Ragged Hole Barrels

[jelenko]

I don't. Not any more. Too hard to get. Too heavy to stock to maintain the ridiculous inventory you would have to stock. I sell barrels.

Damn fine barrels at a damn fine price.

 

[jelenko]

Forgive my ignorance, but doesn't a barrel start out as a blank?

Right. But, if you sell just the blanks, you have to increase the amount of inventory to support both customers who want a finished barrel and those who just want a blank.

Hence, his point about too much inventory.

 

[ChrisA]

Right. But, if you sell just the blanks, you have to increase the amount of inventory to support both customers who want a finished barrel and those who just want a blank.

Hence, his point about too much inventory.

I see. Thanks

 

[urbanrifleman]

Right. But, if you sell just the blanks, you have to increase the amount of inventory to support both customers who want a finished barrel and those who just want a blank.

Hence, his point about too much inventory.

Correct.

Think about how many blank contours there are. Now multiply that by every caliber. Then you're going to need some number for each if you order it.

That's a lot of inventory. 100s of thousands of dollars worth of inventory. And it all weighs a ton. And rusts. I'm just one guy.

I just got a barrel blank shipment yesterday and it squats my truck to the point I worry about my leaf springs.

 

[Sniperhandle]

I thought he used Green Mountain blanks and Wilson barrels? Am I am missing something or wrong? Wilson makes a good barrel I have some but I have never used a Green Mountain not that I am saying anything bad about them! I can not speak against something I have zero experince with!

He does not use or sell Green Mountain blanks.

 

[59FLH]

If you only stock contours and calibers you machine, what’s the increased inventory selling your un machined blanks?