Mass production question

I'm thinking of making a bunch (1000+) rifle magazines and offering them for sale. I know a guy who I think could do the job as he's got a the tools necessary to make them, but I'm wondering how I'd farm out such a project. Any ideas?

The only suggestion I can make is to make sure EVERYTHING is in writing. Also, if you're going to have someone else do the work, you may want to have some provision in your contract for if you need to have them make more, or if you need parts to repair the ones you get.

Probably not helpful, but I didn't see anyone else responding

unknown, but im interested.

What kind of mag's?

BobOfTheFuture wrote: unknown, but im interested. What kind of mag's?

Well, golly, if I told YOU then you'd be tempted to go out and make them yerself, wouldn'tja?

I'm looking for recommendations from somebody who knows how to work sheetmetal steel, if there's anybody out there...

I say 100 round drums for 10/22s. I'd buy 5.

If you're looking at farming it out, make a drawing of your part that includes all of the dimensions (make sure every dimension has tolerances), the surface finishes required, the material to make the part out of and the heat treat required. Once you have this, you can fax it to a bunch of machine shops and have them quote it.

If you don't know what is needed, have the guy measure some representative pieces and add use the specs from those. If you don't specify everything on the drawing, you can't complain when the guy takes liberties with your design. A good machine shop will help you develop your drawing to produce a cost effective and functional part. If you have any questions, ask them here or PM and I can try to help you out. I have no firearm experience but can help you out with making your drawing correct.

Bob

In your contract, make provision for an allowance for prototyping and a sample run, say 20 units. Allow a termination clause so that if those 20 units are not up to par, you can cancel the contract at that time with no further cost other than what was agreed upon for the initial run.

Also, the contract should specify that the initial units, if acceptable, are to be kept and used as the standard of quality for the remaining run(s).

I meant for what application. Not looking for you to give away any ideas you may have.

Duke wrote: In your contract, make provision for an allowance for prototyping and a sample run, say 20 units. Allow a termination clause so that if those 20 units are not up to par, you can cancel the contract at that time with no further cost other than what was agreed upon for the initial run. Also, the contract should specify that the initial units, if acceptable, are to be kept and used as the standard of quality for the remaining run(s).

+1 on this. Make sure that the shop that will be making them for you has a repeatable process. Nothing worse than finding out that parts 1-5 fit your application but 6-10 do not due to poor repeatability.

you're on a list now, that's for sure...