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Agreed. There’s nothing that was machined in the 19th century that can’t be machined a lot faster, easier and better today. There may be many reasons not to, but among them is not that it's not doable. I currently work in a building with 40 massive 5 axis CNC machines, and its amazing what they turn out. Not only can it be made, but it can be done with precision that M&H could have only dreamed of. The only issue, and it always comes down to this; is the economics. Will they sell enough to make it worth their trouble? Yeah, the economics are really the only constraint. We can do machining that I, having worked around machining/manufacturing all my adult life, can hardly believe. It takes a bit of up-front investment before the first chip falls, however. Then there’s the business of putting them together....marketing, distribution and a whole bunch of “back of the house” business functions to go along with any new product or product line. There’s a ton of money invested before the first one is shipped and, honestly, how many people are going to buy them?
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Yeah, the economics are really the only constraint. We can do machining that I, having worked around machining/manufacturing all my adult life, can hardly believe. It takes a bit of up-front investment before the first chip falls, however. Then there’s the business of putting them together....marketing, distribution and a whole bunch of “back of the house” business functions to go along with any new product or product line. There’s a ton of money invested before the first one is shipped and, honestly, how many people are going to buy them? Yeah, that's why I'm hoping for Uberti rather than some startup. Just dreaming...I doubt it will happen anytime soon.
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I got banned on another web site for a debate that happened on this site. That's a first
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For me it's the ability to shoot a great historical piece without guilt. Its a historical piece, no practicality intended.
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Hollywood just needs to make a movie about some super kung fu MMA trained 19th Century Cool Guy kicking serious ass and piling up mounds of bodies using a prominently featured M&H. That would jump start demand and the increasingly bad sequels would keep it going long enough to sell a fair volume. Kind of like what "Jeremiah Johnson" did for Hawken rifles or "Dirty Harry" did for .44 Magnum Smiths.
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Hit the target, all else is twaddle!
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That's how you do it. Show off all the features. Crush a skull of a bad guy with the skull crusher grip. Show the selective extraction of only empty cases, and then show off the barrel swapping capability. Do all that in a good western and the public will be begging for one.
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revisiting an old thread go to youtube and watch the video of the merwin & hulburt on Forgotten Weapons - after seeing that video I am lusting for one drover
223 Rem, my favorite cartridge - you can't argue with truckloads of dead PD's and gophers.
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