Colt's Epic Failure: The Colt 2000
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Years ago a rep from Colt brought a pre-production example by the shooting range for us to try out. It was closer to a Glock 19 than 17 in size. The gun was amazing. Accurate and reliable with a fantastic trigger. Most everyone there ordered one. Nearly a year later the production guns arrived. That friggin' abortion was possibly the worst gun I've ever encountered. Typical of Colt they snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.
You got to shoot the original Reed Knight prototype pistol before it became the All American 2000?
@@tacticalcrusader3709 I don't think so. This was 30 yrs ago but if I recall it was made by Colt. Possibly their attempt at reproducing the Knight/Stoner prototype. We were told that it was the finalized pattern for the production pistol and what we received would be exactly like it. Like an idiot I ordered two. One in polymer and the other aluminum. They did come in a very very nice case though. lol
@@NuclearGrizzly okay then what the hell pistols did you end up getting? Sorry but you're being annoyingly ambiguous for some reason.
@@tacticalcrusader3709 I'm not trying to be ambiguous. We were told that what we were shooting was Colt's next pistol. A G19 size firearm with a fantastic trigger and great accuracy. What we all received a year later was the Colt 2000. A G17 size pistol with a horrendous trigger and minute-o-washtub accuracy. It was 30 years ago so I don't remember the fine details. But I don't think it was the actual Knight/Stoner prototype that we shot.
@@NuclearGrizzly was it in 40? And da? Called colt z40
Colt had a deal with cz to make a dubble action commander/ 19 ish sized handgun.
Cdnn had some up for sale years ago that had colt xxxx on them. A buddy got one the shot grate. I think cz did something with that modle. I believe colt would have made a lot of leo contracts with that gun.
Colt has to be the most mismanaged company in firearms. They owned the 1911 market and yet threw that away to Kimber at first, and now everyone. Same deal with the civilian AR15/M4 ( and now military sales too.) They killed their double action revolvers and then let Ruger, and later on the Italians, take the single action peacemaker market over. They had 3 of the most famous designs ever and everyone else is making money off of those designs while Colt wrestles with banktrupcy. And now your telling me they had a neat compact little rotating barrel design right before the assault weapons ban, which made smaller guns and their lesser capacity more desirable to gun owners. They could of at least tried to introduce the original Reed knight gun when the whole CCW craze started to take off in the 2000's. Such a lack of foresight, and add to that their on again off again distaste for the 2nd amendment, it's actually hard to believe they are still in business.
Colt hasn't really given a damn about civilian sales in a long time. They are laser focused on U.S. and foreign military sales.
@@paladin50554 Yep, sad but true. Forgotten Weapons has a video where Ian shoots a rifle that Colt makes for the Yemeni military- a Colt 901 rifle chambered in 7.62x39 and uses AK mags. Colt will make design changes to make one off designs for 3rd world shithole armies but the US civilian market only gets the same old 1911 and AR15 designs for the last 50 years. I own 3 Colt Ar15s and a 1911- no more Colt for me until they get their corporate head out of their ass.
Colt has been struggling with bankruptcy since Sam was running it. Yeh they had good runs financially speaking, but Colt + bankruptcy has been a frequent headline in my lifetime.
@@larryh502 I have 3 pre-Clinton Colt AR's. An H-Bar, a CAR-15 and the "standard" model with a triangular hand guard. It's amazing how good those rifles really are. My how the mighty have fallen.
The AR 15 isn't even theirs. They had the good sense to leave Stoner's design alone as far as I can find...but they let the good old boys club at Army Ordinance Corps ruin it with terrible alterations and deliberate use of dirty ammo. I have to wonder if, had they gone up the chain as far as necessary with Stoner to stop that mess, thousands of lives would have been saved in Vietnam and the first years would have gone very differently. The Armalite AR15 was fantastic in its original design with the original ammo that the Air Force ordered millions of rounds of with no problem in the early 60s. It's horrifying that petulant manbabies in the Army were allowed to override the branch of the military that was actually using the original guns already in deciding what to do with them.
So Colt fuck up a CZ 75 clone with CZ specs. What a record.
This guy is a living walking firearms encyclopedia
I believe a discussion by you of the fire arms created by people who were let go by Colt would be very interesting
Colt, the GM of the gunworld.
GM actually makes modern, cost competitive products, and some parts of some of their products consistently work well (LS engines!). They don't have much of a good name, but don't insult what little pride they can still have by comparing them to Colt.
Both could make a quality product. They have the capability but choose not to.
