Rock-climby-Dave
Retired Moderator
- Dec 29, 2009
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Basically, the reason why us airsofters have to pay through the nose for magpul parts is that:
real ones don't melt.
no really, that's it. Think about it - we don't need out parts to sustain the same shocks or heat that a real steel part would, so our parts don't have to be made of the same stuff and can be manufactured for a lower cost.
This is great, magpul parts for cheap
but then real steel owners would see these parts and put them on a real steel firearm (espeically over in the states).
then the part malufunctions, melts or cracks and they either get burns from molten plastics or sue magpul.
So magpul price their parts so that they are cheaper than the real steel bits, but not cheap enough for real steel firearms owners to buy them instead of the safer propper parts - magpul aren't sued, people dont burn their hands - everyone's a winner! (except us airsofters)
essentially, it's a safety feature to make the parts so expensive.
real ones don't melt.
no really, that's it. Think about it - we don't need out parts to sustain the same shocks or heat that a real steel part would, so our parts don't have to be made of the same stuff and can be manufactured for a lower cost.
This is great, magpul parts for cheap
but then real steel owners would see these parts and put them on a real steel firearm (espeically over in the states).
then the part malufunctions, melts or cracks and they either get burns from molten plastics or sue magpul.
So magpul price their parts so that they are cheaper than the real steel bits, but not cheap enough for real steel firearms owners to buy them instead of the safer propper parts - magpul aren't sued, people dont burn their hands - everyone's a winner! (except us airsofters)
essentially, it's a safety feature to make the parts so expensive.