[AustinTX]

This has been a very common complaint on Sigforum since Sig switched vendors for the Nitron process. Magazine problems have been much more frequent since Sig switched to freaking Checkmate (!) as the OEM magazine supplier as well. The list goes on.

Under the Cohen regime, Exeter seeks out more and more low-cost vendors, who supply lower-quality components, while simultaneously raising the prices of the end product -- even though the end product, while good, is not built nearly to the standards that it was just six or seven years ago. The marketing and accounting types are running the company, and they're trading on Sig Sauer's previously hard-earned reputation to generate greater profit margins on lower-quality products. It's working for now, I suppose, but the present course under Cohen will eventually tarnish Sig's name to a much greater extent than it already has. It's sad, really.