Colt survival plan (AKA: Pipe dream because nobody knows how to steer the ship)

Merge with Remington: Freedom is coming around. Marlin's quality is getting better, as is Remington's.
Bring the salvageable Bushmaster lines in-house, tank the rest.
Make a competent, public model of the Remington ACR. Include different calibers and barrel lengths.
Offer a Warfighter line of period correct clones from each decade; XM, A2, M4, Mk 18 largely based on the same lower, just add rollmark.
Revive the Python and Anaconda: nostalgia sells or we wouldn't have Indian, Triumph and Norton making a comeback. Indian is HUGE!
Market the shit out of the heritage/Colt name - Even Fender's custom shop provides a Certificate of Authenticity for provenance.
Offer a true custom shop experience; Bill Wilson didn't get rich by selling one gun with no custom options.
Lose the low end shit. Offering shit creates a perception among groups of buyers who can be swayed by an emphasis on quality.
Speaking of quality, fix the customer service issue.