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03-27-2021, 04:24 PM | #1 |
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Wholesale Parts?
Been a while since I've been on the forum! I'm potentially about to start supplying guns to a local dive shop so I'm back to shopping components. It's hard to make a respectable profit paying retail for all the parts, does anybody tips on where a builder can source wholesale priced parts to build batches of guns at a time? It's hard to compete with the big name CNC manufacturers when you're hand shaping each gun, so component pricing is about my best chance to increase margins. Any info is greatly appreciated!
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03-27-2021, 07:38 PM | #2 |
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Re: Wholesale Parts?
Look in Europe. Prices are half of what you pay in the USA.
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04-13-2021, 02:39 AM | #3 | |
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You have to sell the "handcrafted + each-one-is-unique + made-to-customer-specs + unbeatable finish + finish options (oiled VS epoxy coated VS cammo dessigns) + etc." idea... I thope you get what I am trying to say. I would suggest you to make two or three guns (of as differente sizes/styles as you can) and get them display on that dive shop, along with a portfolio/catalog of other guns you previously made (professional photographed, obviously). That should draw enough attention to get you a few initial orders. Build a reputation after that. I don't make guns for a living, just for fun. And recently I have been refinishing, rehandling, wood guns made by others. And here are a few things that can be made a lot better:
These are a few things I could think for you to up the quality of your guns to set you appart from others. And do not try to compete with, say, Riffe... because it will not work. Mikel |
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04-13-2021, 02:46 AM | #4 |
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Re: Wholesale Parts?
Regarding the hand shaping... Do not. Even if you are not CNC equipped, if you are making guns then you must have one or several routers. Make templates you can screw to your laminated/trued up blanks and mill away the contour, mech pocket, ballast pockets, etc. It is as easy as a flat piece of MDF (or harder material so it lasts longer) cut to shape and then use a copying routher bit.
You can make several for different gun sizes and different mechs. Takes time at the begining, but then are a joy to use. Same goes for pin hole placement if you are going to use pinned mechs. This is the best investment you can make to speed up future builds. Final shaping of the stock (if you want to go sexy euro curvy style instead of squarish US style) will require some manual work, but minimal and with little chance for error. Mikel |
04-14-2021, 08:32 PM | #5 | |
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Nice. Yeah this will be the first time I'm stamping out multiple guns of the same style so I'll definitely plan on making some templates and jigs. Thanks! |
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04-14-2021, 08:37 PM | #6 | |
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