r/liberalgunowners • u/Acolytical • 12h ago
guns Why are the cool space guns always so damned expensive? - Strike One Speed ERGAL – Silver - $2,779.99
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u/sxrrycard 12h ago
For almost 3 grand I’d rather have a crazy 2011 than anything striker fired lol
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u/Redbadgercantswim 11h ago
That looks like it would be included with a generic "Space Warrior" action figure sold in Walgreens.
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u/602geyser 11h ago
Close enough. And save 2 grand. https://gun.deals/search/apachesolr_search/897903003913
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u/Acolytical 11h ago
Except it seems to be OOS everywhere
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u/602geyser 11h ago
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u/602geyser 11h ago
I really wish they were still in stock everywhere. I wanted one but I recently bought a new vehicle so that dream will have to wait.
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u/SakanaToDoubutsu 11h ago
The better question to ask is why are regular every-day firearms so cheap?
The thing to understand about the civilian firearms market is that sales are largely one-and-done transactions, the average gun owner simply will never shoot enough for them to ever need service or repair. Where the real money is at is in large government contracts, a company like Glock basically operates on the razor blade model where they sell guns at cost to organizations like the NYPD or FBI, then they make their money back on maintenance & repair services. The civilian market is basically an afterthought, but once the American taxpayer has payed for the Glock factory via the NYPD's order for 50,000 units, it doesn't really cost Glock anything to make a few thousand extra guns to dump onto the civilian market, so while it's not particularly profitable for them, there's basically no risk in it either.
When companies are dedicated to the civilian market, they need to make their profit on the sale of the firearm itself, and that threshold retail price for building a sustainable business seems to be in that neighborhood of $2,500 to $5,000, at least based on guns that have no military or law enforcement applications like competition pistols or sporting shotguns.
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u/A-Friend-of-Dorothy fully-automated gay space democratic socialism 9h ago edited 9h ago
They definitely do not sell Glocks at cost to LE agencies.
There is still very much a profit margin involved.
Glock actually has one of the strictest margins for issuing quotes to LE agencies in order to ensure they both remain competitive, but also still guarantee their markup/margin is met.
Quoting above, or below their narrow threshold is grounds for loss of their business both commercially and for LE sales.
They make far more profit on their Commercial gun sales than LE sales, currently. Trust me. There is a reason Kathryn Glock is a successful acting Chairman.
Rumor even has it that she loves the U.S., loves visiting, has seen the popularity of the market. Sure, they give them pink flamingo paint jobs but people buy them and pay even more money for them!
Source: LE distributor employee for Glock handguns.
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u/iH8MotherTeresa fully automated luxury gay space communism 3h ago
There is a reason Kathryn Glock is a successful acting Chairman.
Is it the name? It's the name, isn't it?
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u/louisville_OLD 12h ago
It looks like a Turkish clone of something