Found my next AR! Now just need a loan to pay for it....

[CQB Elite]

This is one bad a** AR but I doubt my wife will let me buy one. I'd have to pick up a lot of aluminum cans on the side of the road to be able to pay for it.

http://nemoarms.com/portfolio/tione-serial-no-1titanium-308-battle-rifle/gallery/guns/

[Raoul]

This is a rough neighborhood to try and get a loan. :pleased:

[CQB Elite]

This is a rough neighborhood to try and get a loan. :pleased:

I know but I figured we can all chip in and pay for it. I'll keep it at my house at first but we can treat it like a time-share condo. Each investor can put in a bid for the week they want it.....:-)

[Romad7]

Amazing rifle but I could outfit a small militia for that kind of money!

[gjohnsoniv]

That is in no way useful.

[Dolomite_supafly]

Not much of a weight savings with all that titanium.

Dolomite

[CQB Elite]

Not much of a weight savings with all that titanium.
Dolomite

No, but it has a coolness factor of 100!

[McAllyn]

A Choad stock and Hogue grip for $96K?  Seems a little steep.  Maybe they forgot to mention the armoured HumVee that comes attached to the bottom of it.

 

Mac

[charlessummers]

I'm in for a grand... just need 98 more contributions and we can make it happen. Should I go ahead and reserve my week?

[CQB Elite]

I'm in for a grand... just need 98 more contributions and we can make it happen. Should I go ahead and reserve my week?

Let me know which dates and I'll pencil you in.

[xRUSTYx]

Titanium isn't too incredibly difficult to machine.  Not sure why there is a $95k price tag .... Surprised other companies haven't come out with Titanium lowers yet?

[CQB Elite]

Titanium isn't too incredibly difficult to machine.  Not sure why there is a $95k price tag .... Surprised other companies haven't come out with Titanium lowers yet?

I guess a $95k price is a marketing tool. Gets more attention than simply saying, " AR-15 with titanium parts".

[gjohnsoniv]

What would the cost be for a billet of titanium the size needed for machining a lower and Upper?

[xRUSTYx]

I guess a $95k price is a marketing tool. Gets more attention than simply saying, " AR-15 with titanium parts".

 

Very true ....

 

What would the cost be for a billet of titanium the size needed for machining a lower and Upper?

 

http://www.titaniumjoe.com/

 

I've actually placed a couple orders from the site above.  Higher than wholesale pricing shops can get, but when you don't need TON's of it, it works :)

[TMF]

For that much it better come with a diamond encrusted gunship.

[Rowdy]

That doesn't require a loan, it requires a mortgage.

[peejman]

What would the cost be for a billet of titanium the size needed for machining a lower and Upper?

 

 

Very true ....

 

 

http://www.titaniumjoe.com/

 

I've actually placed a couple orders from the site above.  Higher than wholesale pricing shops can get, but when you don't need TON's of it, it works :)

 

 

Based on that site, you're looking at $1500-ish for the billet.  While machining titanium isn't especially hard, it is very, VERY slow.  To fully machine an AR receiver from a billet would take days.  Say 40 hrs @ $100/hr... $4000 in machine time.  You'd probably burn up $1000+ in end-mills.  Assuming you've already got the various jigs and gauges necessary, it would be very expensive.  $8000 easy.  $10,000 if you wanted to make money.

[gjohnsoniv]

Well that answers that.

[Magiccarpetrides]

Zinga!

[CQB Elite]

[quote name="peejman" post="878278" timestamp="1357592715"]Based on that site, you're looking at $1500-ish for the billet.  While machining titanium isn't especially hard, it is very, VERY slow.  To fully machine an AR receiver from a billet would take days.  Say 40 hrs @ $100/hr... $4000 in machine time.  You'd probably burn up $1000+ in end-mills.  Assuming you've already got the various jigs and gauges necessary, it would be very expensive.  $8000 easy.  $10,000 if you wanted to make money.[/quote] Plus the charging handle, BCG, gas block, comp, buffer tube and rail system are titanium as well. Those take machine time as well.

[peejman]

Plus the charging handle, BCG, gas block, comp, buffer tube and rail system are titanium as well. Those take machine time as well.

 

 

And the upper, and the lower parts kit, and ....

[2006Blackpearl931]

Owning a machine shop myself, I don't see how manufacturers make guns as cheap as they do. Which is the same reason gunsmiths don't make a decent living. Titanium sucks to machine by the way.

[xRUSTYx]

Owning a machine shop myself, I don't see how manufacturers make guns as cheap as they do. Which is the same reason gunsmiths don't make a decent living. Titanium sucks to machine by the way.

 

It does suck, plus you go through quite a bit of tooling, but it wouldn't cost $95k to do it ...

 

I think there's a difference between a machine shop, and a huge gun manufacturer.  They likely have 100+ Mori's set up running non stop parts. 

 

If you take a look at a small(er) gun manufacturer like Wilson Combat, they end up having to charge a premium.  Smaller, but quite a bit easier to keep an eye on QC.

[2006Blackpearl931]

Very true, but those Mori"s aren't cheap toys. You are right, 95k is a bit ubsurd. Tell you what, I'll get a license to manufacture and make them for half that price. Taking orders now....who's in? Haha.

 

It is a good looking rifle.