Had enough doom and gloom for the weekend- time for a little fun.
So I was inspired by a post I read on another forum to totally steal their idea and try it out here.
I just breezed through, so any blatant similarities/plagiarisms are totally unintentional.
The basis- if you could run ANY gun manufacturer, what would you do? Keep? Change? Discontinue?
OR if none of the existing manufacturers appeals to you, I’m going to add to this and say “if you could start your own company instead of taking over an existing one, what would you make?”
Try to keep it somewhat realistic- yes, we’d all like a Dethray 2000, but not going to happen ever… 
I’ll jump in first;
Seize control of the production of Rem. 700s. Stop fitting them out with the awful hogue stocks. Raise the price slightly, fit it with a usable stock, like a B&C Medalist or similar from the factory, and tell everyone to suck it up.
Start a “Remington Semi-Custom Shop and produce a REAL tactical precision R700- I’ve hung around on SH enough to generalize what everyone seems to want in that area- Rem had an opportunity with the AAC-SD, but imho, botched it in that they didn’t go far enough, and it still needs work from the factory.
The NEW “Tactical 700 Package” would be semi-customizable, in that instead of 20 different versions of the same gun, NONE of which have all the features you want in one package, there would be ONE gun with 20 different options- kind of like the way you can configure an AI on their site.
Your choice of say,20-24” barrels, standard or fluted, threaded, a couple major chamberings- 308, 260, 6.whatever, etc., twist rates, better stock choices, better QC, and an AI/Alpha Ind. compatible DBM setup (unlike FN, which uses proprietary mags). For a small extra price, offer cerakoting in say, black, tan, OD and grey. For less, offer just the barreled action.
All for less than a GAP, which I’ve pretty much just described… 
Bascially, a “budget” Tac bolt gun- for folks lik the people we all know in the AR world who legitimately can’t afford a DD/BCM/etc. but still want a viable quality alternative that will still have enough of the tacticool options they want to interest them, while keeping R700 compatibility. Rem 700’s are no longer “just” your dad’s huntin’ rifle- haven’t been for a long time. Rem is apparently trying to get current with their “attempts” at AR building and “tactical” shotguns- why not go all the way and offer a solid precision rifle?
/rant
If I started my own company…
Produce a mag-fed pump shotgun. 
Produce a mag-fed semi-shotgun with the reliabilty of a Saiga/M4 but with a lock-back feature so you don’t need 3 hands to reload, for less than either option would cost.
Because reloading with single rounds is bullshit…
If I ruled the world- make every new manufacture handgun compatible with Glock mags. This would reduce the number of handguns that fail due to sucky mags, as well as bring the cost down- I’m damn tired of paying double to triple of what a decent AR mag costs for 1 pistol mag, not to mention seperate times if you own more than 1 type of handgun.
Your ideas?