That’s an insult to GM.
More like Chrysler post 2010
More like the Ford of the gun world.
The new Cold logo should be a Shetland pony resting on a laurel.
A dead horse.
@@Anomaly188 Hooves up and Xs for eyes?
@@worddunlap Sure.
I have one of these new in the box that i bought 30 years ago. I never planned on shooting it. I bought it just because it was an interesting pistol.
Amazing how the pistol as designed looks sleek, refined, modern yet the Colt produced version looks like a clunker...
I feel like Colt is like the Fallout 76 of the firearm world.
Yeah, they're like Bethesda or EA, and this gun would be like Fallout 76 or Anthem.
What does that make Remington?
MarketAndChurch mostly anthem, 76 can be fun Plus it’s still being supported
@@GunFunZS THQ.
I remember the first time handling one of these Colt 2000's, All I could think of was of all the things borrowed from the VP70 the trigger was a bad choice. Felt like a staple gun or a cap pistol.
Speaking as representative of Stanley Staple Guns I must object to you comparing our trigger to that of the Colt 2000. We have feelings you know!
I remember looking up the Colt 2000 after you had mentioned it in another Colt video
I think my reaction was something along the lines of: "Ugh, *what* is *that* ??"
Seems like the surplus stock of all American 2000 pistols was sold to Bachman Pawn and Gun in Dallas..about $2000000 worth.
Don't forget the colt z40. A great colt marked cz pistol that colt shot themselves in the foot marketing.
Strange how a pistol with such a heavy trigger could also be recalled for its tendency to allow for easy negligent/accidental discharges.
Lol awful trigger which sacrifices everything for safety and it is unsafe?
I still have my Colt 2000 (metal frame) It took me forever to find a spare mag. I now have 3 but rarely shoot it anymore. Luckily mine has been reliable in the few thousand rounds I have put through it. The trigger is heavy but not as bad as some examples. My cousin had the polymer frame version and it was a jam-a-matic no matter what ammo. I also have two Colt Double Eagles one in 10mm and the other in 45. The 10mm has been great but the 45 I had to have some work done to (I bought it used for a low price) I sent it to LesBaer Custom and they did a great job. It I now accurate and reliable with a much smoother trigger. I actually bought the Double Eagles because of the N64 game Perfect Dark, lol. Great video as Always.
I always wanted to see a demonstration of the original Knight/Stoner pistol. It sounds like they had a real market changer. Perfect for the coming concealed carry personal defense market that was coming to full blossom in the late 1990s.
Perhaps Colt might now produce the Knight/Stoner pistol as designed now.
(I won't be holding my breath)
I remember ads for the Colt 2000 magazine add highlighted the rollers on the trigger
Love the history lesson in these types of videos. You’ve done your homework and I thank you.
I actually had one of the first edition model 2000s. Rosewood grip panels and aluminum frame. It looked great and shot like crap. I traded it years ago for an unfired S&W model 19 presentation revolver. An excellent example of why you should never allow lawyers to design handguns.
I really appreciate all the information about Colt, and it's history. I purchased an LE6920 a couple of years ago, but that's the only Colt I own. It's quite sad what has become of the company, but it's still very interesting.
when you let lawyers design your guns.....
There was so much potential with the original design, it’s really sad how it turned out.
The only reason I knew the Double Eagle even existed is because of Perfect Dark on the N64.
1990s Tokyo Marui airsoft catalogues for me.
Another rebadged design from the 1990s came during Colt's attempt to buy the South African gun company Vektor. Vektor made some cosmetic alterations to their SP-series of pistols. Imagine a Beretta 92 made over to look like an M1911 externally. If I remember correctly, they were going to call it the "ProTec" or something else along those lines.
Haven’t seen the video yet but I can’t wait to see what you say about the trigger. I saw one of these one time and it has the worst trigger I’ve ever felt on gun.
No wonder colt is bankrupt...what a hot mess of a company
Could you imagine if Ford still made the Model T and that was the only car they would make. I don't think they would still be in business.
One of these was at my LGS with two mags for three hundred buckazoids.
Thought about owning a piece of history, but ultimately passed on it.
Years ago one of the big distributors in Shotgun News was trying to clean out their supply. The 2000 had been discontinued some time before. They must've been desperate because the price was so low it had to be cost or below. Still took a while but they eventually got rid of them. I could've bought a bunch but they were soooo ugly...!
