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Posted: 7/16/2007 9:14:36 AM EDT
| I called Magpul, It would be real nice if you could just by a grip Alone without any "do Dad's"... I know I am not the only one with a pile of useless plastic sitting around... I have enough parts to make 3 or 4 more grips If I could just buy Grip Bodies.. Sorry Just me venting.. It's like charging $2,000.00 for an upper that only comes with 5 barrels when you only need one.. |
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I wouldn't want to speak for Rich, but it may be that they are just able to produce enough to turn out the kits. There also may be very little demand. If I find a grip I like, I try to outfit all my rifles the same. This would mean that I am using the same front and rear strap, so the only parts left over would be the ones I didn't want to use. Of course if there were bodies available, then it would be nice to be able to put the unused kit parts on the EE.  However, I think it's a bit strange to compare a $35 grip to a $2000 rifle. I generally don't need to save for months for a grip. 
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The 'do dads' as you call them are the parts that allow the MIAD to be customized to your hand. The 'do-dads' that you like to use are probably different than the ones I like, or the ones Aimless uses, or .... well you get the idea. If you don't need the extras (and nobody does) then you can just toss them. |
| While the extra parts may seem like a waste, the fact is that manufacturing and stocking the grip in different configurations likely wouldn't be cost effective. No matter what version offered, someone would want pieces not found in a set. Stocking and selling all the parts separately would certainly cost more for the extra packaging and inventory control. Plastic is cheap. |
Toss em??? Blasphemy!!!! If they did sell the center they could cause thousands of Arfcommers to build new rifles to go with the completer grips they have laying around.  We all know a few spare parts for some people turns into an entirley new build.
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