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F.y.i. us army orders $50 million barrett mrads in 300 prc
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<blockquote data-quote="MudRunner2005" data-source="post: 1596402" data-attributes="member: 12995"><p>Now, this is just purely my own opinion...So, take it as you will...</p><p></p><p>It just seems like a huge waste of our tax money, and a middle finger to the tax payers, with all the gross negligence and government waste of tax dollars we already have, all for them to jump on a bandwagon. Makes you wonder who all in the MIC owns Barrett and Hornady stocks to push their profit margins, or has special interest in the companies.</p><p></p><p>And while it might seem innocent to most, I see this as a joint-attempt by Hornady to massively profiteer, while also getting a free giant media boost from the armchair sniper sales market with the old "but military snipers use it so it must be the best" logic, to push their brand new cartridge on the private sector sales market. It's genius, I won't take that away from them...But at the same time, something about it just seems kind of like a 1984/Mockingbird style propaganda tactic to get the consumers to consume. It just seems very subversive and manipulative to me. Once again, it's genius, pure genius...But kind of dirty, IMO.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MudRunner2005, post: 1596402, member: 12995"] Now, this is just purely my own opinion...So, take it as you will... It just seems like a huge waste of our tax money, and a middle finger to the tax payers, with all the gross negligence and government waste of tax dollars we already have, all for them to jump on a bandwagon. Makes you wonder who all in the MIC owns Barrett and Hornady stocks to push their profit margins, or has special interest in the companies. And while it might seem innocent to most, I see this as a joint-attempt by Hornady to massively profiteer, while also getting a free giant media boost from the armchair sniper sales market with the old "but military snipers use it so it must be the best" logic, to push their brand new cartridge on the private sector sales market. It's genius, I won't take that away from them...But at the same time, something about it just seems kind of like a 1984/Mockingbird style propaganda tactic to get the consumers to consume. It just seems very subversive and manipulative to me. Once again, it's genius, pure genius...But kind of dirty, IMO. [/QUOTE]
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