flip-flop AR market... We sell to civilians, not we're NOT selling to civilians.. Because Lib-tard cancel-culture got to them - and they backpeddled, and issued a half-assed statement - "We're SO BURIED under .mil and LEO contracts, that we have to TEMPORARILY suspend d the civilian sales... " Bullshiit, Colt - YOU caved to MSM/Feelings/Anti-Political haters, and THEN you reversed it. Fuk off. It's not that your product wasn't worth the money "back in the day of Mil-Spec" - it WAS worth that money. THEN. These days, everything can be Mil-Spec, for AR15s, and it easy. Your reputation slipped, Colt... Because you wavered, due to political pressure... CZ buying Colt is a good thing. CZ isn't worried about US politics - they don't give a damn about that. They've always been about building and making guns - and they have some very badass guns. One of the newest CZ semi auto rifles is a SCAR-Killer. They're on a serious roll, and making badass guns. I'd MUCH rather have CZ buy Colt, than read about some other fucked up shiit like 10 years ago, when all we heard about in guns news that that Cerberus bought another company. Research that - see how many of those companies are now out of business... I thought long and hard about replying tothis a few days ago, and just going off. I waited. I thought about what was right to say. CZ buying Colt is the best thing that can happen to Americans that want to buy Colts. That's my final answer... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt.Cross Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 I'm with you, CZ just wants to sell guns and that's an American idea if I ever heard one.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unforgiven Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 https://grabagun.com/cz-75-shadow-2-9mm-5-4-blue-grip.html?utm_source=emarsys&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=02-17-2021+-+Wednesday+-+Grab+A+Deal-2021-02-17+17%3A00%3A00&utm_content=IMAGE+cz7591257_2_hr.jpg&sc_src=email_924221&sc_lid=48415705&sc_uid=LaLiHxDeyw&sc_llid=189525&sc_eh=08d659f3259b8a481 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
392heminut Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 2 hours ago, unforgiven said: https://grabagun.com/cz-75-shadow-2-9mm-5-4-blue-grip.html?utm_source=emarsys&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=02-17-2021+-+Wednesday+-+Grab+A+Deal-2021-02-17+17%3A00%3A00&utm_content=IMAGE+cz7591257_2_hr.jpg&sc_src=email_924221&sc_lid=48415705&sc_uid=LaLiHxDeyw&sc_llid=189525&sc_eh=08d659f3259b8a481 Race gun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARTrooper Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 I think we all agree with Tom’s statement. And for good measure... fvck Cerberus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgecrusher Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 @unforgiven that’s a good price on that. My buddy has one and it’s a hell of a shooter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unforgiven Posted February 18, 2021 Report Share Posted February 18, 2021 4 hours ago, edgecrusher said: @unforgiven that’s a good price on that. My buddy has one and it’s a hell of a shooter Looks badass brother 🍺🍺 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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