Heckler & Koch fights for survival

[IRUNGUNS]

https://www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/gearscout/irons/2019/06/12/heckler-koch-maker-of-the-marine-corps-m27-is-in-dire-straits/

 

[Bak Dur]

wow, that's sad to read

 

[caramel]

I will preciously keep both my BNIB HK Mark 23 and my MR223 11 inch AR, those a real works of art.

 

[geologist]

Must have been because of those complicated 3 point slings that everyone 8itches about...……...

 

[Leviathan024]

Sad. I love all of my HK products but aside from pistols everything's priced way too high for the average sport shooter

 

[Foxer2373]

What happens when govnt contracts go to the lowest bidder, either you can’t beat someone’s crappy build on price and even if you do their is no profit left to keep business going.

Big Shame, only bright side is their may be some amazing custome work small companies come from this. Not to mention perennial patten sell offs.

 

[Ebola]

Let them die. They dug their own grave.

 

[98/29]

When they dont care to study or price accordingly to the civilian market and fail to score major government contracts then this is neither sad nor unexpected news.

Everything they sell is overpriced for the civilian market. They have zero understanding of the average shooters buying power.

 

[Pointdexter]

Let them die. They dug their own grave.

Exactly. Couldn't tell you how many times I read about guys down south having to fight with H&K's warranty people/centre over small warranty work. Bad case of the nose going way to high in the air.

 

[Suther]

When they dont care to study or price accordingly to the civilian market and fail to score major government contracts then this is neither sad nor unexpected news.

Everything they sell is overpriced for the civilian market. They have zero understanding of the average shooters buying power.

What, you mean you don't have $16 000 for a fancy AR?

Always sucks to see a gun company in dire straights, but the free market is a #####, adapt or die.

 

[HotSoup]

HK are dumb ####s who for years have refused to sell various models to the civilian market. Screw em no one cares.

 

[Steyn]

Serves them well.

 

[Lee3444]

Womp womp
Maybe relocate to any of the surrounding countries with less pants on the head export laws and start caring about the civilian market, or don't

 

[addhawk]

Can't say I'm surprised. There was a price to be paid for concentrating on military contracts and not putting any civilian product out. There's a single unsold SL8-4 with that wonky thumbhole handgrip for $1999 at my local Cabelas. Too pricey and there's cheaper better alternatives. Oddball orphans gathering dust screams a manufacturer that is out to touch with the market.

 

[smellofspentcasings]

I remember when my friend could take his legal HK93 to the range with its legal 40 rd mag on it. HK has nice quality products.

 

[padawan]

Let them die. They dug their own grave.

This ^^^

 

[$kull]

This is nothing new. They get bought out or bailed out every few years. Its intentional

 

[cyclone]

In fact, the situation is so bad that, as The Firearm Blog reported just last month, H&K employees jointly voted to increase weekly work hours without paid overtime, as well as nixed a one-off payment of 400 Euros per head for the month of July, so as to provide their beleaguered company some form of relief.

Something you'll never see from UNIFOR?...

 

[VinnyQC]

I knew HK were making guns, but that they try to sell them is news to me.

Their prices are really out to lunch. They're worse than SIG.

 

[mildot]

You can't argue about there quality or design, there main "market" is LE and MIL, however in todays economy with the "lowest bidder" mentality, it's a "race to the bottom" unfortunately.