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Who can bring in complete LaRue Tactical AR's??
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X2 Well Said...
KevinB will answer any questions about KAC products and they love us canucks!!!
LaRue sounds like a grade A dickhead. The kinda guy that thinks he can pick and choose his customers is the kinda guy that I hope goes out of business... Who the #### turns down a $20K upfront order with the promise of future business! What a typical arrogant american...
Dont be so butthurt. Larue might be a giant cockfag but your gotta hand it to the guy that he has built a successful business for himself. I like Larue parts and have a few. $20K isnt that big of a number when the guy is selling tons of stuff in the US.
If you really want a Larue it would be much easier to source a Stealth Upper , Larue rail and put it together yourself
The Larue Stealth uses a stainless Wylde Champbered Lothar Walther barrel. Dlask was getting in some LW barrels if thats what you really want. The reality there are other good stainless barrels you could source as well such as Krieger, Noveske, WOA, Shilen etc
IF you just want you one and only AR you can end up spending way more than what a complete Larue Stealth would cost.
Having used Larue Stealth uppers on 2 builds they are certainly interesting but there are some great alternatives ( Vltor forged MUR comes to mind ). The reality is there is nothing wrong with good standard upper recievers
As far as Larue rails, there are good alternatives, such as DD, KAC etc
Where they excel are optics mounts for AR platforms
As far as their stance on dealers, most manufacturers either don't sell direct to public, and if they do the price is not as good to encourage customers to go to their dealers
Larues pricing is the same as their typical dealer pricing. More significantly Larues package pricing ( optics with mount ) is BETTER than their dealers. Also they compete with their dealers by selling stocks, match triggers like Geissle, mags, rail covers etc
The only thing they do to protect a couple select dealers is they do not offer a M4 feedramp upper reciever only direct. You need to go to their dealer
I am sensing a bit of a butthurt.
You'll be happy to know, then, that my RobArm XCR has LaRue branded BUIS, LaRue QD mount for the EOTech, and a LaRue flip to side mount for Aimpoint magnifier.
My SL8 has some LaRue kit on it too.
Oh, and I wear LaRue hat to the range, and open my beer with a dillo.
LaRue kit works, I am not complaining.
On a serious note, an additional reason Mark LaRue doesn't care much for Canadians (besides reasons stated above), is because he is a strong supporter of US military. He wants it to have all the edge it can have, and he will extend discounts to military (not sure about LE) personnel. He is an American patriot, and views all non-Americans with suspicion. For example, he stated that his recent free trade-in of ARMS mounts for LaRue kit was done in part because he didn't want serving personnel to use crappy mounts where their lives depended on optics working. You know, he might be an a**hole, but considering that he just gave away $100,000 of his kit (paid for shipping too) to help the military guys and make a point to #### Swan, I do respect him. So what's a $20,000 order when he just gave away $100,000 of product away?
*shrug* He'll sell to CF. He did sell to RCMP. But in his world view you're just a foreign troublemaker. I don't apologize for him, but I do understand him.
EE has LaRue bits and pieces on occasion, and FabArm brings LaRue kit in fairely regularly. I pointed out in the last LaRue thread, that because LaRue is unobtanium, you can buy it at retail, import it in, sell it with a 70% markup, and make profit. And it will sell.
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showpost.php?p=4094090&postcount=22
It's been rehashed to death (or like my Russian friend says "skhavano i vysrano") before, so frankly, there really is no further point to this.
Some people like LaRue kit, some refuse to buy it out of principle. Some people hate Mark LaRue some do not. You think arguing about it on the interweb will change anyone's mind?
EE has LaRue bits and pieces on occasion, and FabArm brings LaRue kit in fairely regularly. I pointed out in the last LaRue thread, that because LaRue is unobtanium, you can buy it at retail, import it in, sell it with a 70% markup, and make profit. And it will sell.
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showpost.php?p=4094090&postcount=22
It's been rehashed to death (or like my Russian friend says "skhavano i vysrano") before, so frankly, there really is no further point to this.
Some people like LaRue kit, some refuse to buy it out of principle. Some people hate Mark LaRue some do not. You think arguing about it on the interweb will change anyone's mind?
There are alternatives to that as well - Centurion Arms comes to mind....
Well, Larue doesn't deal with dealers for pure business reason. That is just their business model.
He can make direct sale and make full 100% of all the mark up himself - why should he bother to give dealers a 30% discount????? Basically, he cuts all the middle man and vertically integrate himself.
Unlike ARMS, which they contract out the manufacturer and serve as a design house - Larue is completely vertically integrated. They are just flexing that muscle.
Mark Laure is just a cut-throat business man - he pleases his targetted customers and waste no time with others. It depends on where you are placed.
|If you are a end user, he will please you because he wants to sell you directly while at the same time uses this to corner the distributor/retailer in the process. that is his business model. If you are distributor, you will hate him because you are the exact person he wants to eliminate from his distribution chain.
From our perspective, we will not enjoy the benefit of his vertical integration because we depend on distributors to import.
He can make direct sale and make full 100% of all the mark up himself - why should he bother to give dealers a 30% discount????? Basically, he cuts all the middle man and vertically integrate himself.
Unlike ARMS, which they contract out the manufacturer and serve as a design house - Larue is completely vertically integrated. They are just flexing that muscle.
Mark Laure is just a cut-throat business man - he pleases his targetted customers and waste no time with others. It depends on where you are placed.
|If you are a end user, he will please you because he wants to sell you directly while at the same time uses this to corner the distributor/retailer in the process. that is his business model. If you are distributor, you will hate him because you are the exact person he wants to eliminate from his distribution chain.
From our perspective, we will not enjoy the benefit of his vertical integration because we depend on distributors to import.
You know when Larue was small and just getting going and wasnt well known, he never had issues selling to or talking to Canadians on the phone ordering his stuff. Success can change people. If the war ends one day, I bet his shipping policies will change as well.
Meanwhile get some Noveske stuff!
Meanwhile get some Noveske stuff!
If you know who I can buy a 12.5" Centurion hammer forged barrel from, let me know!
