How much is a brand new rifle? It isn’t $8,000>
That's what I thought at first, but considering all the bells and whistles, and the price of high quality scopes, that may not be that bad.
“How much is a brand new rifle? It isn’t $8,000>”
Heck, a Barrett .50cal isn’t $7,800.00.
The Model 99 Bolt Action is only $4410.00
Retail price list reflects U.S. commercial sales.
http://barrett.net/pdfs/Price-List.pdf
Safety range needed - 5 miles. LOL
It is if you're selling rifles and you hear the customer pays $1,000 for toilet seats! Seriously, selling to the government incurs A LOT of overhead.
I used to have a friend that had a company making trusses for buildings. He did a couple jobs making trusses for medical facilities (for which a state department served as the plan checkers) and priced them like he would the same trusses for any other building. Nothing special about them technically, but the paperwork and engineering review he had to endure made it unfeasible for him to even take the jobs. So another one comes along, he bids it at triple the price (a polite way of saying no-bid) and he gets the job anyway! Anytime government gets involved in anything, it gets more expensive.