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Why are custom rifles so Pricey??
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<blockquote data-quote="Edd" data-source="post: 554896" data-attributes="member: 30592"><p>I have recently figured many combinations. </p><p>I am looking at a quote from Defiance, it is $1345 with a rail. Add to that $300 for bottom metal, $300-$500 for a barrel, $250 for a trigger, $500-$700 for a stock, and you are right back at About $3000 for the parts to build what I would consider a "custom" rifle. </p><p></p><p>From looking at parts prices and comparing them to complete rifles, I would assume the builders are buying the parts cheaper than I can. I don't think someone is going to build and sell a rifle for the prices I see them being sold for if they are paying the same thing for parts that I have to pay. </p><p></p><p>There is also some substantial differences in some of the services performed by gunsmiths. I have worked in the service industry for 40 years and as a general rule there is a difference in the quality of a service that is $500 at one place and $200 at another. It seems I almost always like the quality of the more expensive labor.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Edd, post: 554896, member: 30592"] I have recently figured many combinations. I am looking at a quote from Defiance, it is $1345 with a rail. Add to that $300 for bottom metal, $300-$500 for a barrel, $250 for a trigger, $500-$700 for a stock, and you are right back at About $3000 for the parts to build what I would consider a "custom" rifle. From looking at parts prices and comparing them to complete rifles, I would assume the builders are buying the parts cheaper than I can. I don't think someone is going to build and sell a rifle for the prices I see them being sold for if they are paying the same thing for parts that I have to pay. There is also some substantial differences in some of the services performed by gunsmiths. I have worked in the service industry for 40 years and as a general rule there is a difference in the quality of a service that is $500 at one place and $200 at another. It seems I almost always like the quality of the more expensive labor. [/QUOTE]
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