@bauerdb2 I know that you didn’t mean to be unappreciative but it’s hard to not be offended. I’ve had tremendous support so far, even with being completely transparent about the est. high cost. True, there’s going to be a population of people that don’t see the value and that’s fine. I’m not making these for those people.
Currently, I’ve been blessed with the assistance of Curtis Higgins, owner of S&H Arms. Curtis has more experience with the FNC than anyone else here in the United States and is the chief reason why we (US residents) have thousands of FNC “transferables”. Of course, I recognize that there’s a few registered receivers here in the country (I have one myself) but the vast majority of select-fire FNCs are sear guns where to the very best of my knowledge S&H is the only company that made them. I say this with the hope that people here feel some comfort, knowing that
Such a high level of thought and consideration is being put into this project.
Individuals have talked about doing these bolts for years yet nobody has stepped up to make a notable attempt by even starting this project and I can absolutely see why. A 3D scan (reverse engineering, ie just the model file) runs about $5,000 but in addition to that, there’s of course more engineering work like toleranced drawings, etc., and then there’s the complex machining, heat treating, coating. All of this is sunk cost even before I factor in my time / resources. I’m gonna be really lucky if I break even.
Further detail: As with anything, small production-runs severely inflate peace prices which absolutely applies to this project. I speculate that I can only sell a couple hundred of these… right? What do you think that costs (referring above)? Also, the people that need these are the same people that are willing to spend $6,000 on a semi auto and upwards of $20,000 for a full-auto. If there’s even the slightest hesitation in your mind that $500-$650 isn’t worth a bolt that’s been relatively unobtainable for decades well… then that’s not someone that I’m willing to deal with.
I have a serious offer for anybody that’s willing to take it. If someone wants to relieve me of the risk associated with this bolt project by giving me the capital upfront for 500 bolts than I’ll sell the bolts for $265 each. Deal?? An added benefit would be that you would own all the IP that I create, but you’d have to pedal the bolts until they’re all sold. Once I deliver functioning parts, I’m out.
As I’ve mentioned before, there’s not a fortune to be made making the specialty parts. Honestly, my reason for even trying is because people say it can’t be done and I think that’s nonsense. It absolutely can be done but quite frankly it’s not worth it as a commercial venture.