there would be no issue with customer input if CD built the gun themselves. by having another manufacturer involved complicated the situation. plus, nothing was said about MRI's commitment to BUL about purchase terms. CD is positioned as a value product. MRI may be banking on their brand allowing a higher price point. CD has great products but they are not mainstream to the majority of the shooting public. say 'magnum research desert eagle' and it is almost a household name. MRI may have offered a few dollars more per unit than CD and committed to all the production if the terms with CD fell through. 'incentives' may have been offered to various BUL staff. we probably will never know what went on behind the scenes but i doubt the open customer input was the determining factor.
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