DAR 701 said:
$15.00 each is what Numrich Arms used to sell them for before they raised the price this year to $33.75 for VG-EXC USGI synthetic stocks. They still sell the fair condition stocks for $16.85 but no longer ship them to Canada.
considering how much work goes in any of those stocks....
33.75 plus taxes, shipping, sanding, painting....
It took me several hours just to cut the stencils for the marpat.
all work in, I think it was more expensive than sending them to SKBY.
The amount of overtime I could have worked in that time exceeds by far the expectations....
I'll break it down for you:- for the guy that does one single stock.
the stock.... whatever you pay for it...
1. sanding : the sandpaper 3.45$ ; work 20min.
2. filling the selector cut/op-rog guide pin: materials JB weld 9$; Marinetex - 57$ We take JB, but it looks better with the Marinetex. Work : on hour
3. final sanding/ the filling trim. denat.alcohool 3.25$. 20 min.
4. priming. primer 7$ 15 min.
5. Painting... the paint 7$ 30 min.
6. clearcoating 7$. 20 min.
so buy the stock with whatever and add 37$ plus tax materials and 2h 45 min worth of your time non included the dead time between drying/ coatings, the mess and the inevitable cleanup... the whole thing is expected to take up to 4-5 days.
for camo jobs, add the cost of stencils,extra paint and the tremendous time/effort to cut them and spot paint those patterns . Did I mention the amount of disposable gloves one has to use?
if the stock is less than VG, then add the fiberglass repair kit (25$) and good luck with that.
To all these add the "blessed" curve of learning. You can take pride in your job and nothing equals that, but 90% of the times it will be visible an amateur job.
I am sorry I didn't send mine ot SKBY.it took me waaaay longer than the times aforementioned to get a decent job.
this whole description is my personal take on people that consider the prices that they see somewhere as the actual cost of using that product.
Famous is the Stevens rifle for 319$.
