I think Mark LaRue is my hero:
(In a boxing announcer voice) …
Alright people, LaRue has had enough requests from folks that will willingly break the levers off their A.R.M.S. mounts if LaRue will replace it with a LaRue product.
So, a challenge is made.
We challenge A.R.M.S. (the company busy suing us over their #17 trademark) to a mount duel.
We are hereby offering to replace any A.R.M.S. mount that the owner intentionally breaks the M.I.M. lever off.
The challenge to A.R.M.S. is that they make the same offer to any LaRue owner who intentionally will break the lever off a LaRue mount in exchange for an A.R.M.S. products.
The winner will be decided at the ShotShow – The Booth with the most broken mounts from the other wins. May the best man win – - –
The offer is now out there and remains in effect until A.R.M.S. drops his suit, and if that doesn’t happen, then it remains in effect until I have had my satisfaction.
Take a pic and print it of the before-intentionally-breaking and after-it’s-broken, include it with the mount.
We have another offer going on and this will keep them apart. Include a short note of why you wanna play.
Since time is of the essence (Shotshow is looming), we will rush you the LaRue mount that’s a suitable upgrade to the A.R.M.S mount you intentionally broke in trade.
THIS IS THE STATE FAIR TRACTOR PULL OF MOUNTS ! ! !
GO !!!!
M. LaRue
I am Mark LaRue and I authorize this offer. – ML
ETA – We’re gonna make this a good old fashioned Texas horse race, so do me and my whole bunch over here a big Christmas favor and spread the word for us in other forums you might frequent.
Thanks and Merry Christmas to all y’all.
Now, being the engineer that I am, I do not willfully destroy perfectly-functional pieces of hardware for no apparent reason – someone, somewhere, could probably make use of whatever it is I am nuking. However, in light of Dick Swan’s and A.R.M.S.’ positively ludicrous lawsuit against LaRue for daring to use the number “17″ in one of their product designations, I would offer to man a set of pliers and hammers myself.
This is not to say I would purchase an A.R.M.S. mount just to break it – I would not – but when I finally get off my lazy duff and replace the picatinny bipod mount that seems to have wandered off on me, I know where I am going.
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