M305 parts?Marstar.
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I told all of you not to buy ONE ! You did not listen !!
Buy TWO of them !
See ? I was right all along !!! The wonderful and all-seeing JohnOne from Marstar confirms what I've been telling you all !
The buy 2 line is fine until you try to buy two of anything. I actually listened and was going to buy a 9mm 1911 only to find them unavailable.
maple_leaf_eh
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
The idea of manufacturing parts in Canada for M14s is not as farfethed as first thought. Springfield Armory (sic) contracts to a company in St Laurent Quebec (Alpha Castings, or something) for several components, including receivers. I emailed the company and was told that they don't sell individual parts and no they had no plans to do so. So I replied, who owns the production? Whoever contracts them owns the run, and must supply the drawings. The blueprints exist on the net; I have some of them already.
So, before a helpful CGN'er with a CNC machine in his tool shed uses up another permission from the wife, maybe there needs to be some investigation of what it would take to manufacture and sell parts for M14s HERE from our own resources. Some smart people need to do the business case to see what are the options.
So, before a helpful CGN'er with a CNC machine in his tool shed uses up another permission from the wife, maybe there needs to be some investigation of what it would take to manufacture and sell parts for M14s HERE from our own resources. Some smart people need to do the business case to see what are the options.
DECKARD;
Our shipment of 1911a1 in 9mm, as was the rest of the container, six months late....
As far as I know we filled most of the back orders, wish list, wants list, waiting list etc , etc....
Are you saying that if we have some cancellations you want two ?
Let me know
John
Our shipment of 1911a1 in 9mm, as was the rest of the container, six months late....
As far as I know we filled most of the back orders, wish list, wants list, waiting list etc , etc....
Are you saying that if we have some cancellations you want two ?
Let me know
John
MAKING PARTS;
I know the folks at Alphacast, nice people, high quality production....
In fact they produce components for many of the major firarms firms.... That said, they produce investment castings, NOT finished parts....
From what I have been told the company who owns the molds ($$$$) owns the production rights....
John
I know the folks at Alphacast, nice people, high quality production....
In fact they produce components for many of the major firarms firms.... That said, they produce investment castings, NOT finished parts....
From what I have been told the company who owns the molds ($$$$) owns the production rights....
John
From that I have a few questions, and I am not expecting precise answers but a general responce would be great.
Approx how many would you guess are still comming before the drought? How many have you purchased and not yet sold?
The rifles that show-up here in canada for sale and did not come through Marstar - where are they getting them if you purchased all the remaining rifles??? Or with simple logic can I assume that they are the Marstar rejects comming in??
H
I really want to do that, sadly its taking time to save money for said machines.
Dimitri
I really want to do that, sadly its taking time to save money for said machines.
Dimitri
In my opinion, at the slim margin of profit that modern machine shops make for CNC operations, you'd be best off to prototype the component and farm the production work out. Many shops run their machines 24 hours a day just to make a profit.
If they got to run their machines 24 hours a day they have a problem (ether bought too expensive machines, are not doing a good job of factoring in over head, not quoting jobs well or who knows what else) and I wouldn't be working for them.
Also I dont care about making a profit as long as parts go out the door and I've got enough money at the end of the day to pay myself (and any employees I might end up hiring) a livable wage, I don't care if I end up with 1$ or 1,000,000$ in profit at the end of the year/quarter. I'm not a investor or a shareholder worried about making a buck without doing any work.
Dimitri
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Polar Man
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
On a related note, it would be cool to see some cheek rests as well, there must be a motivated entrepeneur out there to make a bunch of these and either sell them on CGN or their own website.
Great, go for it. You've got an interesting web site. I'm also interested in machining. I've taken some courses at the local community college and done work as a lathe operator back in the 80's. I've also taken CNC programming at our local community college. Looks like you've done a lot of the same kind of work. What I'd like to see is a compact muzzle brake for the M14. Something suitable for hunting. I'm thinking the most compact and simplest design would be a thread on with a jamb nut all to fit the threads of the norinco barrels. If we could get some blanks done up without the brake holes machined, we could experiment with finding the most effective pattern and design of holes. Something similar to the magna port might be a good start, as its more muzzle flip than recoil that needs reducing for rapid fire.
My comments about slim profits come from talking to owners of machine shops that do large contract work. It seems doing work like finishing castings and large production runs is an extremely competitive business.
My comments about slim profits come from talking to owners of machine shops that do large contract work. It seems doing work like finishing castings and large production runs is an extremely competitive business.
If they got to run their machines 24 hours a day they have a problem (ether bought too expensive machines, are not doing a good job of factoring in over head, not quoting jobs well or who knows what else) and I wouldn't be working for them.
Also I dont care about making a profit as long as parts go out the door and I've got enough money at the end of the day to pay myself (and any employees I might end up hiring) a livable wage, I don't care if I end up with 1$ or 1,000,000$ in profit at the end of the year/quarter. I'm not a investor or a shareholder worried about making a buck without doing any work.
Dimitri
Grizzlypeg,
Glad to hear you like my site and are interested (and have learnt) machining! I've wanted to be a machinist since I was in Grade 9, now I'm finally doing it and its great.
Only thing is its going to take a while to get the money for the machines, not too long I hope but probably about 2-3 years of steady saving.
After that anything anyone asks they would like developed for the M14/M1A or made up I'll probably do it! Including your muzzle break. Make a few different styles and mail them to you for testing sounds good ??
Dimitri
Glad to hear you like my site and are interested (and have learnt) machining! I've wanted to be a machinist since I was in Grade 9, now I'm finally doing it and its great.
Only thing is its going to take a while to get the money for the machines, not too long I hope but probably about 2-3 years of steady saving.
After that anything anyone asks they would like developed for the M14/M1A or made up I'll probably do it! Including your muzzle break. Make a few different styles and mail them to you for testing sounds good ??
Dimitri
