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Post by killbucket on Jul 12, 2007 11:10:31 GMT -5
To quote myself from another forum:
"If this gun had arrived in baggies, for me to assemble, I'd still be happy with it. Somebody needs to address this market segment, because I am out there...How many custom projects would go faster if the gun was already apart? WITH FULL INSTRUCTION FOR SUCCESSFUL ASSEMBLY OF COURSE.
As RC cars all go into boxes as Ready-To-Run now, I switched to AEG's for the wrenching fun. Really.
It would seem logical to assume that others like me are looking for project fodder.
Would this be all that hair-brained?"
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Post by CharleyNovember on Jul 12, 2007 11:42:31 GMT -5
Like RC cars you have 2 types those that want to just get the damn car and put gas/ batteries in and go and then those that enjoy the build. +1 for me as I enjoy a build but it has to be something I want.
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Post by killbucket on Jul 12, 2007 11:58:15 GMT -5
At this point, I would have paid Kapowwe $10 EXTRA to take the gun down for me...
For instance, I want to REALLY modify my SCAR (sorry I keep mentioning modern items, I meant to say MP-40, really). But taking it apart (while learning how it is assembled, don't forget) and bagging parts takes time, time I don't have a lot of...
I would expect pricing to be better than those on complete guns, like an M14 for $80+S&H. I'll review the pricing on RC KITS, if I can find any...
EDIT:
I'm not going to do this with any of my guns. EVER.
I'm just wondering if a whole market segment is being ignored by the airsoft industry.
I'm selfishly wanting pre-knocked-down guns, that's all.
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Post by 2nd Bat on Jul 12, 2007 13:47:25 GMT -5
You can buy the seperate components for example the gear box by itself for a wide variety of guns, You can buy after market hop up buckings, high speed motors, custom gears and seperate upgraded barrels. In essence a build it yourself project. I think the outlet you're talking about is available to you.
If you mean a stock regular gun arriving in parts the labor in the China is so low the cost would be the same perhaps even higher due to the packaging and the requirement for elaborate assembly instructions and help line requirements that you know all too well would be essential.
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Post by CharleyNovember on Jul 12, 2007 14:03:20 GMT -5
You can buy kits to change existing guns to something else SL9 comes to mind there are others doesn't really do what you want exactly though.
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Post by Tough Ombre on Jul 12, 2007 20:47:02 GMT -5
I would like that... though i have already figured out how to take apart a gun.... im very mechanical in that aspect.... and i have a pictoral memory so when i take apart the gearbox i can remember where everything went, and what i cant remember i can figure it out through logic. I have been taking apart my airsoft guns since literally the first one i got... when i was about 12 or 13 lol.
-Cary
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Post by biged on Jul 13, 2007 5:16:59 GMT -5
A kit gun? - Yes - Having instructions in English is HUGE a bonus!
The Inokatsu M60's were sold as a kit - I put together 3 before the demand took a dump.
I get about 3-4 guns in pieces every week to fix & re-assemble. A Gearbox in a ziplock is always a challenge.
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Post by Capt. Zak on Jul 28, 2007 22:13:30 GMT -5
A kit gun? - Yes - Having instructions in English is HUGE a bonus! ///ed/// Took the words right out of my mouth! |
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Post by killbucket on Jul 30, 2007 9:46:54 GMT -5
The M60 would still be available if it had been sold as a functioning gun...I would have more than one.
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Post by TommyGunner on Jul 30, 2007 13:16:10 GMT -5
Yep I say a kit gun that includes a ready to plop in M-14 gear box and feed system would be great, compared to a finished gun how much woudl it cost to buy a ready to assemble gun.
TommyGunner
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