Toyota and Honda also bridged the gap with reliability and precision. Much to the chagrin of UAW.
what the freep were they THINKING??? that whole front sight/guide bushing assembly?? WTF dude? I can't imagine this thing would sell to ANYONE with that configuration.
Just like my '96 Colt Pony. A great finger workout.
Colt has not had a good idea since the Python and compared to the 586/686 Smiths it was a weak pretty gun. I am hoping that with CZ taking over they will separate the wheat from the chaff.
Probably curio and relic them. Cowboy action and classics.
I have a Colt Z-40 (DAO) as well as a CZ-40 (DA w safety). Both are great guns. Scaled down they became the CZ Rami.
Where are you located? I'm near the Titusville area and I have heard about the firearms meausuam there. It's owned by the guy who owns Knights correct? I definitely want to check it out one day if I'm lucky enough.
Ron Smith is a good man, very professional and generous and his work is top notch.
Colt's had many epic failures
Here is some crucial information regarding the Colt All American 2000. Offered in alloy and polymer frames, Colt soon switched to all polymer guns. The alloy frame versions were the first made, but they were not to be made again after the first run. The bulk of the problems this pistol had originated from the alloy-frame models. Colt wanted all polymer and the original design called for all polymer. Something to add, there were 2 polymer versions. The last version offered a Stoner/Knight spec extractor AND the barrel bushings were actually more tightly mounted to the slide and tighter around the barrel. Now, to address some misinformation. First off all, the polymer models were meant to run dry. Yes, that's right. No lubricant. The steel parts were hardened for no-lube function. Oil will actually make the trigger feel worse; hard to believe it could get worse, but oil will do it! The polymer was extremely fibrous. Oil also hurts the reliability. I will add that dry lubrication is recommended, except in extreme cold, where you shouldn't even use that. I do use Remington Rem DriLube on the moving parts and it has worked wonderfully. IF you lubricate it, use dry lubricant. Use aerosol moly or Teflon where the carrier evaporates. It you do this the trigger will still be 10-12 pounds, but it is not rough, it doesn't have that "chattering" feel and it actually feels like it is on roller bearings. It is smooth. The smoothness lasts too! I have taken my pistol out where all rollers and moving parts were lubricated with Remington DriLube and done 500-600 rounds to a crack; reliably. Colt failed to clearly explain proper lubrication practices to it's customers. Originally, the trigger was 6# in the Stoner/Knight design. Colt did not increase it to 12# because of lawyers, it was a decision based on defensive ability. Your typical striker-fired pistol is already partially cocked before you pull the trigger so you are not having to deal with the entire double action cycle. The issue with this approach is if you have a misfire, you cannot pull the trigger again. Remember, guns like a Glock and other DAO pistols have to cycle before the striker is partially cocked. What this means is once the trigger is pulled, you can't cycle the striker again (pull the trigger) unless the slide cycles. Colt felt a fully defensive DAO pistol should allow the striker to function every time you pull the trigger regardless of what happens. For example, if you have a misfire, the round will often fire if the primer is struck again. The All American 2000 offered this ability. You can pull the trigger as many times as you want without the slide cycling. This is an advantage that SA/DA pistols offer (like the Beretta 92 for example) you can pull that trigger as many times as you need to! All things come at a price however and the result was a long 12# trigger pull on the Colt!! It should be noted that the Stoner/Knight design had a trigger pull nearly as long. The trigger is very much like a Trooper MKIII/MKV or old-style King Cobra revolver fired in double action. At one time we got a box of bum ammunition (Remington) and out of 50 rounds, 7 didn't fire. 4 of the 7 fired afted pulling the trigger a second time. Of the remaining 3, pulling a third time ignited 1 of them. We took the remaining 2 and tried them in a Beretta 92FS. They still wouldn't fire. As you can see, the true DAO pull on the Colt isn't ALL bad. In this case it displayed it's design advantages. Colt did not explain their intentions regarding the change in trigger design. It could have literally been marketed as a design advantage, which in some ways it is. Regarding reliability, the gun needed a break in period of several hundred rounds. It is said any pistol should be broke in prior to you betting your life on it. It was more true than ever for the All American 2000. Colt needed to clearly explain a proper break in procedure, but they did not. There were also some magazine problems which hurt feeding. The issue is that some magazines left the factory assembled incorrectly. If the spring is installed backwards the pistol is going to jam. This is easy to fix, but obviously it shouldn't have been a problem to start with. Who were building these mags??? Some magazines were re-assembled incorrectly by their owners as well. Here is perhaps the most bizarre part: The accuracy of this pistol was poor, but much better in the last version, but once broke in, they actually weren't bad at all. The unorthodox design led to extensive break in being required to assure reliability and accuracy. Until they completely broke in, lockup varied from shot to shot. Consequently, accuracy varies from shot to shot. I build custom 1911's and they settle in and become more accurate after a few hundred rounds. However with the All American 2000 break in made an unbelievably profound difference!! They required an unreasonable amount of break in. Also, after extensive break-in the trigger smooths out some and lands at about 10#. Still too damn heavy, but it met Colt's design goal of repeated trigger-pulls if needed. Colt needed to point out that reliability AND accuracy are impacted by break-in. I know a couple of shooters (plus myself) who have gone through all of the break in and our All American 2000's are reliable and reasonably accurate. I'm not saying I agree with all of their design decisions, but I hope this clears up some misinformation and misconceptions about this unique pistol. It was not ALL bad like some would have you believe. If Colt had consistent magazine assembly, advertised the defensive "advantage" of their trigger and repeated-pulls being possible, fit the bushing properly and used the Stoner/Knight extractor from the beginning, this pistol would have likely made it. After the alloy ones had issues, then the first polymers had issues, they finally got it worked out with version 3. By this time however, people didn't want to touch one.
