Bond Arms Snake Slayer

Prophet River said:
Actually, Gordon (Bond) seems to care a great deal about us poor Canucks :) Seems he worked oil patch here and in Texas with a lot of Canadians and knows us well.

I had a great talk with him a few weeks ago and suggested a few more calibers would sell well. Specifically, the 22 lr. seems the issue isn't that he doesn't want to; its that the 22 lr would be too heavy in the barrels and throws the balance off. Now, we might tolerate this but he would have trouble selling enough to make it worthwhile.

One he suggested for we Canadians is a set of barrels with one 22 lr barrel and the other in 410. He thought that would lighten it enough to work well. He even said he might call this setup "the Canadian".
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Right on.
I'm glad the .357's have at least made it up north in 4.25"!
Do you know what barrels they currently make that are 4.25"?

Maybe I'm reading it wrong but on their website it lists the Ranger with a 4.25" barrel and then lists the following caliber options,



Barrel:
4 1/4″
Weight:
23 1/2 oz.
Length:
6 1/4″
Stocks:
Black Ash Star Grips
Sights:
Bladefront and Fixed Rear
Features:
• 4 1/4″ barrel
• Interchangeable Barrels
• Automatic Extractor
••••(EXCEPT FOR 9mm,40S&W,10mm and .45 ACP)
• Rebounding Hammer
• Retracting Firing Pins
• Crossbolt Safety
• Spring-Loaded Cammed Locking Lever
•••• (for a tighter barrel/frame fit and Rapid loading and unloading)
• Stainless Steel with Satin Polish Finish
Calibers:
.410/45LC with 3″ chambers45 Colt/.410 Shot Shell(rifled)
.357 MAG/.38 Spl
.45 ACP
.45 Colt, Only
.45 Glock Auto
.44 Special
44-40 Winchester
.40 S&W
10 mm
9 mm
32 H & R Mag
.22 Long Rifle
.22 Mag.Retail Price:
 
TinkerBell said:
Aluminium Barrels with steel liners... probably cut his cost down as well since it is easier to machine.
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Hmmmm... If you use a rifled steel liner, you might be able to get away with powder metallurgy for the rest. It'd cut down the machining just to the mating surfaces.

How much do Selective Laser Sintering / Electron Beam Melting cost, these days?
 
SCDL said:
Hmmmm... If you use a rifled steel liner, you might be able to get away with powder metallurgy for the rest. It'd cut down the machining just to the mating surfaces.

How much do Selective Laser Sintering / Electron Beam Melting cost, these days?
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I think for setup cost and such the cnc billet over a casting would be cheaper in the short run.... the setup for casting would be prohibitive and I am sure he has the external dimensions programmed in to CNC type software.... then he just has to bore the barrel and set it up for rimfire, which he allready does with smaller barrel lengths.
 
TinkerBell said:
I think for setup cost and such the cnc billet over a casting would be cheaper in the short run.... the setup for casting would be prohibitive and I am sure he has the external dimensions programmed in to CNC type software.... then he just has to bore the barrel and set it up for rimfire, which he allready does with smaller barrel lengths.
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Additive manufacturing does not require a mould. For small production runs, it can be cost-effective.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7--ZWPVVdQ

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