RockyMtnMT
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So I have been given the yellow light to go ahead and talk about what we have been working on now for quite a while. I have hinted at it a couple of times and restrained myself. Which by the way has been very difficult. Many of you know that I have been a proponent of the all copper mono bullets for a long time. I just like the way they work. I have not always been happy with the offerings that have been available for the last 10 years. So long story short my buddy and I decided we should make them. I now have had a cnc lathe set up in my formerly garage, now machine shop, since last Dec. My wife is not so happy that she now has to park outside.
So we set out to design our own bullet and through our testing found that what we designed works quite well. It then became very apparent that we needed to protect our product with a patent. We got our design patent filed last week and are still working on the provisional patent. Once that is filed, I will have free reign to get them out to everyone. For now I am told that I can get them into the hands of professionals with an NDA to test them. I am told that heading out into the general market now without the provisional patent done could jeopardize our invention.
LRH is the only place I have ever been involved with as far as an on line shooting community. This place has talented respectful members that I value the opinions and expertise. I am very excited to share with you all what we have done. My intention from the beginning of this journey was to consult with everyone here on our product development. My feeling is that with the help of everyone here we can produce the best bullet possible. I promise that I will take positive and negative input equally. I also promise that I will not engage in the giant ******* matches that I have seen others get into about the products that they produce. I have one goal. To produce the best product possible. Our intention is to have three lines of bullets. Hunting, target, and long range hunting. The general hunting market is obviously the largest market. This is the market that hunts under 400 yards, where bc really doesn't matter. It is hard for me to concentrate on this market since it does not fall into my shooting. We have designed bullets that will fit the conventional weight and factory twist of this market. They just are not as sexy as the long range hunters, but more easily marketed to the masses. Our design invention has to do with drag reduction so it is kind of counter to short range hunting. Who knows, maybe our high bc products will just be used short and long. In the mono metal it just can't be done to produce common caliber weight and high bc.
I feel like I am beginning to ramble on a bit, so I will stop. Anxious to get this journey going with everyone here.
Steve
So we set out to design our own bullet and through our testing found that what we designed works quite well. It then became very apparent that we needed to protect our product with a patent. We got our design patent filed last week and are still working on the provisional patent. Once that is filed, I will have free reign to get them out to everyone. For now I am told that I can get them into the hands of professionals with an NDA to test them. I am told that heading out into the general market now without the provisional patent done could jeopardize our invention.
LRH is the only place I have ever been involved with as far as an on line shooting community. This place has talented respectful members that I value the opinions and expertise. I am very excited to share with you all what we have done. My intention from the beginning of this journey was to consult with everyone here on our product development. My feeling is that with the help of everyone here we can produce the best bullet possible. I promise that I will take positive and negative input equally. I also promise that I will not engage in the giant ******* matches that I have seen others get into about the products that they produce. I have one goal. To produce the best product possible. Our intention is to have three lines of bullets. Hunting, target, and long range hunting. The general hunting market is obviously the largest market. This is the market that hunts under 400 yards, where bc really doesn't matter. It is hard for me to concentrate on this market since it does not fall into my shooting. We have designed bullets that will fit the conventional weight and factory twist of this market. They just are not as sexy as the long range hunters, but more easily marketed to the masses. Our design invention has to do with drag reduction so it is kind of counter to short range hunting. Who knows, maybe our high bc products will just be used short and long. In the mono metal it just can't be done to produce common caliber weight and high bc.
I feel like I am beginning to ramble on a bit, so I will stop. Anxious to get this journey going with everyone here.
Steve