We get together sometimes just to shoot our 2000's. We have a chuckle about how we're all shooting one of the biggest firearm embarrassments of the 20th Century. We all run them lube-free/or with Rem DriLube and we shoot the living hell out of them. We simply do not have malfunctions. Mine is so reliable I wouldn't hesitate for a minute to use it as a self-defense weapon and that goes for my friend's pistols as well. This gun is better than you may think, but it's still not a Glock. Regarding life span, we don't know. I have shot mine literally thousands of rounds (over 5K) and it's just fine. The polymer rails wore a little in the beginning (which they are only there for "light" guidance), but they got to a certain point and stopped wearing very early on. There are steel rails in the cam block and in the rear there is a steel rail and the ejector which acts to eject and guide the slide and a dual-purpose roller bearing that cover the bases well. You could grind the polymer rails completely off and the slide would be virtually unfazed. Barrel bushing wear? That barrel and bushing are so crazy-hard it's going to take a long time to cause problems. It hasn't yet. I will say this pistol is excellent for learning trigger control. When you get to where you can manage this, you can manage about anything! At any rate, it is a very unique pistol that is somewhat rare and every Colt collector should have one......... just because! NOTE: I should mention that all 3 of our pistols are last generation (aka: 3rd gen) models. These were the best and the closest to the Stoner/Knight design pretty much only differing in the DAO vs cycle assisted DAO of the original design. In my opinion, Colt dropped the ball by altering other elements and specs of the original design in versions 1 and 2. Colt also dropped the ball by not offering enough information about it's advantages. Colt dropped the ball again by sending out bad magazines, not explaining proper maintenance procedures and lastly....... of all things a safety recall. The version 3 pistol as it exists would have made it had Colt managed things correctly. Just my opinion. By the way, some people say this is a very ugly pistol. Examine a silhouette of the 2000 and compare it to a silhouette of the Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless. Pretty damn close.
Awesome video, bummed I missed last week's live Q&A. 😳
KAC should really make a compact handgun. But they're too smart for that
Superb job Chris! Simper Fi!
I agree with you that Colt needs to follow the XM17 program requirements if they want to be competitive and successful.
When you talk about General Keys, I can't help but think about Gaston Glock and his strong feelings about external safeties. People buy and love Glocks because they are reliable pretty much right out of the box. That's not to say I believe in "Glock Perfection". But would they sell more if they were offered with external safeties? Sure, I bet there are plenty of folks anxiously waiting for Glock to incorporate an external safety so they can finally buy one. Only a potential US Army contract has been able to make them budge on that. What would you say is the difference in the principles of these two men who wanted to keep their guns a certain way?
Also, what are your thoughts on double stack 1911s?
Sorry for the long questions. I appreciate your insight.
Maybe these could be topics for future videos?
Six months wasn't enough time to develop a pistol? The P-51 Mustang was designed in one afternoon with the first production models flying 149 days later.
The double eagle is good lookin though. I really hope they turn it around over there..
Man, I remember this pistol. The wondernine that had a trigger that shot like a squirt gun.
What a shame, nice looking pistol, but I don't like the two piece slide and nobody likes a staple gun trigger.
~I love my older Colt Revolvers and Semi-Automatics (1911). They WERE the Best ever made.
