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Posted on 10/07/2010 9:55:41 AM PDT by Neil E. Wright
America! It's about
” The conversion will take five years and will cost about $7,800 per rifle.”
HUH? I would say that seems a “little” excessive. Does this include test firing with custom bedding and tuning for each rifle?
The jury needs to see pictures to determine..
Yummy. I remember shooting some rare 2 3/4 inch magnum 12 gauge loads at some oil drums with my friends years ago. Talk about a blast. This .300 mag must be a load of fun.
So just who is getting that money?
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If the upgrade costs $7,800 per rifle, how much would a new one cost?
Give the troops something that works. .223 in Afghanistan is pretty worthless.
What about this from Bushmaster. $4900. Ten rounds .50 BMG but it says bolt action. The Barrett I think is semi-auto.
http://www.bushmaster.com/catalog_military_BCW3M_22-50BMGLW.asp
Dunno. We haven’t gotten the bid back from China yet...
So we are keeping the trigger guard and the forestock from the existing M24, and tossing the rest?
I’m not a gunsmith, but I’m pretty sure I can help out with that for far less money, in much shorter time.
Tell them to get those sweatshops humming!
Where has the Army been? I've been sniping with this round since 1977.
I guess this is the first time they have been able to get the price UP to $7800 a pop. Gotta hand it to the Army!
.300 Win mag. with a folding stock. That’s gonna leave a mark.
How many new .300 WinMags can you buy for $7800?!?
At $7,800 each, they should at least come with an attached toilet seat.
I know a custom rifle maker who will make you a one of a kind, accurized (guaranteed to shoot 1/2 minute groups w/ good ammo), personalized, .300 Win mag for $3500.00 all day long!
Probably.
They may not have funds in the bucket to procure new weapons, but may have funds in the maintenance/upgrades bucket. If so, what they are doing makes sense, in a government procurement kinda way. It may end up costing more to the taxpayers because it includes armory costs, but that is the way most of these things happen.
I agree with you, they could have a better deal with a clean, competitive, procurement for new firearms, but then they would have to figure out what to do with the old rifles so they do not fall into civilian hands later, as these guys will not work with the CMP.
Military Intelligence?
Also, Marcus Luttrell carried the SR-25 in Afghanistan.
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