^ I hope so because otherwise we might as well be talking about what type of unicorn we'd like to ride. I'd love to have an UMP receiver as a home for my 9mm conversion kit. The Ump receivers that sold on Gunbroker recently sold for as much as i paid for my whole rifle though.
Actually it would be QUITE difficult to do... An AR15 receiver is very simple to make actually, no really special tools except for making the cuts inside the magwell which need some special stuff. The UMP/USC receiver has ALL sharp corners on the inside, as well as deep internal cavities. You just can't get an end mill to go 8 inches deep, unless it's 2 or 3 inches in diameter. So it leaves us with the option of polymer injection molding - which then needs the steel inserts for strength and all the design for it. Or investment cast aluminum, which would be the most reasonable way to do it. Still needs lots of special equipment for it though, as well as work with the design, for example the wall thickness may need to be increased so it's not as prone to cracking.
Yes, irons would be fine. However, a good reflex sight is really hard to beat for quick reactive targetting. Why do you think most competitions seperate them?
Well if you gotta get all technical!!! Lol. I'm just saying for someone with right tooling and know how, it would by no stretch of the imagination be impossible.Actually it would be QUITE difficult to do... An AR15 receiver is very simple to make actually, no really special tools except for making the cuts inside the magwell which need some special stuff. The UMP/USC receiver has ALL sharp corners on the inside, as well as deep internal cavities. You just can't get an end mill to go 8 inches deep, unless it's 2 or 3 inches in diameter. So it leaves us with the option of polymer injection molding - which then needs the steel inserts for strength and all the design for it. Or investment cast aluminum, which would be the most reasonable way to do it. Still needs lots of special equipment for it though, as well as work with the design, for example the wall thickness may need to be increased so it's not as prone to cracking.
In any case, it would be a very cool project to do, and if someone pulls it off I think they could make a good chunk of money with it
Lets just say the idea is in the "investigative stage". I'm making the contacts who have the technical know-how to get it done. It will be a very expensive project. So I thought this would be a good place to see what the market wants /desires in the way of a US made clone. The sighting system seemed like a good place to start. Look for other surveys in the future concerning other aspects of the platform that might make it better.
Hang in there... I'm working on it...:wink: Actually you'll see the mags first (hopefully by summer) and then the receiver later. (oops.. did I just let the cat out of the bag ???... Shhhhhh.) No prices yet. But the point of it all is to make it quality at a reasonable price.
