I think it should be pointed out that S&W has come light years in redeeming themselves after that fool they had for a CEO was ousted. I quit boycottng them long ago since they repudiated his position. As an aside my carry gun is a S&W 4008 in 40S&W.
Furthermore S&W sends two factory gunsmiths to my club once a year and they will work on any S&W product on the spot for a $20 donation to the NRA. The essentialy rebuilt a Model 28 Highway Patrolman who over 30,000 rounds thru it for me two years ago. In this case their positive actions go a long way.
Cooper can do the same but whether they choose to remains to be seen.
Jim
I wonder if anyone bothered to try to quantify the actual damage done to S&W by that particular example. I have my doubts that they would have survived at all, had that not been as large as they were, and as entrenched in as many "corporate" markets as they were.
Sadly not the case with the Cooper Firearms Company. They make a luxury priced product that fills a niche in the marketplace that relies upon the continued goodwill of the customer base. They are going to need an awful lot of luck to weather this, more, even if the Democrats take the seat.
Smith &Wesson survived and learned. Dunno if Cooper Arms will. Anyone else that wishes to keep a firearms business as a going concern, in this day and age, could learn a lot from both examples.
Cheers
Trev
