Have one of the new mausingfield in hand. Formulating an opinion on it.
It’s definitely over engineered, in a good way.
It’s definitely over engineered, in a good way.
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I guess I'm part of the silent majority that's waiting (more or less) patiently for the Archimedes release. Would I like to have had it in May, as originally stated? Sure. However, I am familiar enough with the challenges faced by small businesses when releasing a new/innovative product that I tend to take delays in stride. All it takes is one supplier (or supplier's supplier) to experience a shortage of a critical component or material to throw a wrench in the whole works.
While we can all sit on the sidelines and talk about how a business should ALWAYS multi-source critical components, etc..., the long and short of it is that for small businesses, any time spent locating and qualifying a secondary supplier is time NOT spent performing your own added value processes to the parts that you do have. Further, it's VERY easy for small businesses to get into an inventory-rich/cash-poor situation; if a given supplier has a minimum order of, say, $100k (a number I just pulled out of my ass), a small business owner may be (understandably) hesitant to make that commitment given that HIS creditors don't accept rifle action parts as a valid form of payment (read: he needs to be able to maintain a degree of liquidity).
I'm NOT saying that any of the above applies to ARC; maybe it does, maybe it doesn't. I don't know any more about the situation than any of you do... I'm just saying that small businesses offering innovative (read: unique/bespoke) products face a number of challenges that may not be apparent from the outside.
You seem to be a reasonable person.
I work making high end fly fishing tackle.
Hand made in USA stuff.
We find lots of issues getting new products out.
Quirky boss/designer.
Material issues.
Material procurement
Research and development.
Labor issues.
Tooling and layup design and procedures.
Often you’ll find an issue or a point of improvement when initiating production and you really can’t just ignore it and press on.
Really big companies have people well trained with lots of experience to manage such projects and even they have difficulty’s.
Little company’s often just try to plow forward and adjust/modify/adapt as needed.
lol did people not learn with the Nucleus...
"Fool me once, shame on you... fool me twice, shame on me"
-someone, at some point after falling for the same trick two pre-orders in a row
I knew there would be delays. I'm working on project and need an action sooner rather than later. It's not the end of the world. I'm going to let the order stand and just hold on to the action for another project.
Have one of the new mausingfield in hand. Formulating an opinion on it.
It’s definitely over engineered, in a good way.
see with NFA...there is no ETA, expected ship dates, nothingIf you paid for a pre-order from ARC or any other company for something that you NEED for a build by a certain time you are doing it wrong. Also, do you really NEED any of this? Haha. I'm willing to bet these things are little more than toys for 99.9% of us. Chill out, move on if you are tired of waiting. You people bitching must not have any NFA items. Welcome to a whole new world of waiting.
You are assuming 1-2 weeks doesn’t extend to Christmas. This is the firearms industry we’re talking about.Christmas is going to be here early. Right on!
Very true. If it does show up when they say cool. If not it's no big deal.You are assuming 1-2 weeks doesn’t extend to Christmas. This is the firearms industry we’re talking about.
Yeah, I’m definitely excited about this and the new chassis, but I also pre-ordered without expecting any kind of specific timeline. It is what it is.Very true. If it does show up when they say cool. If not it's no big deal.
For those who have recieved the email... when did you place your orders. I placed mine the end of day 1 of preorders and haven't recieved this email
For those who have recieved the email... when did you place your orders. I placed mine the end of day 1 of preorders and haven't recieved this email
Curious to know if there have been any revisions to the Xylo & what the final product will look like.
I'm curious to know when we will see the Xylo in the wild.Curious to know if there have been any revisions to the Xylo & what the final product will look like.
The Xylo certainly seems interesting. Now that JAE is no longer a product on the market, I'll have to look to alternatives in the future for new chassis'. The Xylo seems to be the most interesting out the current crop of chassis'.
The grip seems pretty large, which is a downside to someone like me with small hands. I understand that Ted is going to open source the dimensions of the chassis where the grips fit, so that the consumer can source their own grips (awesome if you can do it yourself or know someone you trust to do it for you). I wish that the grip was made of micarta, with two two different thicknesses, one to accommodate smaller hands. The profile of the grip itself seems pretty nice though.
Another small tweak I would like to see done is to attach a bag rider to the bottom of the adjustable butt pad/plate.
You could also sand the grip down to fit your hands. That's a good benefit to the grip being wood. Shouldn't be too hard with a few pieces of sandpaper.
I have fairly big palms with slightly stubby fingers, I usually have to wear XL gloves and usually the fingertips are a bit long while the fit is tight in the palm.
I'm planning to make a small set of grip blanks and then use Sugru to mold it to my hand and use that as a model to carve walnut grips slightly large and then finish them with rasps and sandpaper to get my perfect fit.
I could also get the molded grips laser scanned and have a set of grips 3D printed or CNC machined.
The Xylo is made for that. For people who don't want to settle for a one size fits all grip.
Maybe you would be happier with an MPA?