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mfree · December 16, 2005, 09:52 AM

" Like $5, actualy. "

$5 x 100,000 production = $500,000. I can easily see why anyone with sane business sense would want to go with the cheapest WORKABLE material.

I'm going to give you the Hyundai argument. If the guns are such utter crap, then why have a lifetime, no questions asked warranty? If they all broke that frequently then Hi-point would go out of business in a flash.

Proper engineering includes matching the material to the stress involved plus a safety factor, with some economic factoring. If Zamak is strong enough to do the job, why the hell not? What if someone made a weighted fiberglass slide? Is that "garbage" as well, because it's not tempered high carbon steel? What about a reciever made of nylon, and I mean completely? Plastic frames? MIM parts?

December 16, 2005, 09:52 AM	#49
mfree Senior Member Join Date: May 25, 2004 Posts: 506	" Like $5, actualy. " $5 x 100,000 production = $500,000. I can easily see why anyone with sane business sense would want to go with the cheapest WORKABLE material. I'm going to give you the Hyundai argument. If the guns are such utter crap, then why have a lifetime, no questions asked warranty? If they all broke that frequently then Hi-point would go out of business in a flash. Proper engineering includes matching the material to the stress involved plus a safety factor, with some economic factoring. If Zamak is strong enough to do the job, why the hell not? What if someone made a weighted fiberglass slide? Is that "garbage" as well, because it's not tempered high carbon steel? What about a reciever made of nylon, and I mean completely? Plastic frames? MIM parts? __________________ "If it's rare, strange, or odd, i want it." I drank the cool-aid. Coal Creek Armory