~I must have been lucky because my Remington Enhanced R1 1911 is so well made and finished that I can rank it up there with ANY Colt or $2,500.00+ 1911 that I've seen, held and shot. I THANK YOU REMINGTON. Hell no, she is not a Safe Queen. She's a shooter.
~A Company's Beancounters, Lawyers and the Government will always Phuck up what could have been a good thing.
Remington makes a very nice 1911 style pistol. One of the great values in its class, better than Kimber or other blinged out 1911 styles.
When it's the year 2000 and you just completed a project that was on the teachers desk in 1907.
Unbelievable... A unicorn gun!
Looks like a Highpower got drunk and had some fun with a Highpoint and spawned this creature.
Colt needs to make wheel guns again.
MIMisguided They are. The King Cobra is available again.
So I guess moral of the story is if Eugene Stoner designs something, don't screw around with it
I believe Colt's concept on the smart pistol was to have a chip in the officer's badge.
The people who thumbs downed this video wipe back to front.
Great Video! i own a all American 2000. the Trigger is just horrible. But is a very special pistole. i think, The Grand Power pistols has also a rotating Barrel.. but there it works great. :-)
love your videos and info, thanks
Colt dropped the ball on this big time.
Saw one of those a few years ago in a gun shop up at my college it was somewhere between 299 and 399. I don't remember if it was steel or polymer but told the guy straight up " you can't sell someone that shitty of a gun for that price, they probably don't even make mags for it anymore" I walk in a year later after they move stores to buy some ammo with my Marine friend who is teaching me to shoot and somehow they sold that piece of crap, I was dumbfounded.
Someone who was new to firearms and thought "Oh sweet, a Colt for $300?"
@@sappypngn the only reason I knew about it was because of the Forgotton Weapons video on it had come out a month or two earlier. Honestly I wish I asked to handle the pistol but I wasn't 21 yet (some shops in the state didn't care, but in my home state you need a hunting permit to touch guns in a shop which is complete BS) so I have no clue if it was a steel or polymer frame but I would bet it was steel because the people in that area are kinda backwards hicks and I knew many locals who outright hated glocks yet they could outshoot army (rangers or something like that) in competition.
@@samuel88andrews I remember seeing the same pistol in Philly 6 or so years back and, not knowing any better, thinking it was a good deal for a Colt pistol. Glad I was too reserved to jump on it then. The state I'm in now makes even owning a pistol a chore. I had to get my FFL to direct order a VZ58 because Brownells didn't want to walk through the labyrinth of BS restrictions my state has on long guns. Stay in Gun Jesus' flock, my friend, he will never lead you astray.
@@sappypngn yeah same here man my state is bad gun laws wise but I kinda like the culture, food, and people. The taxes are too high for my liking so I might move to a different state in my reigon after I finish my CNC certification. I am hesitant to buy a concealed carry pistol because I don't want a jumpy anti gun cop to shoot me when I tell him "officer for your safety and mine I'm concealed carrying" because that type of shit would happen here. But I also think carrying is a good idea because my town had 2 unrelated stabbings on the same day in broad daylight in the center of town, which is kinda eye opening because I now understand why my town has a bad reputation.
Probably a collector.
A military contract is a genuine contract. Selling commercially is a everything on 26 red. A gamble. Colt can only keep it's head above water with military contracts. They need to out glock the glock.
The stanley stapler. That was funny.
The beretta cougar has Tokyo mauri markings
my gvt 1911 failed right away...over & over
Engineer fired by Colt who designed the mossberg pistol...What is your opinion of the Mossberg Pistol ?? Thanks.
spartan1 I am trying to get one!
If Reed Knight took back that design somehow and sold it as a KAC Pistol, he would probably make some good money from it.
He could do that at any time. There is no standing valid patent on it. But I think he's too good a businessman to waste time and money on it in the current market.
I was thinking the same thing. I'd love a DA, slim, all metal concealable pistol. I could finally upgrade from the Colt 1903 and Seecamp.
I've seen government contracts ruin companies, but somehow, B&T and H&K manage to escape this. Corporate culture is everything.
H&K is Germany's Colt. This June they were 380 million in debt.
@@ChucksSEADnDEAD Well they're trying to pull a KAC by overpricing their civilian products, whereas I think they'd be better off targeting the 3-4,000 dollar range with G28 type products in the US market like FN. KAC's pricing is okay for KAC, but HK isn't in a position to do that.
Stanley Stapler TRIGGER
HAHAHAHAAHA
GP Q100 a striker fired rotary barrel pistol done right.
