How some Canadians companies stand by their product.

[u/cdn_sentry117]

With Sterling Arms standing up for themselves against the prohibited classification the RCMP put on the R9, and winning, it got me thinking about the Crusader Arms Crypto. Those guys came out with a rifle that met the new laws, then pumped out a bunch of beyond subpar rifles with worse than Chinese QC. Made a pile of cash and as soon as it was banned, did nothing to stand up for their product. Instead created another piece of garbage.

Not to just bash CA (well, maybe a little, actually a lot), we now have seen what a good Canadian firearms manufacturer does. Makes a product, stands by it, then fights for it. Their win, to me anyway, shows what companies we should actually support.

After CA removed their website, blocks peoples comments on Instagram that comment the issues they have with their new Backland Hunter rifles I am genuinely shocked anyone can still support them by giving them a dime.

Anyway, I'm kind of curious what other people's thoughts are on CA doing nothing to fight for the rifle they developed, that also being a fight for their customers base. Especially now that we have seen Sterling Arms having being successful with their R9 reclassification. Will this maybe get them to take a stance for the crypto classification?

[u/veryblind_marksman]

While first off it is nice to see JR do something that can be seen as a net positive for the community as a whole (setting a good precedent for other manufacturers to follow). I am sure there will be some bashing somewhere in this thread eventually. Many Canadian manufacturers do stand by their products (Cadex, Pristine, KS, RDSC if you want to include them, etc.) the problem is whenever we face a new ban or set of regulatory changes people are so quick to line up for an alternative that we don’t give manufacturers time to iron out the kinks before bringing something to market. It is still the governments fault we are in this mess to begin with don’t get me wrong. Regardless we cannot hope to get a truly viable replacement for the Stoner system based rifles. (AR-15, 18/180, 10, and all the Canadian specific NR rifles that have since been made and banned) Unless we can get a rifle like the Carmel or similar that is backed by a company that has its rifle on multiple markets internationally, and millions into R&D into it can we expect to see Canadian companies start behaving like they used to and truly standing behind what they make. This isn’t me defending CA in the slightest, I truly despised how they have handled things in the last 2-3 years. Just my opinion though