09-13-2012, 11:06 PM
I am not really sure about the direction of the industry at the moment.
Take the gun in question. The vendor would buy the parts from supposedly reputable sources. They then assemble and expect a known outcome. When the wheels fall off even the most knowledgeable staff would not be able to rectify the problem. So they go back to their source and get told there is nothing wrong. Nobody in the whole transaction has the ability to look at the item and say this is just a pile of crap. Even the source probably thinks it should work.
So how did this situation evolve to where it is now. Why should companies swallow the cost of R&D when they can make more cash bashing other peoples parts together. Is the customer driving the deterioration of the climate for gun designers vs manufacturers vs assemblers.
I am seeing the first 338 Lapua parts arrive and begin to ask why did I bury 6 1/2 years of my life in this thing. I am going to spend another two testing and marketing probably only to be crucified online for not selling parts so that people can assemble their own. Stood today and listened to an irate gunsmith blasting one of the sales girls because our 17 HMR AR uses our magazines and we will not sell parts so he can assemble his own.
Take the gun in question. The vendor would buy the parts from supposedly reputable sources. They then assemble and expect a known outcome. When the wheels fall off even the most knowledgeable staff would not be able to rectify the problem. So they go back to their source and get told there is nothing wrong. Nobody in the whole transaction has the ability to look at the item and say this is just a pile of crap. Even the source probably thinks it should work.
So how did this situation evolve to where it is now. Why should companies swallow the cost of R&D when they can make more cash bashing other peoples parts together. Is the customer driving the deterioration of the climate for gun designers vs manufacturers vs assemblers.
I am seeing the first 338 Lapua parts arrive and begin to ask why did I bury 6 1/2 years of my life in this thing. I am going to spend another two testing and marketing probably only to be crucified online for not selling parts so that people can assemble their own. Stood today and listened to an irate gunsmith blasting one of the sales girls because our 17 HMR AR uses our magazines and we will not sell parts so he can assemble his own.