Opinions welcome 80% Derringer kit appealing?

[jmorris]

I know people that have spent more on 80% receivers than they could go buy a finished one for.

I also know people who pay a lot for collectors items.

Not sure how well you will be able to blend the two for a 80% reproduction item at more than a "real" one brings though.

You will have a narrow target market in the $500 price range though. Kind of like your thread on converting a BP mini revolver over to fire rimfire ammunition, the number of people that are willing to spend $400 on putting something together that they can just go buy finished and ready to go for half the amount are going to be few.

 

[Vern Humphrey]

I would buy it -- if it were cheaper than a lead sinker.

 

[silicosys4]

Dude...really?
You need to work on making your website more professional....and I'm not talking just your products.
Also...Are you selling an 80% derringer, or are you selling an 80% derringer frame that requires a parts gun donor?

 

[akodo]

I would pay very little for that. If I needed an 'off the books' gun then it wouldn't be a 22 derringer. a 22 rifle maybe, or a simple 1 shot 'liberator' type in 9mm could interst me possibly

 

[Acera]

I would be more interested in their NAA conversion cylinder. I think a lot less effort and money spent to get an 'off paper' 5 shot revolver.


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[Michael Tinker Pearce]

My LGS has two original guns in good condition for $350 each. I might buy one of these kits for $200 just for fun, but I'm not sure. Oh, and your website and marketing need serious work.

 

[MachIVshooter]

Bluntly...hard to take your business seriously when you sell a brake shaped like a wang and your text is riddled with hyperbole and nonsense. Work on your marketing.

My thoughts exactly.

I mean.......

Get The Point? Get it or get raped and murdered!

Really?

I think if you clean up your website, you have a product that's good for some sales in the $150 range, but over $200 is gonna be a no-go for most. It doesn't have the Mr. Potoatohead appeal and aftermarket support of the AR or 1911 incomplete receivers, doesn't offer anything particularly unique or useful, and very, very few people are gonna pay more for a BIY outmoded .22 Derringer kit than a semi-auto .22 pistol. Those of us who build just to build aren't gonna have much interest in it, either. Not when we can make nicer guns from scrap metal and a barrel liner for a tiny fraction of the cost.

 

[jmorris]

I really don't get the "off paper" part.

Has anyone bought a firearm in their lifetime that had paper on them and then sold it or bought one from an individual that did the same thing?

The "paper" no longer has any effect at either point, either now or in the future.

 

[alexander45]

Heck for that price I could set up a rep rap and enough pla/nyl to build enough 22lr liberators to fill the trunk of my crown vic complete with steel barrel liners

 

[Acera]

I really don't get the "off paper" part.

Has anyone bought a firearm in their lifetime that had paper on them and then sold it or bought one from an individual that did the same thing?

The "paper" no longer has any effect at either point, either now or in the future.

Some of us try and minimize our footprint. Everything you do that involved some sort of paperwork will leave a trace. Whether it is posting, having a background check called in, purchasing ammo online with a CCard, etc. a record of that is kept somewhere. I like to keep that as small as possible. One reason that I don't ever do a bill of sale for a personal transaction. It is about personal privacy and protection.

I fully some don't understand, or agree with it. No worries, you are welcome to live your life as you wish.

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