A recent episode had Rich Wyatt building a .338 Lapua for a CO police swat team who had a $5K budget. Wyatt agreed to “lose money” and build it for a promise of more .338 rifles to be ordered. Now there are several off-the-shelf rifles for considerably less than $5K such as from Weatherby.
Same show a customer came in with grandpas old 870 Wingmaster and wanted to make it a home defense gun. Wyatt charged him +/- $800 to ruin the classic 870 when he could have sold him a Mossberg or Remington for less and saved grandpas Wingmaster. He also gave the guy something like $200 for a TC scoped single shot worth about $700-800 toward the project.
True, those folks agreed to the deals, but I don't respect that sort of dealing.
Well, let’s back up a bit further.
No SWAT team needs a .338 Lapua. They simply don’t take shots at the distance which would indicate a .338 LM. Period. Any desire by any bunch of donut-nibblers for a .338 LM is mental masturbation on the cops’ part.
As for the other deals... I have to stop now. There’s only so much ranting I can do in one day, and I’ve already met my quota.