Exchange
Kim du Toit
May 16, 2008
1:22 PM CDT
From The Ogre:
“What do you think of HK guns?”
“Mediocre yet overpriced and arrogant with triggers like toggle switches.”
“Oh.”
“Who are you?”
“The HK rep.”
“Oh.”
I had to quit reading to go and pee at that point.
Then George gets serious:
So HK is selling the UMC and SL8-6 and wants us civilians. The prices are high. The magazine capacity is limited to 10 rounds. I see no point, no point at all. SIG has the 556, Bushmaster is bringing out the ACR, FN has the FS2000 and the SCAR coming out… lots of really cool rifles from gun makers that don’t give the American Shooter the middle finger by neutering the magazines and limiting them to just a few shots at a time. Are they serious? Are they really thinking that we can sell guns with a 20 round deficet in capacity with no other selling point than “It’s an HK.” What is HK doing to add value to that? Giving away optical gunsights? Oh, wait, FNH was doing that earlier this year. What has HK done to for the American Shooter? What have they come out with lately? Rebadged USP’s? The last military gun, the MK 23 was an epic flop. The last famous thing they have accomplished is a video game cover. HK has become the Al Bundy of the gun industry. They’ve become a sitcom of their own creation.
Actually, I’d suggest that not only HK, but HK fanboys are becoming a sitcom. They’re the Kos Kids of the Gun Thing. Witness the HK forum’s response to the above.
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Note to Ogre: George, buddy… could you please put permalinks on your individual posts, instead of just lumping the whole string under “News”?
