Rimfire vs. Centerfire? Your opinion on mfg.cost$

Ruger22

January 11, 2004 17:05

Does it seem that rimfire pistols are cheaper on the whole than centerfire? Is it because one is cheaper to manufacture than the other? I am speaking on the whole, there are of course exceptions, but is it generally harder and more complex to develop and manufacture centerfire mechanisms than rimfire? Thanks for the feedback.

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Brian Ostro
member: NRA, John Birch Society, American Numismatic Association.

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  mark christian

  January 11, 2004 17:26

  If you look at the overall costs of quality revolvers you will notice that there is really very little difference in prices between near identical rimfire and centerfire wheelguns. This is simply because the basic mechanisim was the same for either a .22 Colt Trooper or a .357 Trooper. A Colt Diamondback in .22 was basically the same cost as the .38 Special version and an S&W Model 17 was just as pricey as its centerfire brothers using the same frame size. This is one of the reasons why there are so few inexpensive revolvers on the market; it is now simply too costly to produce the revolvers rather complicated mechanism (without using low grade metal parts which will wear out after a few shoots-- like the old Clerke pot metal pistols) when compared to the typical straight blow back action used in inexpensive automatic pistols. Larger caliber automatics demand a locked breech which of course adds to the complexity of the pistol and naturally raises it price.
  
  Mark T. Christian

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  Ruger22

  January 11, 2004 17:38

  Great info , thanks.
  
  http://www.ruger.com/Firearms/FAProdView?model=193&return=Y
  Brian Ostro
  member: NRA, John Birch Society, American Numismatic Association.

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