FortTom
14 October 2013, 17:25
I understand competition keeps price and quality in line. I'm going to be re-couping for approx. 3mos. due to a surgery OCT 15, so to kill my last day of freedom for a while, I went down to my favorite LGS. In one display case they had 9 or 10 differenct stripped lowers, most brands I've never heard of. Prices ranged from about $89 to $269, and I could hardly see any difference in them except ambi-safeties and creative markings. I'd guess there are probably another 20 or more companies that sell stripped lowers.
I'm curious, just how many (insert expletive here) more Lowers, Parts companies, etc., the market can really absorb before it becomes so over saturated, it collapses. On the walls I recognized most of the manufacturers selling complete rifles, but there were quite a few that I'd never heard of.
Being a Harley owner/rider I've seen this, then the market folds in on itself, the strong survive, and I guess this may be the same, but I swear that it seems that anybody with a well appointed CNC machine shop, and the ability to outsource parts kits has a weapon or major components.
It really is hard to separate the wheat from the chaff when there are 1000 different companies making the latest and greatest, same part, every single day.
I've chosen to (with my personal builds) to stay with known products such as LMT/BCM etc....
Oh well, just wondered if anyone else is a little bewildered by all of this?
FT
I'm curious, just how many (insert expletive here) more Lowers, Parts companies, etc., the market can really absorb before it becomes so over saturated, it collapses. On the walls I recognized most of the manufacturers selling complete rifles, but there were quite a few that I'd never heard of.
Being a Harley owner/rider I've seen this, then the market folds in on itself, the strong survive, and I guess this may be the same, but I swear that it seems that anybody with a well appointed CNC machine shop, and the ability to outsource parts kits has a weapon or major components.
It really is hard to separate the wheat from the chaff when there are 1000 different companies making the latest and greatest, same part, every single day.
I've chosen to (with my personal builds) to stay with known products such as LMT/BCM etc....
Oh well, just wondered if anyone else is a little bewildered by all of this?
FT