2007-03-06 08:06:18 · 5 answers · asked by The JZA 2 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Hunting
They couldn't make them at a competetive cost.
Colt, I believe, ran a union shop. It's machinists were highly skilled, but also very highly paid.
Other manufacturers, Kimber in particular, were able to enter the market with high quality, lower-priced pistols by taking advantage of newer parts fabrication technology, such as MIM (metal injection molding).
Colt has been in financial trouble for years. After WWII, military orders for the 1911 dropped a lot. And in the 1980's, when the 1911 was replaced by the Beretta M92, Colt's sales dropped even more. Also, during that decade, the "wondernine" became the popular gun configuration--double action pistols with high magazine capacities displaced even more of Colt's sales.
Colt declared bankruptcy in the early 90's, and attempted to restructure and streamline its operations. It started updating its product line with offerings such as the Defender and the Pocket 9, but it was too little, too late. With the passage of the "Assault Weapons Ban" (spit), the company's most popular product, the AR-15 rifle, was banned. Cosmetic changes were made to make the rifle compliant with the law, but without the ability to manufacture and sell the high capacity magazines that went with it, sales hit bottom.
Colt still makes guns today, I think, but the company is just a shell of its former self. I really wish that I'd kept the Colt 1911s that I used to own.
2007-03-06 08:09:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
The truth is that the market didn't like the trigger pull. They didn't sell enough to leave them in there line up.
Gun owners felt that the 1911 should have a better pull. Colt's double action trigger pull was long and heavy. Not many people could warm up to them.
The only double action 1911 style that has a good pull is Para Ordence LDA series.
2007-03-06 08:24:04 · answer #2 · answered by Nancy 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
"Old Fuzz" Nailed it.
It was too much of a departure for the "Old line company", Colt.
People didn't want "Next generation" innovation from Colt.
They wanted old-fashioned Colt quality, and the Double Eagle didn't fill the bill, in more ways than one.
2007-03-06 15:58:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It wasn't cost effective to continue doing so.
2007-03-06 11:06:50 · answer #4 · answered by johndeereman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pricey gun. Rotten trigger. Heavy. lousy grip. jam-o-matic.
Darn few buyers.
2007-03-06 13:38:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