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Having worked for 1 firearms manufacturer for 3 years and currently working for another one, I think I have a pretty good idea of what goes into making parts.
After all that, it is still just a piece of aluminum. There are far more machining processes needed to machine a lower and those are only 90 bucks. Handguard prices are so high because people will pay it.
I agree with Stickman. I am steering clear of this thread any longer.
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I'd like to learn more about the magnesium alloy that is being used for this product. I have gathered it is lighter than the aluminum offerings. How does it compare in the area of strength?
From what I have been able to find on the internet, it sounds like these magnesium alloys are a relatively newer technology and that significant obstacles had to be addressed before it became viable.
Obviously BCM has not told us exactly what material will be used to make this product, but what do others know about magnesium alloys in this type of application?
seems like a terrible analogy to me, and a terrible way to introduce yourself to a couple of the most knowledgeable members of this forum (stick and Iraq have been contributing longer than you've worked for your "1 firearms manufacturer" whatever that means).
you're not just paying for the material, you're paying for the time, research, testing, and engineering that went into developing a NEW product, not some lower receiver that has been produced the same way for decades.
Designing a handguard isn't like inventing the jet engine. It's a piece of metal, usually aluminum, that is machined into a shape. Does it really need to be 3-400 dollars? How many R&D hours could possibly justify a 400 dollar tube shaped piece of metal?
This is by no means a knock on BCM, I'm sure their product will be as great as all their other parts. My comments are about free float handguards in general. How revolutionary can a tube of metal be to justify a 3-400 price tag?
ETA: To those of you that work for BCM posting here and the OP, I'm sorry if my comments are derailing this thread about what will undoubtedly be another amazing BCM product. My comments were solely meant to let Stickman know that there are many folks, myself included, that think that handguard prices are a little insane for what they are and the poster's comment that I was defending wasn't completely out of line like Stickman would have us believe.
Last edited by SigSlave; 07-28-13 at 02:05.
No, because it takes a ton more R&D to design a firearm with moving parts than it does to design a tube of metal.
If you guys want to continue paying absurd amounts of money for a tube, more power to you.
Out of respect for BCM, I'm done posting in this thread. I will say one thing before I go. I hope BCM can keep this product in the 200 dollar range too.
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