Scorpion production down or just that popular?

[este]

Is the FDE going to be injection molded tan plastic? Or painted black plastic?

I assume it's FDE plastic all the way through, but that means reinjecting the stock, the grip, etc. Seems like a lot of work. Not to mention black being slightly stronger, and slightly lighter.

I did injection molding operation and supervision for many years.

Using different color polymer in a injection molding operation isn't very much work at all. Flush the black from the hopper, swap your feed to the new color, run the nozzle until you get a steady fill of the new color, make minor adjustments for temp and set time. Takes about 10 minutes.

Except that non-black colors are heavier and weaker. There are often times design changes are needed for parts that will come in different colors. For example, the weight difference in a Green TRG stock is almost 1/2lb heavier than the Black TRG stock.

Magpul using no pigment at all in their "sand" mags is genius!

[slcpunk74]

The sand mags make a good starting point to die also. There's some good examples of bakelite and plum starting from the sand or tan furniture. Not that I'd want a plum or bakelite evo but still.

[Silvertiger27]

Figures. I spend a few months considering it, socking some money away, always one sitting there at the local Cabelas. And when I finally decide to pull the trigger, they're suddenly the rarest gun in the nation. My luck in a nutshell.

So much for that pre-election SBR.

[Garmanarnar]

I did injection molding operation and supervision for many years.

Using different color polymer in a injection molding operation isn't very much work at all. Flush the black from the hopper, swap your feed to the new color, run the nozzle until you get a steady fill of the new color, make minor adjustments for temp and set time. Takes about 10 minutes.

Except that non-black colors are heavier and weaker. There are often times design changes are needed for parts that will come in different colors. For example, the weight difference in a Green TRG stock is almost 1/2lb heavier than the Black TRG stock.

Can you expand on this? I've heard Magpul say things like this, and seen numerous reports of their Foliage and FDE items being weaker, but I don't understand why. What exactly is it about the black that makes it stronger, or lighter colors weaker?

[este]

Can you expand on this? I've heard Magpul say things like this, and seen numerous reports of their Foliage and FDE items being weaker, but I don't understand why. What exactly is it about the black that makes it stronger, or lighter colors weaker?

Sure. It's the dye. You have to add a little dye to get black. You have to add a lot of dye to get a consistent not-black. Dye has no stength and it's heavy.

Magpul's sand mag is genius because it's just the natural color of their plastic now, and dying them only adds a layer outside, not all the way through.

I know it doesn't seem a like a big deal, but it makes a huge difference.

[deathdealer]

Still waiting on mine also. They are backordered till 2nd quarter    o well ill just shoot my mpx more