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I just have to question Mel's wisdom in such matters. This is his second go around (Colt Light Rifles) and it appears to be problems again.

When will he learn to not do business with YANKEE companies?

A perusal of Titans overall production shows a lot of military small arms production for the US government and others. Substanial parts supplier to Colt and they pride themselves of "Continuous Improvement". I still maintain its growing pains that surpassed their ability to deliver a quality rifle. Plus there could be some vendor issues with smaller component parts.
It doesn't excuse the problem but left unchecked will be the demise of their new venture.

Read this at a red light on the way work. Thanks for starting the morning out with a beeeg grin.
Now I have to get to work before that Yankee boss begins chewing on my ass.

Good to hear it made it back!

Definitely interested to hear if they addressed all the rifles issues.

I thought West Vagina was Yankee territory?



Travis

Some azzwhads that questioned his relationship in earlier posts.

OK, so what exactly does "teamed with" mean?

Please expound on that. Does it mean Mr. Forbes controls what is going on at Forbes Rifles and how customer service is run? Does it mean that their plan was for him to run two businesses at once, as you said earlier? I seriously doubt that.

And if your post was directed at me, take note that I never questioned that there was a relationship between the two. In fact, it's obvious since they used his name.

Why don't you answer the questions I asked earlier?

They went yankee during the war, but if you go there today, you won't be in yankee territory.

Travis is right, they may be hillbillies but they are Yankee hillbillies..

No they're not. Yankees don't play banjos. They might try, but they just can't, it's not in 'em.

As I said, they are hillbillies but they are Yankee hillbillies.

Its a real shame that Melvin Forbes, a man who has been an innovator, a top notch gunsmith, and is well respected by industry insiders and customers alike, is going to forever be linked to two of the biggest goat roping clusterphukks to come down the gun industry pike in many a year--the Colt Light Rifle debacle and the burgeoning Forbes/Titan QC and customer service mess.

+1, only thing you left out is, his customer service.

[bleep] ones sister and not having teeth doesn't necessarily make a person not a Yankee.

I call them Yankees.

Free bump.



Travis

True, and if you trace it back far enough, you'll find that the practice originated in Massachusetts.

But that's not what I was talking about.

Now we're talkin'......

Glad the rifle is back....maybe.

Glad the rile made it back. Perhaps the beginning of these guys getting things right.

West"By GOD" has plenty of yanks in certain locals. It's an unfortunate plague, kinda like liberalism. It ain't all or even the majority of us.

Dave.

ps, what wrong with doing your sissy. She's as hot as slaves' mom.

pps GFY

I've read this whole thread and have to say you showed some real patience RL. I'd be done earlier, at the point BobinNH indicated earlier. It's sad to see this lack of quality in a domestic product that is so below what is reasonably expected at the rifle's price point.

What's more, as also has been mentioned, good, quick, continual communication can fix and prevent a myriad of problems and indicate good will on the part of the business toward those who'd buy their products and instill some confidence in the customer. This isn't hard stuff and is simply amazing to me.

Here's my broader observation though: I find this kind of thing generally increasing in many products and services of late. It seems to me pride in a job well done in a service or product is paralleling the decline of many aspects of our society as we slide to Second World status.

This is a good thread and is the reason I'll never buy a Forbes rifle. Their customer service is crap, not even mentioning the QC issues.