buckhorn_cortez
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Comparing a Wilson, as I've noted before, to a Python as far as people's willingness to spend money goes, is apples to cumquats.
1911s are hot, Pythons are not.
That's it in a nutshell, from the marketing angle.
From the production angle, 1911s require much less effort & knowhow to do than a Python.
Simpler fabrication, much simpler assembly & finishing.
Also as noted elsewhere, not even CNC can make a Python affordable to the masses.
Denis
The statement was made that consumers wouldn't spend money for high priced guns. That's false. I used the 1911 as an obvious example to prove people want, and will buy, high priced guns.
Whether it's a Wilson, Korth, Beretta shotgun, Perazzi, McMillan rifle, or other expensive gun - somebody is buying high priced guns in whatever category you'd like to examine.
As I said, they would have to REDESIGN the Python to be made on CNC machines to lower the hand labor. I know - then it "wouldn't be a Python."
So you've setup a no win, circular argument that doesn't allow for a totally new approach. If people really want a Python, then they're going to have to accept that a new version is not going to be produced in the same way as the original.
That doesn't mean that a new version couldn't be styled as well, equal in quality and finish, but altered in design to allow automated production rather than hand fitting.
As far as I can tell - Ruger and Smith are selling every gun they produce regardless of what is declared as being "hot" - and that includes revolvers.
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