Daniel Defense Manufacturing 99% of Everything In-house

[GH41]

You mean forging marks. AR receivers are forged, not cast.

The aluminum billet you forge was first cast. I knew what he ment.

[Doc Safari]

The obsession with with who makes every single part in a gun is childish to me.

I agree. Didn't some DD LPK's come with takedown pins that were out of spec a while back--like a few years back?

So much for in-house manufacturing.

[khc3]

The aluminum billet you forge was first cast. I knew what he ment.

I thought it was rolled.

[Hammer_Man]

They don't product their own forgings, if you look at their rifles on the shelf you'll see Cerro Forge, Alcoa, and Brass Aluminum Forging marks on their receivers. My guess is that they buy raw forgings in bulk from whoever happens to have what they need in stock, and then perform final machining once they get them.

[MegademiC]

This is rediculous.

Barrels:
Mine iron ore and other raw materials
Manufacture steel
Roll/cast (not sure of process) into raw material for barrel blanks
Create blanks
Finish machining
Chrome line and phosphate
Assemble with extension and drill gp
Proof/mp test


How many of these need to be done in-house to claim “made in-house?”

I dont make barrels, so just educated guessing at the steps involved

[ViniVidivici]

This is rediculous.

Barrels:
Mine iron ore and other raw materials
Manufacture steel
Roll/cast (not sure of process) into raw material for barrel blanks
Create blanks
Finish machining
Chrome line and phosphate
Assemble with extension and drill gp
Proof/mp test


How many of these need to be done in-house to claim “made in-house?”

I dont make barrels, so just educated guessing at the steps involved

You forgot heat treating, that barrel's gonna be garbage.😁

Yeah, from what I've read here and elswhere, everybody gets their raw forgings at a few places, then machines them. It's this final machining that makes a certain quality difference.

Ultimately, everybody outsources something, at some point in the process.

[titsonritz]

You forgot heat treating, that barrel's gonna be garbage.��

Melonite will fix that.

[ABNAK]

While it may be stating the obvious, I don't think chroming anything takes place at DD. A little over a year ago they had a sale on their chromed BCG's. I ordered one but when it didn't come in short order and I called to check on the status (I took the ad as meaning they were in stock) I was told they were waiting for a batch to come back from being chromed.

[crossgun]

WOW so what some of you guys appear to be saying is that you cant be a stock maker without owning a forest and planting trees?

I have yet to see GM or Ford make a tire but I do give them credit for making a car. Is there a point to this?

If you design, test, machine, inspect, assemble, warehouse and distribute in house then I believe you can say fully integrated. Beyond that its going to take something like Beretta Italy who at one time probably did it all down to the raw material.

[Gtorq21]

I still want a mk18 pistol before 2020.

Is there a reason before 2020. New law or something?