OK I am an old skool oldie and prefer the old HW barrels but is there anyone who prefers the new type and can say why?
Just Wondering
OK I am an old skool oldie and prefer the old HW barrels but is there anyone who prefers the new type and can say why?
Just Wondering
If it works it works.
If things stayed the same 100% then people will say the makers are not updating things and sticking to old practices. look at
the thread currently running .
http://www.airgunbbs.com/showthread....uck-in-the-80s
Possibly the new style is cheaper to produce ?
Things change and maybe its not what other people want to see but the makers want to cut costs or simplify things a little
Don't like the new one crap can get stuck in the daisy.
who knows . there was a reason for them to change it or they would not have done so .
Can the star bit come off and the barrel pressed out? could it be for changing barrels in the way that they may have loads of barrels with breech blocks fitted then they could change them when a customer wants say a .20 and they wont have say 1000 .177, 1000 .20 , 1000.22 and 1000.25 barrels in breech blocks sitting?
iF an order came in for 250 .25 rifles they can press .25 barrels into a breech block and tighten the star Nut .
Basically they make up the barrel and breech block to suit an order rather have them sitting and maybe not moving for months.
Has any one asked why they changed it ?
One of the people in this thread says its a nut https://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA...topic=122796.0
Last edited by bighit; 21-01-2018 at 11:31 PM.
only way I can see . No point having stock sitting and taking up space and costing money to store them if they can make say 1000 breech blocks then barrels to fulfil the order . if you have say a 1000 breech blocks and barrels of each calibre sitting waiting to be used its a lot wasted space. plus it will be stock that could be counted in a audit and cost them money ( I think that's how it works in the uk but maybe not in germany ).
"High Costs
Carrying excess inventory has significant costs. One of the highest costs for many companies is financing the purchase and holding of inventory. Also, the more inventory you hold, the more you have to spend on labor to manage it, space to hold it, and in some cases, insurance to protect against its loss or damage. Physically counting and monitoring the levels of inventory you hold also takes time and has costs."
I guess it could be the machinery and jigs that made it the old way wore over time and it became more economic to replace the machinery with new rather than replace. If that were the case the opportunity arises to change the method too.
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