You very well may be right, but when the LE/Mil. offer up 50,000+ (just a guesstimate) potential buyers and Colt Canada is claiming that many LE/Mil. members have been asking for their own C7/8 for years that market still has to count for something. Perhaps there are more willing buyers in the civilian world, but again the pricing may be the one factor to overcome for those who can't appreciate what only Colt Canada can offer in an AR. Things like what others have stated earlier; all Canadian made with parts from one Canadian source along with what some would argue as being one of the most well put together DI AR's available, not to mention the Canadian military pedigree that comes with them. An AR that doesn't have to go through customs for warranty/replacement parts has to count for something as well.
However on the flip side there may be many premium and proven AR's that fall into the C7/8 price range and perhaps even one or two popular brands that may be significantly under the pricing of these C7/8's that could cause some stale sales once the newness wears off if in fact Colt Canada prices there new to the civvy market AR to high.
Yeah for sure their will be many willing buyers no matter the cost, but for those less patriotic savvy spenders it will definitely be a tougher sell if a Noveske or Kac can be bought for little more. I'm even thinking many may pass only to buy a DD with quality optics/accessoris if the cost is similar (are you listening Colt Canada).
I pray that Colt Canada gets the pricing right so the decision to buy doesn't fall solely on ones ability to suck up their greed on an over priced piece of fine Canadian firepower.