Boats
Broken Member
Is it crazy for me to ask how an AR upper can be manufactured and sold for $50-100,, yet a simpler G19 slide is $200 +,, That is all I was wondering.
It was a legit question,, I am holding both in my hands and seriously wondering why the slide is 2-3X the price of an AR upper,, .
I am not sure why you think AR uppers are more complex than a Glock slide. They aren't. The biggest reason is that steel is a lot more difficult to machine than aluminum, and takes more time. Furthermore, the small cuts in a Glock slide (firing pin hole, extractor cut, cocking serrations, sight cuts, rail cuts) all require a tool change.
AR uppers, especially forged uppers, are pretty easy to machine. After the forging process, a couple holes are drilled for the dust cover and pin, and threads are cut for the barrel nut and then it is anodized.