Is this a bloomamatic rip off?

[st.marys]

I got a recent copy of Cheaper than Dirt and it had a golf ball launcher in it. Is this a bloomamatic rip off...I sure hope not! If it's not and it's being sold/marketed under an new name then I think it's great!

[st.marys]

bump, nobody knows anything? not even bloomomatic himself?

[JayBell]

Bloom Automatic isn't the first, nor the last person to make golfball launchers, so no, its not a "ripoff".

the first ones I saw many years ago were thread on, like in Cheaper than dirt.

Vinces are held onto the FH by set screws.

i have one of his set up to go on my FAL.

and its "Bloom Automatic", not "bloomomatic".

[st.marys]

thanks for the info...and the correction.

[bloomautomatic]

Yes, I happen to know about it.

Theirs is not the same as what we make, and I do not make them for them. Theirs is threaded 1/2-28 and will only fit the AR and other rifles with that barrel thread. Ours will fit any rifle with a 22mm flash hider, so I feel it's much more versatile.

And in my personal opinion the thing that makes mine better is that I make it!!

Jay is right, I'm not the first with this, but the thing that bugs me is that I approached them a few years ago about carrying my product and they had no interest in it then. Now they're selling them.

The company name is Bloom Automatic, my username is bloomautomatic.

Vince