CaptainChops
03-26-2003, 08:09 PM
In NiteWolf1138's post about not being able to find a very good variety of barrels for Mag's, cgrieves made a great point...
"The real question should be "Why don't all markers standardise on barrel threads".
I suppose I can see why people like Smart Parts design proprietary threads for their markers, after all their main business is making barels, but it's not as if it stops other manufacturers from producing and marketing barrels with the same thread.... you can't patent a thread after all. If it's going to have a thread on it, why not use the same as everyone else? You'd widen the appeal of your marker because everyone can use all their existing barrels with it.
Makes no sense to me, but I guess it must make a lot of sense to marketing departments."
I thought maybe somebody knowledgeable could provide some insight on this subject...
"The real question should be "Why don't all markers standardise on barrel threads".
I suppose I can see why people like Smart Parts design proprietary threads for their markers, after all their main business is making barels, but it's not as if it stops other manufacturers from producing and marketing barrels with the same thread.... you can't patent a thread after all. If it's going to have a thread on it, why not use the same as everyone else? You'd widen the appeal of your marker because everyone can use all their existing barrels with it.
Makes no sense to me, but I guess it must make a lot of sense to marketing departments."
I thought maybe somebody knowledgeable could provide some insight on this subject...