I don’t know if anyone posted this up yet? I saw this on Jerking the Trigger, kind of nice if your building a lower or just want a new stock.
Here is the link to JtT: http://jerkingthetrigger.com/2014/08/27/magpul-news-moe-sl-line-and-new-carbine-stock-pricing/
Prices starting st $29.99, that’s going to be hard to beat.
I saw the Magpul announcement on Facebook. I think it’s great, now if we could get the ammo to come down a bit more.
Very nice. I need a couple more stocks anyway, and have been wanting for some odd reason to do a build up in Magpul Stealth Grey so this will save me some money.
Pmags getting cheaper, stocks getting cheaper, rifles on the low end for the first time in a few years, and ammo slowly dropping, saw some Fed XM 5.56 down to a little more than $300 a K, so it a good time to be able to buy. Just need a few grand to burn on gear and ammo, lol. When is pay day damn it!
Awesome they are probably trying to be more competitive the new BCM stock is cheap and so is the Sopmod Bravo and they are also both Awesome.
This was mentioned in the thread about Magpul’s new stocks.
I posted this because I didn’t see any threads that specifically related to the price drop and I thought it would be a shame to be overlooked. With the number of views my guess is many others didn’t see it either. It’s good news all by itself, and Magpul is shown much love here as a favorite manufacturer.
Only the old stuff is on sale lol.
Very cool. Who care’s if its old? A cheap stock would be great for a beater rifle.
I personally love you that you can get the Fixed Carbine Stock for about $25 shipped. Not for everyone I know, but I can’t beat the price or how solid that stock is (and I am currently in Crapachusetts).
So at least it looks tacticool…
Yea. I’m pretty sure that’s the real reason instead of “streamlining” in manufacturing… lol.
Actually, no. We genuinely want to pass the best value to the customer that we can.
Our customers are very important to us, and providing a better value and experience to them is something we always want to do. Lowering the prices on our stock line was one of those things.
Initial cost to manufacture a new product is fairly high these days. Concept art, CAD drawings, prototypes, T&E (testing & evaluation), machinery, materials, training employees to run said machinery, more T&E, QC, advertising, and I’m sure I missed something but this stuff adds up fast. After you finally get to the point that you’ve sold enough of the product to pay for the initial costs, you gain a certain freedom. You can keep the price at the original point and you’ll probably do okay, breaking even on an initial investment is hard enough these days and doing so is a big win in it’s own right. You can also sell at a slightly lower point which may cause the consumer to regain interest and maybe you sell more than you would have actually making more money on an older product. Streamlining is a valid reason for dropping prices also. After a product has been manufactured for awhile a company learns all the ins and outs of making it. Machine settings, mold temps, material properties, etc. are perfected making the product faster and sometimes cheaper to produce.
All this of course can give you extra capital to spend on new product developments and the cycle starts all over again. Manufacturers are always trying to build a better mousetrap and trade shows (like Shot Show for instance) are important for garnering interest in new products. Handguards are a prime example, almost everybody makes them now and new ones come out on a seemingly monthly basis. What can you do to raise customer interest when major trade shows are months away? A common choice is to start an advertising campaign promoting lower prices on products that are selling or have sold well.
Is competition a possible reason for lowering the price on products to stay competitive? Sure, but it’s far from the only reason.
It always amazes me the number of people who get wrapped around the axle when .gov engages in a redistribution of wealth but when Magpul does it, well, it’s just awesomeness. They pulled this crap when the MOE Carbine Stock was released and lowered the price on the CTR’s. I’d hate to be a dealer sitting on a bunch of their carbine stocks.
When the Magpul Revenue Service (MRS) starts sending me notices about tax notices & property liens… and has right to seize property or income… I’ll start worrying about it.
Here on earth I could care less about elective business dealings.
Don’t think they haven’t thought about it. :sarcastic:
What “sale”?
This was done according to plan on a long timeline in order to prevent exactly the problem you are talking about, and we take care of our dealer network. We don’t generally just wake up and announce a price decrease to the world, although it may appear that way. Due to the nature and complexity of our distribution channels, it may not make its way to everyone, but we try to keep everyone happy, even if it’s after the fact.
Just like mastiffhound said, once you amortize out the initial investments, which are large, we have the opportunity to pass the ongoing savings on to our customers, so we do. Additional savings occur from sheer volume. We make a lot of stocks, and we use a lot of polymer. It also aligns our prices in a manner that better prepares our product line for some new additions. We certainly aren’t resting or stopping development on new products, and having a whole bunch of items at the same price point is just messy. Our buttstock sales continue to grow, and we welcome competition.
I don’t. I want to see Eric and Duane sit in a room designing furniture together.