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Old Sep 6, 2023 | 09:48 AM
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Default Re: Scatter shield

Originally Posted by gblack32
i could swear I recently saw him say that it isn’t worth the effort and money to make them anymore. He would have to make a large batch and the demand isn’t there
Yes, this is the case. Previously, I had to make 60-80 at a time to make this product even slightly profitable, AND (since the last "batch") my cost to produce has gone up dramatically (30%) as a result of the current economic disaster . I created this part to provide protection for fellow enthusiasts and sold it near my cost, but now it does NOT pencil out (particularly since a batch takes 2 or more years to sell).

Additionally, since PLM (private label manufacturing) decided to make cheap knockoffs of my M113k Scattershields (selling their poorly made low-quality Chinese copies for less than they cost me to produce), I was not willing to risk the financial exposure on the M112k shields (of making a bunch and having PLM or someone else undersell me with cheap copies).

I do, however, still have the crossfire/r170 Paddle-shift kits available. Latemodel21@yahoo.com

Cheers,
Chris
 

Last edited by latemodel21; Sep 15, 2023 at 02:02 PM.
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