Removable front end....just why?
Cause they already took it in the back end
Colt made conversion kits with a shorter barrel and matching bushing. They were pretty rare. I've only seen the print advertisement for it.
I'd say knights should release the original design buuuut it would be several grand I'm sure.
Russia's KBP Tula Gsh-18 is an improved and updated variant of this. Way too many similarities.
I like these videos, including ones where he has very little nice to say. In fact, I might like those more. Books on what not to do need to be read.
Colt doesn’t seem to understand that nobody wants a 1911 anymore. Why do they keep trying to force the 1911 down everybody’s throats? It’s a 100+ year old design. Make something new Colt!
A 5 star general as the person in charge of a firearms company sounds like a terrible idea. Oh and it was😊
I remember I used to have these weird dreams back in the 90's like a bunch of terrorists were attacking, and my friends and I had to grab whatever guns we could to fight back. And I would somehow get the Colt Double Eagle....whic made it one of those "Noooooooooooooo....!!!" dreams. My god were those hideous.
But not as absolutely horrific as the 2000. I'd still be in therapy now if I dreamt about that.
Help! I took this gun apart and when I went to assemble it I got the slide stuck!
I figured it out!
KAC should remake this.
Does some one know we're I can find parts this colt All American 2000?
Looking for the recoil spring assembly
Numrich has them.
Way I see it, they thought Glock's success had to do with being kinda ugly, so they gave it a shot.
Sad how Colt became a 3rd world company.... They forgot who and what they are and try to make quick money on the spot. Now they pay the price and turned off many, many customers.
Ring or badge. Watch Tales of the Gun.
Colt makes me cringe
Painful to watch!😪
Colt is such a grouchy obtuse old man of a company
Any idea why colt added the two piece slide?
They could offer additional barrel lengths and bushings, all while using the existing slide and frame. Colt advertised a 3.75" barrel conversion kit for the AA2000 to replace the standard 4.5" barrel.
any intel on the old mag na ring design initially for circa 80 revolvers?
Lol'ing at the picture of the Beretta Cougar...it's a Tokyo Marui airsoft! Still the Colt 2000...what a turd. Colt seems willfully ignorant about auto pistols.
I wonder if Reed would have preferred the cash or the weapons he ended up taking.
BLWN GT 1 he was far better off with the weapons! The were worth so much more than what pennies on the dollar he got them for
@@SmallArmsSolutions Oh I absolutely agree with you without a doubt! I just wonder if he would've preferred the cash at that point in time or not. What I wouldn't give for a show & tell & shoot day with him at his place! I love me some gun history! Which is also the reason I appreciate yours & Heather's work in these videos so much, so thank you.
Personally I think it was one of the best looking pistol's ever made! It still looks good in my eyes. . . .
So colt only had 6 months? Sense they knkw the army's buying guns every few years lol ..they were shocked came out of know where lol
Who cares how good there qc is if you can't make a functional gun? Its shocking by so 1911 bought , the m16 bought what has colt ever done but 1800s hand gun tech? Even the LMG is a copy if another gun really
Im just shocked now looking back ..there like a car company that never made anything but a civic clone lol
"Objects in the trigger guard upon reholstering"... read that as dipshits not taking their finger off the trigger while holstering the weapon. Good habits prevent mistakes due to fatigue and divided attention.
What a abomination
If the engineers that got fired knew what they were doing, how did colt never build a good pistol?
Shitty management never allowed any funding for R&D projects.
If Colt was a Mecca for firearm innovation, they could never develop a modern reliable semi-automatic pistol. Shows you how difficult it is.
I was going to watch this video, but it's too damn long. If you can't sum it up in less than 15 minutes it's a waste of time.
I'd rather watch a long video and get all the information instead of "summed up".
We make long videos and dig deep. So we probably aren’t your channel. We don’t view our videos as a “waste of time” but thanks for taking the time to leave a comment. 👍🏻
Frankly you are a waste of time Cephas. A lot of us greatly benefit from the detailed information in this video. If you do not like it, then you do not have to watch it. Its my cup of tea, not yours apparently. So just leave.
Exactly what a 2 pump chump would say. Go to tik tok if your attention span isn’t long enough to take in this much information.
I don’t understand why they didn’t just copy a CZ 75? I know they were hard to get but I’m sure they’re was at least one in the us at the time. They could have made minor upgrades and it would have been great. When the Glock came along they could have made it with a polymer frame and just set in the frame rails. Hind sight is 2020.