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I was out at the rumored $2,600 price point.
I don't think it's really an unreasonable price for a gun with so many unique and bespoke parts.
$3,300 is more than I want to spend on one.
BUT!
The entire production run sold out in less than an hour.
That speaks to an unsatisfied demand.
All of those expensive, bespoke parts get cheaper if you make a lot more of them and get the price down.
I am not sure what the number of people who want such a rifle are, but I was tempted at $2,600 and out at $3,300. It'd have been a done deal at $2,200!
I am, also, not sure of what kind of margins are built into the production of this rifle.
Economies of scale can make a lower margin pay more than a higher margin in increased sales.
DSA sells a generic metric pattern FAL for about $2k so depending on what they need to do to make a T48 they could undercut PSA. Of course DSA could be the contractor for H&R which may preclude cutting out the middle man, or consume all of their capacity
ReplyDeleteDSA is the actual manufacturer of the H&R T48 repop. I am thinking that PSA is charging $500 for the roll-mark.
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