Interarms and Mauser lost some big bucks a while back when Mauser, with Interarms backing, obtained the Swiss tooling and resumed Luger production. Every market survey indicated an enthusiastic response to the idea and there was near universal agreement that such a gun would have an immense sale.
They did sell (I have one of each version) but in nowhere near the numbers the surveys had predicted. Typical comments were "not historical", "an original isn't much more costly", "I want one with swastikas on it", etc. In other words, it was one of those things everyone wants until it comes time to actually shell out the shekels.
On the $10, I was having some fun; even the steel would cost more today, but the original "price of the material" idea will work only if the maker works for free and doesn't count any other costs, like the price of his CNC machine. Not a great business model.
Jim
They did sell (I have one of each version) but in nowhere near the numbers the surveys had predicted. Typical comments were "not historical", "an original isn't much more costly", "I want one with swastikas on it", etc. In other words, it was one of those things everyone wants until it comes time to actually shell out the shekels.
On the $10, I was having some fun; even the steel would cost more today, but the original "price of the material" idea will work only if the maker works for free and doesn't count any other costs, like the price of his CNC machine. Not a great business model.
Jim