I have the unfortunate experience of knowing roughly how much things cost to make based on how they are made. I know why castings are cast instead of forged, why machined from bar stock is rarely used, and why stamping is preferred for every military weapon.
I've never really been interested in a suppressor until I recently acquired my CZ with a threaded barrel. So I go looking.
I see the Silencerco Sparrow is a popular .22 can, so I figured I'd look into that. $500!! They. are. on. drugs.
Baffles are stamped, the cheapest forming process of all. Then brazed or welded together. Then placed inside the can that is made (almost certainly) from DOM tubing already at net shape internally and externally. That tubing is cut to length, threaded for the end caps, and then the caps are machined (which SHOULD be the most expensive part).
I'm seeing MAYBE $100 actual cost in the can, giving a market price of $250 or so.
Somebody, please explain to this simple-minded OP why the can't are so expensive if it isn't just "people are willing to pay it."
I am personally NOT willing to pay $550 on top of the absurd $200 "tax" to exercise my right to wear hearing protection.
I've never really been interested in a suppressor until I recently acquired my CZ with a threaded barrel. So I go looking.
I see the Silencerco Sparrow is a popular .22 can, so I figured I'd look into that. $500!! They. are. on. drugs.
Baffles are stamped, the cheapest forming process of all. Then brazed or welded together. Then placed inside the can that is made (almost certainly) from DOM tubing already at net shape internally and externally. That tubing is cut to length, threaded for the end caps, and then the caps are machined (which SHOULD be the most expensive part).
I'm seeing MAYBE $100 actual cost in the can, giving a market price of $250 or so.
Somebody, please explain to this simple-minded OP why the can't are so expensive if it isn't just "people are willing to pay it."
I am personally NOT willing to pay $550 on top of the absurd $200 "tax" to exercise my right to wear hearing protection.