Surefire vs AAC Lawsuit?
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Surefire vs AAC Lawsuit?
Date of article 12/18/08 here - Surefire sues AAC
Dem lawyers gotta make coin toooo...
Dem lawyers gotta make coin toooo...
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I am sure the Army would love to know how to fire an M4 that fast for more than 600 rounds before failure, since they were not able to do it. Never mind with a silencer on it.rsilvers wrote:They made claims which seem impossible:
Fire To Destruction Test of 5.56mm M4A1 Carbine and M16A2 Rifle Barrels
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It was clear to me when I first saw the comparison a while back. I thought it was a little biased to show a fired can next to an unfired can, but welcome to the world of advertising.rsilvers wrote:Surefire would like it to be made clear that the unpainted, unfinished non-black silencer on the right has not been fired.
Now, if you had captioned the photos:
SureFire Silencer after 5 rounds compared to AAC Silencer after 5,000 rounds. That might be grounds for a false advertising lawsuit.
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I suppose that distinction would be important if the the inward or outward hygienic appearance of a can somehow contributed to its' sound lowering qualities and/or longevity. Weak........rsilvers wrote:Surefire would like it to be made clear that the unpainted, unfinished non-black silencer on the right has not been fired.
I did, and I pointed it out as soon as AAC released that ad. No other well-known competing brand has that single weld ring near the muzzle end.renegade wrote:Neither did I.Blaubart wrote:For the record, I did not know that the silencer that the AAC silencer was compared to was a Surefire silencer.
This is a pointless lawsuit. Surefire will be embarrassed when AAC brings up Barry Dueck's asinine claim. And most of their claims in the lawsuit seem really thin, like saying AAC "modified" the pictured surefire silencer to make it fail (how the hell would they know that or be able to prove it?).
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There are plenty of ads which name competitors or show their distinctive profile:
http://movies.apple.com/movies/us/apple ... 80x272.mov
This would be like Microsoft alleging that Apple gives the false impression that PCs are more difficult to use and saying you can tell they are saying "Vista."
Weak.
http://movies.apple.com/movies/us/apple ... 80x272.mov
This would be like Microsoft alleging that Apple gives the false impression that PCs are more difficult to use and saying you can tell they are saying "Vista."
Weak.
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http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b ... 240&page=2and passing something written by a gunwriter as a Surefire advertisement is a level of stupid I haven't seen yet this week.
I believe this was in the surefire-owned magazine and is an infomercial. Surefire seems to have editorial control and also it was a direct quote of Surefire's silencer designer. Thirdly the same 1500 round claim is posted on Surefire's website.
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