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Expert opinions wanted on chamber problem
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<blockquote data-quote="Hired Gun" data-source="post: 1304606" data-attributes="member: 1290"><p>It is impossible to equate the total cost of a rifle built by a manufacturer in terms of quality to one built by the typical accuracy smith. </p><p> </p><p>For example:</p><p></p><p>Say a well know semi custom rifle builder "Company X" builds tactical style 50BMG rifles for $12,000. The semi custom built by "Company X" will look very good but when you disassemble and examine by gauges and micrometers you will find a few compromises. What you get out of the box from "Company X" is a rifle built by team of hourly employees watching the clock because production is at least as important as ultimate quality. They have a pretty wide range of what is "good enough". The bigger the company the worse this becomes as a problem. On this assembly line as soon as the parts go down the line that is the end of the control on what happens farther down the line. When you call you will very likely not be able to find out who worked on the part in question. A bigger company has much higher overhead, taxes, support employees, and all sorts of overhead driving the price of this rifle including a specific amount of profit. </p><p></p><p>The typical accuracy smith can build that exact same rifle including the exact same if not better parts for around $5000. For $5000 you get a rifle with the exact same parts. Built by one guy to painstaking close tolerances on every machining procedure right down to the bedding and coating. There should be no room for improvement inside and out. If there is any questions you should be able to talk directly to the guy that built or assembled every aspect of your rifle. His overhead and production costs are a fraction of the manufacturer. The cost disparity is actually much greater because the bigger this company is the cheaper they can obtain the parts. Further driving the difference in quality for your dollar. If there is a flaw found it get's taken care of or risks just one review going far and wide destroying his reputation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hired Gun, post: 1304606, member: 1290"] It is impossible to equate the total cost of a rifle built by a manufacturer in terms of quality to one built by the typical accuracy smith. For example: Say a well know semi custom rifle builder "Company X" builds tactical style 50BMG rifles for $12,000. The semi custom built by "Company X" will look very good but when you disassemble and examine by gauges and micrometers you will find a few compromises. What you get out of the box from "Company X" is a rifle built by team of hourly employees watching the clock because production is at least as important as ultimate quality. They have a pretty wide range of what is "good enough". The bigger the company the worse this becomes as a problem. On this assembly line as soon as the parts go down the line that is the end of the control on what happens farther down the line. When you call you will very likely not be able to find out who worked on the part in question. A bigger company has much higher overhead, taxes, support employees, and all sorts of overhead driving the price of this rifle including a specific amount of profit. The typical accuracy smith can build that exact same rifle including the exact same if not better parts for around $5000. For $5000 you get a rifle with the exact same parts. Built by one guy to painstaking close tolerances on every machining procedure right down to the bedding and coating. There should be no room for improvement inside and out. If there is any questions you should be able to talk directly to the guy that built or assembled every aspect of your rifle. His overhead and production costs are a fraction of the manufacturer. The cost disparity is actually much greater because the bigger this company is the cheaper they can obtain the parts. Further driving the difference in quality for your dollar. If there is a flaw found it get's taken care of or risks just one review going far and wide destroying his reputation. [/QUOTE]
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