Reduced Price on SLUG Bodies in Store

[AGD]

AO,

I reduced the price of the SLUG bodies to 100 dollars because we didn't sell a single one. I expected a better reaction than that so at this point, unless it starts selling fast, I don't think we are going to continue with it.

AGD


SLUG's

[Mr. T!]

Well, i know i would certainly buy one if they came pre milled, just because it gets to be a real annoying process to find someone to mill it, then anno it, and then all of the shipping. If you could offer them premilled and annoed, i bet you would sell alot more of them.

[Kevmag]

I'm guessing there are a handful of people on these boards that have the knowledge and tools to mill and anodize these slug bodies. Of the few who can do this type of work, I doubt if any will try to make a little side business providing finished bodies due to high costs/low volumes.

It seems unlikely to me that one would be able to recoupe costs and make a profit while pricing the finished bodies at a level where a good volume sales could be attained. Though I have no experience in machining or anodizing, I assume production would need to be made in good size batches to reduce costs in machining and anodizing. Seems kinda risky to me.

I hope AGD has plans to supply a finished product for sale in the future. Any comments?

[omni]

Awww !! I was highly looking forward to seeing some custom mags as well as the cocker threads.

I'f I owned my own Milling stuff I'd pick one up and Experiment.

I hope someone picks one of these up who has access to this stuff and does something really cool with it.

[RetroEclipseMan]

Yeah, If they came premilled and annoed then I think more people would be receptive. I mean I know I would order one for sure if they came premilled and annoed.

[paintslinger]

yea i think u(agd) should just announce them so people know they are availible other than that just try to sell them to other companies so that they can be milled and annoed and we can buy them pre done. and if anyone wants to do some serious custom work then they can buy one on their own and have everything done.

[damageinc54]

I would love to take one to work and mill it. However, to pay 100.00 plus tax and shipping, find the time to mill it, then go thru the hassle of getting it anodized and shipped back and forth and all of the other unseen headaches that will come with it are just not worth what it will cost me in the end. I have some barrels I have to mill for centerfeed at the moment anyway and I have no time to even think about what I would do to the body. I can tell you if you had one milled with flames like a black magic cocker and anodized red I would not hesitate to buy it

[b0ned0me]

You should get in touch with the folks at Eclipse...

They have access to machining gear, and it would be awesome to have an Eclipse body as well as the rails and bits.

In fact, I shall drop them an email and beg...

[ezrunner]

question

If the bodies could be assembled
into a working marker, without
milling (all it takes is threading
it for a ball detent), would you
buy one and wait for milling to
be available?

-rob

[cphilip]

I think people want milled anno'd bodies. Complete and ready to go. Most people do anyway. I was a bit surprised to see the early emphasis on Raw bodies available. I certianly think that should always be an option but the bigger market is to chose a few styles that can apeal to a large majority and get them ready and sell them ready to go. I am not certain I follow you here Tom. Are you saying if they do not sell as Sluggo's the whole idea of Aluminum bodies is kaput? Or just the selling them as Sluggo's idea is kaput? I should think that this is no indication as to how they would sell complete and ready to go. And I should still think there would be a very small limited market for Sluggo's to build custom markers. And perhaps a few companies interested in making a line if styles too. But I should think they would be looking first to see if people would buy "finished" ones and at what price they would pay for them too.

[RamboPreacher]

I want one (or more), but didn't get any yet cause I am trying to find a machineist that will do the work. (for trade for one or more for themselves.) Any machinists out there wnat to do some bartering?

[The Frymarker]

Good question Cphil

Are you saying if they do not sell as Sluggo's the whole idea of Aluminum bodies is kaput? Or just the selling them as Sluggo's idea is kaput?

Becaue I am very interested if the bodies were made of aluminum. With the slugo body, I don't have the milling equipment.

However with a standard aluminum body I can engrave on it, the aluminum body is much more softer to hand engrave than the steel.

So what does this mean?

[Bigzamboni]

IF they could fit on an RT(banjo bolt style, not RT PRO), I'd pick one up and get it milled, ano'd, and no-rise it..

And to Tom.. Any chance any No-rise bodies will be made for Old-School RTs? Or slug bodies at that..

[MantisMag]

is it possible to cut into these things using a dremel type tool? if i can figure out how to carve something nice into it at home, by hand i'll probably get one. although i still have to get the ball detent drilled and tapped. do the bolt spring washer and retaining clip require anything special to install?

[Emagster]

what type of ball detent do the sluggo bodies use? any special type or whatever type you drill the hole to use?