by Title_II » 04 Nov 2015, 1:17 pm
It's $1850.
You need to understand that people in the US that don't bother to get dealer's/manufacturer's licenses have to spend thousands of dollars for machineguns. Sometimes tens of thousands depending on the rarity of the gun. So when somebody offers an accessory, such as a belt fed upper, that turns one of your machineguns into a second machinegun that is cooler and does not require the entry fee, you can get $1000 to $2000 out of them. The cheapest MGs in the US might be about $2500 on a really, really good day. M16s are $12K to $30K. It really sucks.
That being said, and getting the MG issue out of the way, what exactly do Aussies think a belt fed with custom links out of nowhere should cost? Have you taken a look at what your military pays for main-stream beltfeds that have hundreds of thousands in mass production and all R&D paid for? Guess what - they cost more than your Tikka.
Now, let's consider one built from the ground-up with no funding. Every single thing is new, no use of any existing parts. And there will never be hundreds of thousands sold. Less than $2K? It's a steal!