Comments on: Best Sniper Rifle in the World? http://www.saysuncle.com/2008/11/26/best-sniper-rifle-in-the-world/ Remember, I do this to entertain me... not you. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:36:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Harold http://www.saysuncle.com/2008/11/26/best-sniper-rifle-in-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-210940 Harold Fri, 28 Nov 2008 13:24:38 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=20117#comment-210940 Michael Hawkins: It's a new variety of the Arctic Warfare Super Magnum they already have in service and that's been around for a decade. See Wikipedia http://tinyurl.com/57yc77 for what's been changed in this upgrade. Unless the rifle needed a modification for the higher velocity and pressure round, the engineering costs shouldn't be all that high, but when you add all these new widgets and probably some spare barrels (snipers have to shoot a lot to get and stay proficient) we can see at least some of where the per unit cost got so high. Michael Hawkins: It’s a new variety of the Arctic Warfare Super Magnum they already have in service and that’s been around for a decade. See Wikipedia http://tinyurl.com/57yc77 for what’s been changed in this upgrade.

Unless the rifle needed a modification for the higher velocity and pressure round, the engineering costs shouldn’t be all that high, but when you add all these new widgets and probably some spare barrels (snipers have to shoot a lot to get and stay proficient) we can see at least some of where the per unit cost got so high.

]]> By: Michael Hawkins http://www.saysuncle.com/2008/11/26/best-sniper-rifle-in-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-210930 Michael Hawkins Thu, 27 Nov 2008 18:08:23 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=20117#comment-210930 It's a new model rifle, I suppose the price is jacked up into the extreme because of the low volume of sales ... not like they'll be mass producing these rifles, so the few that get sold will have to carry the full cost of design and tooling engineering. It’s a new model rifle, I suppose the price is jacked up into the extreme because of the low volume of sales … not like they’ll be mass producing these rifles, so the few that get sold will have to carry the full cost of design and tooling engineering.

]]> By: Harold http://www.saysuncle.com/2008/11/26/best-sniper-rifle-in-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-210897 Harold Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:15:44 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=20117#comment-210897 georgeh: Military contracts frequently also include services, especially maintenance. In the US at least there's also a very high overhead for dealing with all the paperwork, contracting office, etc. That's where the $600 (or whatever) hammer garbage came from. The hammer didn't cost nearly that much (although it was for working on jet engines as I recall), but when the yearly overhead for the maintenance items contract was divided by the number of items purchased, that bumped up its official Congressional grandstanding "price". georgeh: Military contracts frequently also include services, especially maintenance. In the US at least there’s also a very high overhead for dealing with all the paperwork, contracting office, etc.

That’s where the $600 (or whatever) hammer garbage came from. The hammer didn’t cost nearly that much (although it was for working on jet engines as I recall), but when the yearly overhead for the maintenance items contract was divided by the number of items purchased, that bumped up its official Congressional grandstanding “price”.

]]> By: georgeh http://www.saysuncle.com/2008/11/26/best-sniper-rifle-in-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-210890 georgeh Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:23:07 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=20117#comment-210890 Accuracy International has always been high, but this is a package price. It probably takes 10 Grand to add a top of the line scope, spotting scope, silencer, laser rangefinder ballistic calculator and hard case to a rifle to make a 'system', but still ......... $34K? Accuracy International has always been high, but this is a package price.
It probably takes 10 Grand to add a top of the line scope, spotting scope, silencer, laser rangefinder ballistic calculator and hard case to a rifle to make a ‘system’, but still ……… $34K?

]]> By: wizardpc http://www.saysuncle.com/2008/11/26/best-sniper-rifle-in-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-210887 wizardpc Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:04:40 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=20117#comment-210887 ...and shoot farther. …and shoot farther.

]]> By: Hartley http://www.saysuncle.com/2008/11/26/best-sniper-rifle-in-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-210884 Hartley Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:19:02 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=20117#comment-210884 "Best .338 sniper rifle in the world" - I note they don't challenge the .50BMG rifles..which cost less “Best .338 sniper rifle in the world” – I note they don’t challenge the .50BMG rifles..which cost less

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