Im here to tell you, you dont know shit about fuck when it comes to welding. "Looks" on the exterior dont tell you much. I have seen plenty of "pretty" weld's fail for lack of fusion, lack of penetration and too much heat from running high amps that led to stress cracking. You dont get to see that until you xray and cut up samples to view under a microscope.
Lol I realized now he's mass producing this content to implant that concept into the minds of consumers. It's just such a cringe bullet point to constantly lean on
😂 it took 2 email requests to get Q to tell me I needed a “taper adapter” to mount any suppressor or muzzle device not made by Q on my Fix barrel. (I tried to buy a Porq Chop first, but no one seems to have them in stock.) Q doesn’t sell any taper adapter and made no suggestion about where to get one. Faxon sent me one for my 8.6 BLK barrel *for free* One phone call - a human answered and solved my problem. However, that taper adapter doesn’t fit the .308 Winchester barrel *made to Q specs* by Proof Research. One phone call to them - a human answered - and they told me “we don’t make what you need but Griffins Armament might” so I go to that website. Not sure I’ve found what I need for the Fix, I call - a human answers the phone. “We make one for the Sig MCX family but not Q. However, Bauer Precision does.” So I order 1 for my Sig MCX from Griffin and one from Bauer for my Fix .308 Proof barrel. Anyone see a pattern there?
I have the utmost respect for state of the art engineering and an excessive emphasis on quality and QC. I’m always willing to pay for engineering and quality regardless of price. If I can’t afford it, then it’s incentive to work and save harder. Kevin: do not change a thing. Keep doing what you’re doing and continue taking your time with engineering and quality control. This customer, appreciates it.
Please do a “How Q” like the TV show Mega Engineering that shows how the Honey Badger is made from raw materials to your local gun store, behind the scene manufacturing process and all that. You can cover all the other products in subsequent episodes. Love you long time. Q Life.
No one answers the phone. Sometimes I get a helpful response to an email and sometimes nothing. That might be OK for a $500 rifle, but even Ruger answers the damn phone.
@@chipsterb4946 Yeah not sure about their email service, and not a Q hater, but it's factual that they currently aren't picking up any phone calls or even allowing voicemails/phone messages, and haven't been great at responding back via social media as well.
I like how Kevin understands the place and role of cheaper companies without dogging on them for knowing their place. It’s folks who don’t know their place and imitate that gets him feisty.
Everytime I see a Q video is up I get all hot and bothered. Just put another 10 bucks into my Q Fix jar. It's gonna be like Christmas day when I get it.
My honey badger suppressor just got approved HEY ATF FILE THE OTHER FUCKING HALF SO I CAN GET MY GUN PLEASE AND THANK YOU trying to enjoy Kevin’s masterpiece over here HELLO!!!
I’m in a completely different industry. But insourcing is always better than outsourcing. I used to be a system administrator at a small company which got bought out, few months later I get laid off and replaced with an outsourced company. And everyone hates the outsourced company. They wanted to save a few dollars and ended up with a worse experience.
The issue with value is not that Q is expensive, which it is. It's that with expense comes an expectation of good customer service. Not being a customer yet myself, I can't speak definitively on the topic. What I *can* say is that Q's customer service reputation in the community is terrible, and that gives me pause in a way that the price doesn't. Taking the plunge on a Q rifle seems like a giant risk. If I roll snake eyes and end up with a rifle that lightly flicks primer cups instead of stabbing them hard, I need to know that Q will stand behind their product and make it right. Will they? Or will they tell me to go fuck myself because my LGS stocked Brand C of boutique ammo instead of Brand A or B on the day I ran out?
Ferrari doesn't care if you own their car. In fact they rather you didn't, it isn't for the masses. I may never own a Q product but I respect them for moving the gun industry forward.
Waiting on my PorQchop. I’ve had my 8.6 for 50 Days. I also have a Sugar Weasel & Honey Badger SD. Love my Q Weapons! Thanks Kevin! Would love to Take my 8.6 and go Hunt in Africa with Kevin!!!
I like that you test fire your rifles before sending them out. I had to return a pistol to a company because the frame locked up at 17 rounds. I guess they didn't test fire it or only shot 5 rounds out of it. Great rifles.
@qllc8143 I just got 2 of my honey badgers, over 3k and they didnt come with "literally the best trigger ever made" or the 2 piece bolt carrier. My sugar weasel came with the 2 piece bolt.
We are shipping all of our Honey Badgers with the 2pc BCG and our trigger. There are still older ones floating around but we don't ship in that configuration anymore.
