Is Magnum Research (makers of Desert Eagle) the biggest turd in the pool?
Question by akluis: Is Magnum Research (makers of Desert Eagle) the biggest turd in the pool?
Okay, those of us that know guns realize the Desert Eagle is an overpriced, over-hyped, exceptionally fragile (for a gun) hunk of junk loved by movie executives and video game fanboys.
Still, I’ve always had the attitude of ‘I can’t blame MRI (Magnum Research International = MRI), they make what sells, if the dummy customer buys it, that’s on them’
Now I have learned that MRI is a morally bankrupt company, and I want to know if there are worse gun companies, or if MRI is now wearing the crown of ‘Biggest Turd in the Pool’
What did MRI do? Well, the small import company Charles Daly decided to go to the customer and find out what exactly the customer wanted in terms of a 1911. To this end Charles Daly president and some high end executives went on the internet and joined gun forums and started asking what people wanted. They did the same with AR-15s
In the end, Charles Daly ended up with a very very nice AR-15 for the price, giving the customer exactly what he wanted with no extra junk that was not wanted. But 1911s are a lot less modular, and so it took a dedicated manufacturer of the base pistol to get that project off the ground. Still, using the internet gun message boards, Charles Daly figured out a really really great 1911 design (some features of which were rear slide serrations only, a bushing barrel setup and Novak style sights) Charles Daly contacted BUL of Israel to make the gun.
but BUL took Charles Daly’s specs and went to MRI, who also wanted to produce a 1911. BUL then pointed out all the message board talk where people had long discussion on what exactly was really wanted (the CD design threads) and offered to make them the EXACT SAME GUN, using those message boards to convince MRI that it would sell great…even though Charles Daly was the one who did all the work of customer contact and design. Basically BUL and MRI poached CD’s design.
Not only is this a morally bankrupt move, now no gun maker is EVER going to try and get directly in contact with the customer on the internet through forums or answer boards, because any info garnered in that manner is free for the competitor to see as well.
So, is MRI a big turd or what?
Should we show our displeasure with MRI by not buying their 1911?
http://www.magnumresearch.com/
definitely the makers of Desert Eagle, but not the inventors.
Best answer:
Answer by J
IMI makes the Desert Eagle, not MRI
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