A couple posts of note:
#185
Originally Posted by Andys051 View Post
Tyler you still gonna be selling small ak parts after the change up?
Yes sir! We just won't have mill time for reproduction receivers. However, we are currently purchasing more mills so perhaps in the future we will come back to it.
#186
Originally Posted by Comrades In Arms LLC View Post
I broke the bank yesterday and ordered 2. I didn't realize that this was your last run....debating getting a few more in the event I find a Type 2 in the future. Will you be offering any dealer pricing?
I spoke to the boss and we will not be able to offer dealer pricing on this run considering we will probably be out by the end of the week. However, he did say that if you and maybe some of your colleagues wanted to go in on a group buy around the quantity of 50 receivers we could make it happen in the near future.
To clarify, Denny is the "the boss."
Typically in the Galil group buys I've previously done, they require a certain # of commitments (usually 25) to run the production, and the commitments require a nonrefundable deposit of 20-25% full retail price (group buys typically get a 10-15% discount...).
I get their hesitancy on receivers as they do take a lot of machining, and w/ small margins, they don't want to sit on specialized inventory for months... However, in that thread talking about making firearms, I don't get it... Currently, the firearms industry has a glut of inventory despite a bunch of folks buying to beat the BATF fingerprinting and concerns about the next president. With gas prices so cheap, the pain will eventually come home to the US (though typically we are hit last and exiting first from global economic recessions). But when hit, it's swift and deep.
Point here, is that receivers while perhaps low volume is steady and consistent business as folks building out parts kits (far, far more parts kits than receivers out there) are committed but often do so incrementally vs haphazardly, whereas the accessory and firearms business is much more cold and hot. And if CNCW doesn't want to sit on $500 receiver inventory, why in the world would they want to sit on $1500+ custom firearm inventory -- no doubt anything they build will have good basics and the builders they use are typically very good as well, but premium products aren't really a game of margins/profitability when you have so many other high end import conversions currently available. Maybe they see something I don't, but I really doubt they'll ever entirely exit the bare receiver...
They're the best, folks are willing to pay what they ask, and the relative rarity of their receivers means folks will pay a premium whereas they may not for say an Arsenal vs CNCW milled AK, or an IMI Galil vs a CNCW one...
