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There's "nice essays", and then there's rambling thoughts. Yours is the latter.
LOL.
I didn't mean to come off as berating you. I was just grumpy from a long work day and was tired. lol.
Honestly, I don't see anything wrong with building fully custom gearboxes from top tier parts, (besides burning DEEP holes in your wallet...). None of my guns ever stay stock for more than the 30 minutes it takes for me to take it out of the box and fondle it. I've sunk well over $1000 in to a single gearbox build before, and is it something I'd do again? Probably not. Especially when there are much more revolutionary gearboxes that can be had with almost top tier parts for MUCH cheaper.
For example, the Systema complete gearboxes... they're not that expensive, and would be the same price or even cheaper than a complete custom build. Even if you built a completely custom gearbox all from parts that you've chosen by hand with parts that are same or even LOWER grade than Systema, I can guarantee you that it will cost you more than that factory built quality controlled and tested Systema gearbox!
That's one of the main reasons I haven't built a custom gearbox for a client in quite a while. Financially speaking, the Systema product speaks volumes. Is it the best? No. But you get a very good quality product for cheaper than it would cost you to build a gearbox of your own from lower grade products.
Does that mean I'd never build a custom gearbox for one of my own guns again? Well... I have a penchant for not leaving ANYTHING I own alone, so yes, I'd absolutely do it again IF I can afford the time. These days, time is quite the commodity, so there could even be the possibility that I'd drop in a Systema Revolution just to try that bad boy out. It'd definitely save me a lot of time.
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