@@qllc8143 wish I had known silencershop had nos. Either way, I bought the bolt and trigger for one so far and it's freaking awesome! My FIX 8.6 is also a work of art, I can't wait to take down a nilegui with it!
Class.. isn’t taught. Quality isn’t compromised for those who have an eye for perfection....even if they don't really know why. It's just obvious genetically.
The HB is a 300 BLK AR. Its value is the ability to fire 300 BLK ammunition. You guys also didnt invent taper mounts. You guys also also use RH threads, the Xeno is LH on the mount.
I ❤ all of my Q guns HoneyBadgerSD MiniFix 308 and now 8.6 Fix was it all a little expensive but I haven’t had one problem with my guns or silencers so that’s value right there. People called my HoneyBadgerSD gay before I bought it then when I got it they’re all like man can I put some rounds through it ? 😂😂😂😂 it’s one of those things once you fire it you understand, I’m just happy they made them I wanted one back in the AAC days so bad. But for me Q just screams QUALITY.
Question: "Why is Q so expensive?" Answer: How is Kevin gonna go hunting in the far corners of the world for animals we've never heard of, if you don't over-pay for Q products?
At 2:25 that was weirdly specific but equally not specific haha. Robinson Arms, SilencerCo, Desert Tech, and Christiansen arms are all in Utah and relatively small companies haha. Something about six dudes chillin in Utah makes us want to make some guns man
Please make an SD HANDGUARD, I spent lots of Monies on your great product the honey badger and would rather get your 556 honey badger and the boombox, instead of buying an honey badger SD complete upper. Please spend the monies on engineering for the handguard please!!!!
At 00:07, I wanted to comment before I hear anything else... This video needn't have ever been made. If they don't already know, they have no business being here. °now I'll watch the rest of it, or rather, listen to it at my workbench and carve on it after hearing it in it's entirety, to see if I still stand by my statement. Which I will, have no fear. 🤙🏻
I bought a new weasel. The upper rocks on the lower badly, and there is a massive amount of play. So, I need to modify it to prevent the rock. I have a DD, Palmato, Diamond Back, and a Radical. None have this issue. They are all tight. So i question this video.
I have geissele super duty matched upper and lower receiver with more slop than a 30 year old colt upper and lower. It has all geissele lower parts kits ,buffer tube. I've got a Anderson with less slop. They have 12.5 mk16 rail and the mk4 geissele rails
So you guys are the only ones with quality control and engineers? Machinists? Employees?? You like to do scary things? Sell quality products at an affordable price. That’s very scary for you, huh. How about putting some effort in customer service? And quit acting like you’re better than everyone else. Narcissist
How are suppressors made? Are the baffles machined from one single piece? Are they stamped with a die and welded together? Is the tube just a tube or is it made on a cnc lathe? Anyone know? Perhaps a company that manufactures silencers could post a video showing the broad strokes of the process... I plan to get into the firearms industry eventually. I'd love to work for a company like Q but I really don't wanna live in NH.
@@mr.x4036 it's cold as fuck in the winter and I already live in a place that's cold as fuck in the winter. I'd probably just try to get a job at KAC instead cuz they're in a nice part of Florida. I'm a machinist/tool and die apprentice so I actually am qualified for the type of work gun companies do. I just wanna live somewhere warm year round.
NH has no sales tax and no income tax. It’s beautiful and most of the people are decent and have common sense. Unless you’re over 60 years old… just buy some warm clothes and decent winter tires.
@@chipsterb4946 nah dude. I've been living in a cold place my whole life. I'm not swapping one frozen wasteland for another unless the pay is quite literally unbeatable.
Think maybe you could step up production? I know with the new atf fast turnaround, everyone is sold out..... the fact you don't sell to ffls anymore really hurts, but I get the hassle.
This series would be a lot more interesting if you had you know, numbers or video of the factory floor backing any claims you’re making. Instead of poster board and bullshitting. I’ve never seen a new Colt malfunction and they’re $900. What exactly do you QC better than them?
One thing he never mentions is he has enginners because he produces proprietary rifles. If you are producing a known quantity like most AR companies, his argument is completely null and void. BCM doesnt need mechanical egineers onnstaff. If you need them to tool something up you just go pay for services when you need. Keeping a 7 man engieering team on full time staff is a total and complete waste for the companies hes trying to dog.
I still want a super-car. A GT40 looks cool. I love how Q is. It's a fun company to pay attention to. And I love my Sugar Weasel to death. If I ever get a can on it, it'll be perfect.
