Well, sure...and I understand that you're using exaggeration to illustrate your point, but no one is talking about putting a $1000 barrel on it.
I would gladly pay $100 or $200 extra to get a high quality barrel. Absolutely, yes.
Of course, I think much of this depends on personal priorities, such as intended use. I would be looking at this thing to use in dynamic shooting/carbine matches (b/c I'm anticipating that the 10 round mags for my AR will soon be made "illegal" by the Mounties). So ya, gimme that fancy barrel and a top notch trigger. I'll gladly pay extra if it shaves a few seconds off of my time in a match...
"Among the many misdeeds of British rule in India, history will look upon the act of depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest." - Mohandas Gandhi
It's not the buffer tube that has me worried, it's the clearance on the lower receiver as the rods run right up tight to the receiver. It looks like the receiver I got be a little thicker right at the rear where the buffer tube mounts.
I took the poll on fb. I second the 10mm, and would love a 45ACP exchange kit. How far down the road before this all goes down?
We don't have one of those stocks here.
Our buffer tube is a standard mil spec.
If someone has the buttstock, and is handy with a set of calibers and can give me ACCURATE dimensions and a drawing to show where all dimensions are taken from, I can take a look for you.
Or ship us the stock, and we'll try it on
Based on more polling, and per client request
We are now deleting the carbon fiber option.
We will try to still get some in for those who wish to upgrade.
However, all barrels will now be 100% 416R Stainless Steel, same precision 5R button rifling.
Due to the savings of changing barrel companies, we are now able to use that saved money to include our take down handguard for FREE
We did look into non SS barrels, and the cost difference was about 20$, however the non SS would need to have a black nitrite coating to protect them from rusting, and that additional cost brought the price up to be nearly identical.
SS was the best choice!
Awesome, that is a good move in my opinion. Also will make you more competitive with other PCC's that are rumored to be in the works.