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7/31/2025, 3:13:01 PM
>>64056592
The 'semi-custom' and custom 1911 market is HUGE, and people love big-boi cartridges. I absolutely think they could have succeeded, but they needed to offer what the market expects. Few people are going to pay a lot of money for a special 1911 which has no checkering, very basic controls, an extremely plain finish, etc. I'm not saying that Coonan had to go full on bling race gun, but if they wanted to sell what is basically an upgraded 1911 it needed to have better fit and finish and have some nicer features than a RIA. Coonan was charging premium money yet their guns lacked features that have been standard on mid-market 1911s for decades now. It would be like a car company introducing some amazing new high performing pickup truck, only to sell it without power steering, power locks, or a radio, in one ugly color, 2WD only, and then wondering why it didn't sell well.
The 'semi-custom' and custom 1911 market is HUGE, and people love big-boi cartridges. I absolutely think they could have succeeded, but they needed to offer what the market expects. Few people are going to pay a lot of money for a special 1911 which has no checkering, very basic controls, an extremely plain finish, etc. I'm not saying that Coonan had to go full on bling race gun, but if they wanted to sell what is basically an upgraded 1911 it needed to have better fit and finish and have some nicer features than a RIA. Coonan was charging premium money yet their guns lacked features that have been standard on mid-market 1911s for decades now. It would be like a car company introducing some amazing new high performing pickup truck, only to sell it without power steering, power locks, or a radio, in one ugly color, 2WD only, and then wondering why it didn't sell well.
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