That was me after 2 phone conversations with AA
I have a 100% feeling this WILL NOT be the case with LAGE.
Hole or no hole produce one for the MAC 10 made by Lage I'll buy it.
Stripped would be the best for me. But if I have to buy a whole complete upper then so be it.
Rich
This is me to a "tee".
I was going to buy a saber and supply my own parts (remember, sandy hook had just happened and just finding AR parts to complete the upper was near impossible at the time but I already had them).
Quoted me a price around $1400 I think if I supplied the AR parts. I was willing to do that, even though that was still steep in my opinion. Machine time for a receiver and anodizing still had a lot of meat on the bone for profit even at $800.
They kept hee-hawing around and pushing the deadline farther out and then sold the company, new owners almost doubled the price and obviously wouldn't honor the prior agreement so I walked away from it. But if Richard makes an M10 version, would seriously renew my interest.
I can see making some money on their product. And really, I have no problem with that. But just dont' try to make it all from me (I'm speaking about the saber, not Lage mfg).
For those that are saying "but M16's cost 20 grand" and are willing to pay more for an upper, doesn't really make too much sense either. It's still just an upper. Not a registered receiver. So, I don't treat it as a long term investment because it's not the same as a transferable receiver because it's not. It is what it is. An upper.
I understand the AR bolt would probably be modified with the longer extension from the task style buffer system. This could maybe be done by pinning an insert/extension into the rear of the bolt, but
I would be more than willing to buy multiple stripped uppers and the other proprietary parts needed to work. So long as the price is reasonable.
At $900, I've bought 2 M10/9 uppers. And those were complete uppers. Make it so stripped lowers are affordable enough, and yeah, I'd be in for multiples so I could swap calibers easily enough. Though 223 or maybe blackout would be my primary interest.