Does the cost of Ruger mags tick anyone else off?

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I really want to buy that new Scout rifle, I love it. But damn Ruger wants 70 dollars for the 10 rounder. ***! I am not going to buy any weapon that has such pricey mags. I am a true believer in extra mags and usually keep at least five around. Five times seventy equals more than I am going to pay. Price of magazines was one of the reason I ditched my Mini and went with an AR. I never could find a 100% reliable aftermarket mag for it. The factory 30 rounders are over 40 bucks! Come on Ruger, your losing customers.
 
I love the M1a but those things are pretty high as well. Also the mags are not exactly cheap either. The only 30 cal rifle I have is an an old 94 in 30-30, which I like but I would rather have another one. That one is kind of an heirloom. I don't even no how to properly clean it. Guess I need to start another thread.
 
No. I mean I would prefer them to cost less but such is life. FWIW, if you read a lot of the articles that came out when the Scout was rolled out, Ruger did try M1A magazines first but found too much varriation in M1A mags so reliable feeding was an issue. My guess if they stuck with it, people would gripe about reliability of feeding. So, they chose a well known sigle stack mag. I suspect I'd want two five rounders and three 10 rounders and that likely last me a life time. In the grand schemme of things, I can afford it.
 
40 bucks is nothing,I paid 65 bucks for a 5 round mag for my Titka t-3 light in .243 Win.,two years ago , and its plastic biker
 
The price of mags is the primary reason I no longer own a Tikka. Good rifle otherwise. The pirce of mags is a big part of why I don't own, nor will I recommend a Mini-14. Decent guns, but way overpriced for what you get. Especially with mags costing $40-$50 each.

The Scout rifle does not interest me regardless of the price of the gun or mags, but I could see the appeal for some.
 
Well the Scout rifle takes Accuracy International pattern magazines, so you don't have to buy factory if you don't want to. I tried C-products and they were horrible. I then tried Accuracy International mags and they are great. Well worth the price. They make the rifle run extremely smooth and they feed rounds like they are buttered. There is the ever present rumor that polymer mags are coming and they will be about 1/2 the price.

I tried to make my Ruger Frontier take M-14 pattern mags, but it never worked quite right. I assume that Ruger had similar results and that is why the went with the AI pattern.

Look at the price of mags for Tika, Browning, etc..they are all pretty high.
 
Yeah, and I know that magazines for other more niche guns like BAR safari's, FNARs, Ruger Scout, etc are more expensive, and it sucks...but I just don't understand why magazines for a PLINKING RIFLE like the mini should be so dang expensive!

Rant off
 
Not at all.
When you consider how long a well-constructed magazine will last, the price is really subjective. Go buy a brand-new car and the magazines will most likely outlast the car, by decades!
 
What's the big deal? It's not like you have to replace them every time you go shooting. Buy one here or there as you can stand to. As long as you don't abuse them, they'll likely outlast you. People are weird about guns. They'll buy a $30,000 car that's worn out in a few years but throw a fit when they have to pay good money for something that will outlast their grandchildren.
 
Just buy the aics magazines. They cost around 70 clams, but they are the best you can get. I am happy it runs those; better to cost more and be great than crappy and cheap lol.
Sounds like a good reason to get some aics style bottom metal on your other rifles.

Fwiw, I really like the 5 rounder in the scout for most things. Much lower profile.
 
Bwhahaha! STUFF COSTS MORE!

Seriously? Guys what's next "you kids stay off my lawn!"

I for one never understood the compulsion to own a half dozen mags for what is primarily a sporting bolt action. In fact I only have ONE for my 77/44 and the same for my long gone cz527s

Crap my AR gets operated on one of two 20rd p-mags and even my Glock 34 only has three. Unless you're taking classes or shooting competition you can get by just fine with one or two magazines


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It is absolutely ridiculous how an product with about $10 worth of materials and labor in it that took about five man-minutes to produce and assemble can be hawked at such an overblown price. Its shameful.
 
It is absolutely ridiculous how an product with about $10 worth of materials and labor in it that took about five man-minutes to produce and assemble can be hawked at such an overblown price. Its shameful.
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Then make your own and sell it for $20 and make a 100% profit.

The fact that the mass-market aftermarket mag companies (Promag, Triple K, USA-brand) make such awful mags and still sell them for $20-30 tells me that these aren't generally a $10 item.

AR mags are cheap because of incredible volumes and market overcapacity. AKM mags were cheap because of huge surplus stocks built up over 50 years. Few other rifle mags are below $20.
 
Then make your own and sell it for $20 and make a 100% profit.
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Oh so snarky clever.


The fact that the mass-market aftermarket mag companies (Promag, Triple K, USA-brand) make such awful mags and still sell them for $20-30 tells me that these aren't generally a $10 item.
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You must not be familiar with modern production techniques....

Box magazines are stamped sheet metal which already should tell you that they should not cost in excess of even $20-$30 to produce. Especially from a well established company who already has a working production line or sub-contractor in place for box magazines in the form of the Mini-14 and the mini-30. Its a rip off.
 
The ever present American drive to buy something for NOTHING is why the only people with jobs nowadays all live in a certain communist country in the far East.


Would it make you guys really feel better if your new ruger mags cost $15 and were made by borderline forced peasant labor as cheaply as possible?


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No, it wouldn't. It would make me feel better knowing that Ruger was selling magazines fresh off their production line at an honest and fair price...instead of picking the pockets of their customers just to make a couple of bucks.
 
there's a limited market for ruger magazines, in comparisonn to AR-15 or glock mags.

the tooling is a fixed cost, and there is an additional incremental cost associated with each magazine.


the fixed cost is absorbed by a smaller number of magazines than an AR or glock production total.

this means the magazines cost more.
 
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