Just keepin my eye's on stuff

[Rsquared]

Being the local Armalite pusher, I figured that I'd throw this out. Was just browsing through the (brace yourself everybody) Armalite sight, and noticed that they've given a little bump to the prices of some of thier parts. Not by much, mind you. Not nearly enough to stop an AR-10 (sleep with it.....shower with it.....take it for long romantic walks)junkie like me. Just noticed that things like field re-build kits, firing pin kits, extractors, yata, yata, yata....have gone up by about 5 bucks. Like I said, not enough to make me wince when I order stuff. Just an observation. Who knows.....maybe this means that a bunch of parts are about to start spilling out. HEY! A brother can hope can't he?

[imschur]

Im noticing increases everywhere. I think everybody is paying more up the food chain.

[Rsquared]

You mean like raw cost's of materials? That would probably make sense.

[imschur]

and the folks who provide parts and services

[brazosvet]

Yes, but the gummit sez there is no inflation.

[jrtMA]

Some of the machines that produce many of these parts can cost millions. This is more for the larger parts. A company as big as Armalite might just be buying more to produce more. Just a complete shot in the dark guess...or they could just be trying to make more coin. Who can blame 'em. People will continue eating it all up regardless of whether there's a small bump in price.

[Rsquared]

True. They could be trying to make a little more on thier parts. After all, they are a business and not a charity. But, to be fair, thier prices (for parts and such) have been pretty consistent for quite a few years.

 

Now I'm not defending them. But,as I said, a small price bump wouldn't stop me (or slow me down) from buying parts.

 

Hmmmmm. Isn't that the definition of a junkie after all?

[98Z5V]

Comes down to personnel, in a big way.  Just to keep up with this silliness, many companies are running multiple shifts, and 24-hour operations.  That turns into some decent overtime pay, because it's tough to find (more) qualified people that can do some of this stuff.  My observations.

[jrtMA]

Comes down to personnel, in a big way.  Just to keep up with this silliness, many companies are running multiple shifts, and 24-hour operations.  That turns into some decent overtime pay, because it's tough to find (more) qualified people that can do some of this stuff.  My observations.

Very good point.