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wittzo · July 3, 2010, 11:41 AM

Those conversion cylinders are sweet!

I've been thinking. (Uh-oh!) If "small" companies like Taylor's, Pietta and Uberti can make a quality product for half the price of a regular revolver, how come the big companies keep selling their pistols for crazy amounts of money? Most of them are the same or less quality, but cost twice as much.

A custom tuned BP revolver only costs $350, spend another $250 on a conversion cylinder and it can run or outshoot anything the big boys sell for $800 or more. An out of the box Pietta or Uberti can be the same quality or better than an out of the box Big Boy Brand pistol, the big boys have hiccups in their production sometimes. Make more guns, have more hiccups.

July 3, 2010, 11:41 AM	#2
wittzo Member Join Date: February 10, 2010 Posts: 95	Those conversion cylinders are sweet! I've been thinking. (Uh-oh!) If "small" companies like Taylor's, Pietta and Uberti can make a quality product for half the price of a regular revolver, how come the big companies keep selling their pistols for crazy amounts of money? Most of them are the same or less quality, but cost twice as much. A custom tuned BP revolver only costs $350, spend another $250 on a conversion cylinder and it can run or outshoot anything the big boys sell for $800 or more. An out of the box Pietta or Uberti can be the same quality or better than an out of the box Big Boy Brand pistol, the big boys have hiccups in their production sometimes. Make more guns, have more hiccups.