Dude is selling them in the EE right now for $250 a piece. Ridiculous. But shooters have long since grown weary of five round rifles and some will pay anything to get their fix.
I'm sorry, can you clarify your statement? Who is selling what on EE? Adapters? Can i see the link please.
Anywho, i wanted to give people an update.
Progress has been slow. Being side tracked by different manufacturing processes and people who promise #### they cant deliver on, has been a major one. Ofcourse life gets in the way too.
I wanted to show you latest version.
As i've stated before, I will not price this thing more than the average price of the SKS. Thats pointless. Sure, some people will pay for it, like someone mentioned earlier, there are those who will give $100+ for a beowulf magazine. I want this thing to be affordable, so LOTS of you guys can go and enjoy it. Making it out of alu with a CNC i was being quoted at $150, that doesnt take into account the mag release, springs or any of my time. Making them at home is NOT an option. I have a well paying full time job and to spend all my free time in the garage paying myself $5 is just not worth it. Having said that, upon urging of my friends and family i have started the patent application format. If these adapters come out they will have a pat pending label on them.
With that being said here is the latest.
I've dwelved into CAD and learning 3d design. So that was a steep curve. I've done some CAD stuff 2 years ago briefly while working but switched jobs before i could really jump into it.
I've decided to try and make the adapters out of polymer. Fancy name for plastic to be honest. This is what i'd like to do. I would love to sell these for cheap, so cheap that you consider them a throwaway item that you can replace if it fails and not feel bad about it. Cheaper than what the milling of the receiver would cost. Get this thing in EVERYONE's hands. If this fails i will basically call it quits and select few people will get them. The aluminum adapters are not completed yet, but once those are done, i will sell them and forget about this project, enjoy my own shooting time.
I remember that some of you have asked that the adapter allow the magazine to be fed from stripper clips. I'm happy to say that its been accomplished as well. Here's a short video. Mind you i'm pushing down with one finger while balancing the gun on my lap and recording with my other hand.
questions? comments? I know a lot of you will be dissapointed that no metal adapter is coming. Its just not feasible for me to continue down that path.