Gary Reeder
Joe benner, who worked for them, told me they
Wednesday, March 06, 2019, 10:52

invested way too heavily in a new 44 Magnum revolver called the Crusader which had way too many bugs. they kept investing and he said it put them too far in the hole and to recoup the money wasted they started cutting corners on their main bread & butter, the 22 autos and it resulted in low quality and even lower sales. This may be what John Taffin mentioned above.