wunbe said:
Long ago I learned that to get the No 1 I want, I have to get it made custom.
Keeps me from pleading in vain.
Hi,
If my memory's not playing tricks on me, didn't Remington once sell just the action of the 700 for the custom market to build on? Kinda like buying your AR lower and going from there with upper and goodies...
I don't understand the No 1 production scheme at all: we hear it's too expensive to be profitable, yet Lipsey's has a special run made up every so often (there's another thread going on that subject right this instant) and I doubt either Ruger or Lipsey's intends to lose money on those deals. So how are they "financed?" Are Lipsey's prices high enough to cover the "cost problem" or does Lipsey's recognize there are certain things you will be able to sell by the 1000s/year, for a long period of time, but will never be moving them at 10k or 100k units/year speeds. In exchange, those who want one of the 1000s will come up with the money to keep the sale profitable to all involved.
Most of the gun owners I hear who claim "I can't afford that" are probably telling the truth, because they've already got $75 grand or better tied up in that new pickup, and all those guns already gathering dust in the safe it never even hauls to the range. Yet they always find a way to get another... be it a gun or a pickup!
Anyway, back to my first line: in today's world, would selling No. 1 actions be a plausible tactic? Especially perhaps if the action was considered a "restricted" item that would have to be sold to a certain list of FFLs to be completed as a rifle prior to the end purchaser getting a hold of it?
Rick C