I've been curiousHow much does actually constructing popular firearms cost these major companies to produce? The steel, the polymer, the aluminum etcThen shaping out the weaponI'm NOT looking for the retail value hereI'm wondering about these particular firearms -AR-15Ruger 10/22AK-47Bolt action riflesLever action riflesSemi auto pistolsrevolversAny link to some info reguarding this would be coolthanks.
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Good manufacturing accounting would say we need to come in about 1/2 of what we can retail the item atless if possibleYour question almost answers itself in a wayThe better the wood, the more hand fitting, the complexity of the finishes all add cost to the manufacturing processA revolver (traditional) requires a chunk of forged steelmills and other tools cut away every thing thats not a gunso now we have a semi finished frame and every other part needs fitting to that frame and some parts to each otherVery labor intensiveThen everything gets polished and blued ( a several step process with a lot of hand work)Build the same thing with polymer and CNC machineswe get the frame with every nook cranny and hole cast in placethe small parts require little work and the modular nature requires assembly instead of a trained experienced person with some discretion to put it togetherRuger mastered investment castingthey get a strong product and eliminate a lot of steps compared to forging conventional steelYour list includes the AKand the AK can be assembled in the 3rd worldrivets, sheet steelsimple shapesif you have the barrels and bolts sent inthe rest of the gun can be built (literally) with hammers and filesBuilt in a factory- very cheap to manufacture on simple machinery with non skilled help.
