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[–] 4065034? 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

One point is economy of scale. A large manufacturer building for a large market can produce quality at lower cost. The Ruger American rifles are my favorite example. My RA Rimfire is amazing at the sub300$ price point. However they're making thousands of them. So they have the tooling investment.

Let's say I only wanted to make one. How much would it cost to machine the receiver and barrel? To mould the stock?

There's also a corresponding price associated with some brands that exceeds the actual value. HK is an example of that in my opinion.

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[–] zaitcev 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

There are some historic references for low-volume guns. Mike Krause produced something about 20 of .45 caliber Lugers. Each ended costing about $4500 in 1990s dollars. But a DI RMWXtreme sells for only $1150, because the custom content is limited to the lower cut on the CNC machine, which is amortized across all of their products.

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[–] 4068454? ago 

Good point, http://www.hallowellco.com/single.htm a more recent reference here if you look at some of the prices, like the price on the 6mm 'rail' gun, those are pretty much always low volume/completely custom. $4500 for that one. Some of the other stuff is only that expensive due to the artsy stuff.