Why such a cult following for Colt Canada / Diemaco ?

[$kull]

I am just curious..
These are fine weapons, I know our troops and police use them etc. But they are 3x the price of seemingly similar rifles. What is with the cult following on these rifles? Why are many of you willing to pay out the nose for a rifle or BCG from them when a DD or BCM costs as low as half as much? Am I missing some great knowledge here? Grant me thy wisdom fellow forumites.

 

[KodiakII]

I blame it on too high disposable income!

 

[CreamySmooth]

Nope. You're not missing anything. You are dead on correct.

 

[Still alive]

Canadian pride in ownership of a respected and proven Canadian made system. Real world difference? Not much compared to the top tier rifles. Worth the money? Your call. In the end, it's still restricted.

 

[$kull]

Ha yep.. thats what I was thinking. And for less money I made a much better looking rifle, just wondered if there was some kind of magic in these or something..
They are very plain and entry level *looking* so I figured there was a catch other than being made well and Canadian

 

[adamg]

I'm with skull.

 

[redryder]

Don't know about BCM but I haven't seen many cheap DD rifles. Most are more than what I paid for my Colt/Diemaco

 

[mebiuspower]

Suckers (oops I mean collectors) are born every minute. lol.

 

[$kull]

Well maybe not half price but I see a noticeable difference especially in individual components

 

[bsand]

I wanted something made in canada and that's exactly what I got. But I didn't spend 2400$ on mine only 1500.

 

[Pr589]

I think their barrels are a fairly premium - cold hammer forged, chromed, medium-weight. How much would an equivalent cost retail?

For the upper, lower and other parts...I can't make the case for the full mark-up although the upper and lower parts fit is impressive (at least to me).

 

[Antoine22]

Larry Vickers said they have the best/most accurate barrel out there so the fanboys went nuts! Personnaly, the SA serie didn't appeal to me. Crappy stock, handguard and grip. Poverty charging handle and horrible trigger. For the price asked, no thank you. The MRR serie looks great but the monolithic upper is a 10 years old technology.

 

[$kull]

I'm pretty sure DD makes barrels to those specs. 1500$ is not bad at all.

 

[$kull]

^ yes.. all cheap accessories.. not even a magpul on most of them. I don't get it. And nobody likes a2 grips..

 

[bsand]

I haven't changed my stock furniture mostly because it functions perfectly. Only things I've changed is trigger to a GA Hi speed national match which is one amazing FCG and the charging handle to an ambi raptor handle (I shoot lefty). One thing I found awesome is the tuned gas system, all my brass lands in a nice little pile next to me.

 

[robab]

anything "Canadian" made and high priced sells well in Canada. The perception that quality is higher, brings some prestige, patriotism, and let's face it, we do make some pretty high quality stuff. But we love Canadiana.

Colt Canada, Canada Goose, Hudsosns bay, Lululemon, native/ local arts, high end furs. I'm sure there's tons of others. I for one don't mind buying from a company that has skilled labour force and are employing people in our country.

 

[$kull]

Ah see that's a thing I didn't know about ^

 

[Pr589]

Ah see that's a thing I didn't know about ^

I believe the factory is in Kitchner Ontario.

 

[$kull]

I was mentioning I didn't know about the gas system but that comment slipped in. Yeah thats true, patriot mentality is always good and sadly lacking compared to the US

 

[Phat Eagle]

Close to the same $ for DD and CC... Both are fine quality, just awesome to buy a quality item made in Kitchener, ON.