Comments on: Colt’s exclusive M4 production right ends http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/07/09/colts-exclusive-m4-production-right-ends/ Firearms not Politics Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:10:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: kvalseth http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/07/09/colts-exclusive-m4-production-right-ends/comment-page-1/#comment-11922 kvalseth Sat, 11 Jul 2009 22:57:10 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=7042#comment-11922 Thank you Daniel. Thank you Daniel.

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]]> By: Daniel E. Watters http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/07/09/colts-exclusive-m4-production-right-ends/comment-page-1/#comment-11905 Daniel E. Watters Sat, 11 Jul 2009 02:47:59 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=7042#comment-11905 In an annual survey conducted by the UN, the Georgian government had admitted importing 4,000 Bushmaster M4A3 carbines in 2007. The 2008 survey has not been released yet. http://disarmament.un.org/UN_REGISTER.nsf/5cb8afbbb6536a298525647d00612b14/437bc746a4891bbb8525749d0058bdcc?OpenDocument I have not been able to determine whether the sale was handled through US Army TACOM as a Foreign Military Sale or if the State Department simply allowed Bushmaster to make a direct commercial sale. In an annual survey conducted by the UN, the Georgian government had admitted importing 4,000 Bushmaster M4A3 carbines in 2007. The 2008 survey has not been released yet.

http://disarmament.un.org/UN_REGISTER.nsf/5cb8afbbb6536a298525647d00612b14/437bc746a4891bbb8525749d0058bdcc?OpenDocument

I have not been able to determine whether the sale was handled through US Army TACOM as a Foreign Military Sale or if the State Department simply allowed Bushmaster to make a direct commercial sale.

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]]> By: kvalseth http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/07/09/colts-exclusive-m4-production-right-ends/comment-page-1/#comment-11896 kvalseth Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:07:29 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=7042#comment-11896 Daniel, do you know if Georgia was one of the countries that Bushmaster exported to? I remember seeing some Bushy ARs in that photo of a pile of burnt weapons released soon after the Georgian war. Daniel, do you know if Georgia was one of the countries that Bushmaster exported to? I remember seeing some Bushy ARs in that photo of a pile of burnt weapons released soon after the Georgian war.

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]]> By: Steve http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/07/09/colts-exclusive-m4-production-right-ends/comment-page-1/#comment-11856 Steve Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:21:18 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=7042#comment-11856 Daniel, thanks for the comment. Always very interesting and informed! Daniel, thanks for the comment. Always very interesting and informed!

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]]> By: Daniel E. Watters http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/07/09/colts-exclusive-m4-production-right-ends/comment-page-1/#comment-11848 Daniel E. Watters Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:28:55 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=7042#comment-11848 The companies receiving second source M4 contracts will only be able to use the Colt M4 TDP to supply the US government. Whether or not the US government can then turn around and export these carbines is a matter of the 1967 license agreement and subsequent amendments. Certainly, FN-made M16 are being contracted by the US Army on behalf of the Iraqi military. The non-disclosure/non-use agreements for accessing the TDP will forbid the other companies from using Colt's proprietary data for commercial sales. Once their military contract ends, the company will be required to be destroy all of the TDP information provided to them. Obviously, this doesn't effect other manufacturers' ability to make direct sales of M16/M4 clones wherever they want. Bushmaster has routinely filled export orders via the Foreign Military Sales program. But these clones are not made to US military specifications using Colt's TDP. The following link provides the US Army's standard non-disclosure/non-use agreement for contractors accessing the M16 TDP: https://aais.ria.army.mil/AAIS/Solinfo/Standard_Attachments/Colt-M16_Non_Disclosure_Agreement.doc The companies receiving second source M4 contracts will only be able to use the Colt M4 TDP to supply the US government. Whether or not the US government can then turn around and export these carbines is a matter of the 1967 license agreement and subsequent amendments. Certainly, FN-made M16 are being contracted by the US Army on behalf of the Iraqi military.

The non-disclosure/non-use agreements for accessing the TDP will forbid the other companies from using Colt’s proprietary data for commercial sales. Once their military contract ends, the company will be required to be destroy all of the TDP information provided to them.

Obviously, this doesn’t effect other manufacturers’ ability to make direct sales of M16/M4 clones wherever they want. Bushmaster has routinely filled export orders via the Foreign Military Sales program. But these clones are not made to US military specifications using Colt’s TDP.

The following link provides the US Army’s standard non-disclosure/non-use agreement for contractors accessing the M16 TDP:

https://aais.ria.army.mil/AAIS/Solinfo/Standard_Attachments/Colt-M16_Non_Disclosure_Agreement.doc

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]]> By: Caleb http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/07/09/colts-exclusive-m4-production-right-ends/comment-page-1/#comment-11836 Caleb Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:05:39 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=7042#comment-11836 Colt didn't "really" make the lowers though, IIRC they were made by FnH. Colt didn’t “really” make the lowers though, IIRC they were made by FnH.

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